[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her":3,"chapter-my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-15":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","My Sister Stole My Mate, And I Let Her",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},764301,1010,"Chapter 15 ONE BIG ROLLERCOASTER","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-15",15,"\u003Cp>SERAPHINA’S POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d been wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I clawed my way back to consciousness, the space beside my bed was empty. No brooding alpha. No Kieran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just Ethan and Celeste hovering like vultures over a kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the fuck? My tongue felt oddly weightless, but the bitterness in my chest was lead-heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, Sera—\" Celeste lunged for my hand with performative sympathy. I yanked back before she could touch me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s throat worked as he studied everything in the room—the IV snaking into my arm, the EKG’s steady blips, the starch-white pillows—anything but my face. \"How are you feeling?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like I’ve been fucking shot,\" I rasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A muscle ticked in his jaw. \"We’re sorry this happened to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sarcasm burned on my tongue—Oh, are you? Sorry enough to finally acknowledge I exist?—but the raw guilt in his eyes choked it back. \"Thanks,\" I muttered instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, like a masochist, I asked, \"Where’s Kieran?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celeste went rigid. Ethan answered too quickly. \"We made him go home. Get some rest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course. The logic was sound—he’d earned the break after playing dutiful watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly after that, a nurse came in to administer my medication and painkillers. Then she inclined the hospital bed, so I was sitting up slightly. When she was done, she reassured me that I was doing as well as could be expected, and I took a deep breath of relief—then regretted it, thanks to the stabbing pain in my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you need anything?\" Ethan asked when she was gone. \"Food? Water?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was about to remind him that the nurse had just said I couldn’t eat solid foods just yet when Celeste beat me to it. \"Could I get a latte, please, Ethan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised a brow. \"We’re at a hospital, Celeste. They have exactly one kind of coffee—instant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rolled her eyes. \"Fine. That.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan turned to me. \"What about you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled. \"I’m good, thanks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded. \"I’ll be right back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the door closed behind Ethan, I closed my eyes. Things were definitely awkward between Celeste and me, and I knew she probably felt guilty about our last conversation and wouldn’t want to—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You conniving, manipulative bitch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes flew open to see my sister looming over my hospital bed, her perfect face twisted with venom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Excuse me?\" The words scraped raw against my throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought I knew every seductive tactic in the book,\" Celeste sneered at me. \"But getting yourself shot to get Kieran’s attention?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slow-clapped, each mocking clap stinging worse than the gunshot wound. \"That’s on another level, Sera.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I actually laughed—a hoarse, painful sound. \"Are you fucking serious?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please.\" She leaned in, her designer perfume choking me. \"You’ve always been pathetic when it comes to Kieran. But this?\" She gestured to my bandages. \"This is desperate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heart monitor spiked as I struggled upright. \"You think I—\" A white-hot bolt of pain silenced me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celeste smirked. \"Weak. Pathetic. Exactly what he’ll remember when this little stunt fades.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, I saw her clearly—not my baby sister, but a viper who’d been poisoning my life for years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get out.\" My voice dropped to a growl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll surely leave.\" She flicked my IV line. \"But make no mistake...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I meant it when I said I would take back everything that’s mine,\" she said sharply. \"But maybe, as revenge, I’ll take something that’s yours, too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I narrowed my eyes. \"What are you talking about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celeste’s lips curled into a viper’s smile. \"Kieran only tolerates you because you whelped his heir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her manicured finger tapped my IV pole. \"So maybe I’ll take Daniel as my own. Raise him properly. As my son.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heart monitor shrieked alongside my pulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celeste’s smirk widened. \"How would you like that, Sera? Danny calling me mommy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door clicked open. Ethan walked in, a bottle of water in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other, steam rising over the rim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, I wouldn’t remember deciding to move. Only the scalding arc of dark liquid, Celeste’s scream like shattered glass, and the burn of satisfaction deeper than any wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You psychotic bitch!\" Celeste wailed, swiping at her face and pulling her drenched top away from her. \"You hateful piece of shit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s mouth hung open, the empty water bottle slipping from his grip. \"Jesus Christ, Sera—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"OUT!\" The word tore from my raw throat. My oxygen tube slithered away as I heaved, but I kept my glare locked on Celeste. \"BEFORE I POUR THE NEXT ONE ON YOUR FACE!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nurse came bursting in, her eyes wide when she beheld the commotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"GET THEM OUT!\" I screamed, wheezing. \"I DON’T WANT TO SEE THEIR FACES!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I collapsed against the pillows, desperately gasping for air. The cannula had slipped onto the bed, and my hand moved wildly, trying to reach for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could still hear Celeste sobbing and hurling insults at me, the nurse politely, then firmly telling my siblings to leave, and then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shhh. It’s okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know if my vision was blurring because of my tears or the gradual asphyxiation. But then I felt someone gently fit the cannula back into my nostrils, and I took a grateful breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room was silent again, and I heard the warm voice say, \"It’s okay, I’m a friend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She just chased away her siblings, now, I don’t think...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned my head, my vision clearing slightly, and I smiled softly. \"It’s okay,\" I said weakly. \"He can stay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian shot the nurse a charming smile. \"See? The lady vouches for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nurse finally left, and Lucian turned the smile on me. \"My, my, Sera, your life is one big rollercoaster, isn’t it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KIERAN’S POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I woke with a snarl, my wolf already clawing at my ribs before my eyes found the clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two fucking hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d meant to shower, sleep for thirty minutes—just enough to take the edge off—then get back to Sera. Instead, I slept for over two hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hastily threw on clothes and shoes and was out of the house in two minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drive to the hospital was a blur of growling engines and worse scenarios. Had she woken in pain? Had she asked for me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took the stairs three at a time, my pulse roaring—only to freeze at the sight outside her door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan sat slumped, hands clenched like he was praying. Celeste looked like she’d been dipped in coffee, her silk blouse ruined, face mottled red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell happened?\" My voice came out gravel-rough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They both looked up at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Celeste sniffled. \"Kie—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But my attention was on Ethan. \"You promised you wouldn’t leave her side,\" I said. \"Why are you outside and not with her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan glanced at Celeste, and annoyance flashed in his eyes. \"She kicked us out,\" he said to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again, Ethan looked at Celeste, and she simply rolled her eyes, glaring down at her stained shirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What does it matter?\" Ethan said. \"Besides\"—he nodded towards the door—\"he’s here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I frowned. \"Who?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lucian Reed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body moved before my mind could catch up, and I drew open the door to Sera’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing that hit my ears was laughter—sweet and musical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop!\" Sera was saying amidst fits of giggles. \"You’re going to make me tear a stitch!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I froze for a second, stunned by the look of pure joy on her face as she threw her head back against the pillows, giggling uncontrollably at whatever Lucian fucking Reed said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then her eyes met mine across the room, and she froze, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And, like someone drawing blinds to keep the sun away, her entire expression shuttered. Her smile faded, her eyes hardened, and a blast of frigid air filled the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get out,\" she said icily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My jaw went slack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d asked me to leave the day before, too, but not like this—this was ice—the kind that froze rivers from the bottom up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian was seated on the seat I had occupied over the last two days, a gift basket at his feet. An illogical, irrational part of me told me he was trying to replace me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took a step into the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sera—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said out.\" Her voice could have flash-frozen hell. The heart monitor spiked as her breath turned ragged. \"Take your pack of hypocrites with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell had happened in the three hours I was gone? Had she just been too weak earlier to treat me this way, or had something else occurred?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless of her words, I stepped further into the room, and her face tightened with anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you deaf?\" she snapped, and my eyes widened as her chest started to rise and fall rapidly. \"I said—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sera,\" Lucian said softly, taking her hand in his, \"calm down, don’t overwork yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes zeroed in on Lucian’s hand in Sera’s, and my vision tinged green with jealousy as she turned to him and offered him a soft smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you kidding me?\" The words tore out of me raw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned back to me as I entered the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m the one who’s been by your side for the past two days while you teetered between life and death. He\"—I glared at Lucian in disgust—\"shows up with a gift basket and deserves your affection?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her laugh was hollow. \"Funny. I don’t recall asking for your vigil.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That look in her eyes—like I was nothing. Like our decade together had evaporated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The truth hit like a silver bullet:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman I married was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the one left behind hated me.\u003C\u002Fp>",1603,"2026-06-03T02:27:49.125Z",1,"novelbin.me","22ac1350b946f32630b7d4caa7424b912f935a9cca81568a7f173715e8df899b","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-16","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-14",488,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-cover.jpg"]