Chapter 73: Faking Love

I watched his back as he was leaving, and pondered what he just said.

'I was just passing by.'

That was a lie.

Tallis was hiding something, I knew he was. There was a familiarity about him that I just couldn't shake. It was this air of calm and cold that he carried. I had felt it once before and only with one other person.

But could it be?

I had asked him numerous times and each time he refuted my claims. He was not the somber prince I knew.

So why did they both carry the same aura?

I shook my head thinking I had lost my damn mind. First the fake Ciana and now this. My problems and questions kept piling up with each passing day.

It didn't matter now though. I had more important matters to attend to.

My mind was turning fast. Fake Ciana had professed her undying love to Warren. This was what I had been hoping for. Phase one of the plan was complete and now it was time to move onto phase two.

Whoever Tallis was, he could wait.

I turned on my heel ready to walk back to where fake Ciana and Warren had been, but I slammed into a warm wall.

I stumbled a few steps back before a pair of strong arms came out and caught me.

"You okay there, Ciana?"

Warren helped me to steady myself.

"Yeah," I looked up at him. "Where is the other Ciana? What happened? I had to leave because..."

My voice trailed off as the words got stuck in my throat. I didn' t want to worry Warren. He had a tendency to somehow shift blame of every bad thing that happens onto himself, especially when it regarded me.

I often thought that he had too much honor at times. I wished he would be a little less chivalrous.

"Because?" He pressed.

"It's nothing. Now tell me what's going on with her?"

Warren stepped closer, crossing into that imaginary bubble l had around me.

"What happened, Ciana?" His eyes held mine.

"I told you nothing."

"It doesn't sound like nothing. Your heart's racing, you have that little nervous nose twitch you do when you're hiding something. So spill it."

I stood still for a moment in complete shock. "How do you know about the twitch?"

He rolled his eyes. "I notice everything about you, Black. Now spill it."

I let out a sigh and bit down on my lip. "Hawke came by."

he probably has heard about Hawke a few times, both from me catching him up on the important players in the pack, and from the girl he just spent a good amount

was tight

"But he was drunk and he had two broken arms so he wasn't really that much of a threat."

need to have

Theo in my mind. In a situation like this, if it

out and grabbed his arm. "No need

"Tallis?"

Hawke. We are talking about you and fake me. What did she

dropped and I felt all the hope drain from

elope

is great news! You are the best! But... I could tell you're upset. Sorry again

I am happy for the progress. But it's just...I feel like I'm

smile slipped from my

loves me for real and I just lied to her. I told her I loved her too and told her I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. What kind of man does

on my palm. It was racing and I didn't know whether it

anything, all of this was

I told you this many times before and now I will tell you again. What you are doing for me is a service that I will never be able to repay you for. However, please don't feel

his gaze on me, waiting for me to continue.

girl is not fully innocent. She has taken my identity and is trying

want that

she didn't want this life. I could tell. No one would want to be someone else for the rest of their lives. So you're helping her. You're helping her to get out of

could tell Warren's expression was

helping me and her. She might feel bad once she finds out you don't really love her, but by then, at least she would have the freedom

leaned his forehead against mine and let out one long breath that fanned my face. His scent of pine and

offered me a small smile. "How do you

"Do what?"

what to say and when to say it." He tucked away a stray piece of hair that had come out from

light of the situation. "I'm just stating the fact."

stepped away from him. "Shall we?"

walked away from

would be in two days. That was when we would have

present. If Ciana suddenly went missing

stage one of the plan. The other stage was a little trickier.

needed to steal the sacred artifact. Well, was it really stealing if it belonged to my parents? Depends on which angle you

opposite me. We had been going over everything for the past two hours. We made sure

you still meet her tonight?" I asked

nodded. "I need to keep up

"We can convene again tomorrow. Go have fun with your fake fiancée."

come out a little light hearted but he didn't take

go, you know that right? I can tell her something came up."

I shouldn't have joked about it," I apologized sincerely.

he smiled.

for the sake of our plan, it would be better for

He sighed, "Okay."

and

lot of the pressure off my back. He made this serious

decided to take a

yet again. But like my father had always taught me, I would brave the storm. Because that was exactly what us Blacks did. We moved

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