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."

now, 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

voice was tight and tense.

to harass me, a little bit," I blurted out. "But he was drunk and he had

eyes darkened. "I need to have a

my mind. In a situation like this,

his arm. "No need to.

"Tallis?"

about Hawke. We are talking about

and I felt

agreed to elope with me."

feet. "This is great news! You are the best! But... I could

the progress. But it's

from my face.

her too and told her I wanted to spend

placed my hand on his chest right above his heart. I could feel the strong thumping on my palm. It was racing and I didn't know whether it was from guilt or nerves. But whatever it was, I wanted it to calm down.

no business feeling guilty for this. If anything, all of this was my

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 guilty for what you're

locked his gaze on me, waiting for me to

not fully innocent. She has taken my identity and is trying to take over my home. This is wrong, and I will

want that for

important thing is 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 here and get away from

tell Warren's expression was softer.

heart. You're 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

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

pulled away he offered me a small smile. "How do you do

"Do what?"

to say and when to say it." He tucked away a stray piece of

throat trying to make light of the situation. "I'm just

from him. "Shall we?"

and we walked away from

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

the alliance to go through, both Luther and Ciana would need to present. If Ciana suddenly went missing due to her recent nuptials, then no alliance would be formed.

The

stealing if it belonged to my parents? Depends on which angle you looked at it from.

been going over everything for the past two hours. We made sure there were no

you still meet her tonight?" I asked him.

need to keep up

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

come out a little light hearted but

know that right? I can tell her

joked about it," I apologized sincerely.

forgiven," he

love, though. Unfortunately, for the sake of our plan, it would be better for

He sighed, "Okay."

our goodbyes and went our separate ways.

take a lot of the pressure

take

and now returning home my world had flipped yet again. But

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