[{"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-261":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},764385,1010,"Chapter 261 A GLORIFIED HUNCH","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-261",261,"\u003Cp>SERAPHINA’S POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this had happened two months ago—before the Moonlit Spring and Moon Dew Nectar, before I ever set foot in the Starlight Hallway—I would have brushed off the feeling without a second thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fatigue. Nerves. Projection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would have taken a steady breath, told myself I was reaching for meaning where there was none, and let the moment pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I was no longer that version of myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant the energy rippled through me—sharp, discordant, wrong—I knew it wasn’t imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t come as a thought or a flicker of fear. It pressed in like a change in atmospheric pressure, like the moment before a storm breaks when the air tightens and every instinct screams to run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I went still, beer sweating in my grip, the tab crumpled beneath my thumb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alina stirred, not alarmed, but alert. Watchful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gear,” I said quietly. “Stop the vehicle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced to the side, brows creasing. “What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop,” I repeated, louder now. “Something’s wrong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The engine’s hum didn’t falter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sera,” he said, easing his hands tighter around the wheel, “my diagnostics are clean. No fluctuations. No external interference.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wren leaned forward from the back seat. “This stretch was tagged green. I ran it twice earlier today.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swallowed hard and forced myself to focus, letting my senses stretch outward rather than curl inward in fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sensation didn’t fade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It intensified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t coming from the vehicle. Not from the crates. Not from the land beneath the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know what your equipment says,” I replied, forcing my voice steady, “and I know what Wren saw. But I know what I feel. Something is wrong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We don’t have the luxury of vibes,” Wren said, not unkindly, but firm. “People are dying in the quarantine zone. Every hour counts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not asking for an hour,” I said. “I’m asking you to slow down for a second.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gear exhaled through his nose. “Sera, we can’t just stop because you have a bad feeling—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slow down,” I cut in, sharper now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words weren’t a command, but they carried weight anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The engine dipped a fraction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I closed my eyes and centered myself, applying meditation techniques Ilsa had drilled into me in the Moon Hall. Not pushing outward, not pulling inward, just listening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except this time...I could actually feel something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy around us felt distorted, bent like light through warped glass. There was a hollowness layered over it, a deliberate absence where something should have been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the van rolled forward, the pressure in my chest climbed, coiling tighter and tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s getting stronger,” I said. “Whatever it is, we’re moving toward it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gear swore under his breath and flicked on the internal comms. “Iris, waking you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, Iris’ voice came through from the back of the van, sharp, despite the fact that she’d been asleep moments ago. “Report.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sera’s sensing something ahead,” Gear said. “No confirmation on instruments.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a brief pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iris appeared moments later, moving up from the rear bench, jacket half-zipped, eyes already alert. Codex followed, tablet in hand, glasses slightly askew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you feel?” Iris asked me directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s something wrong.” I knew I sounded like a broken record, but I didn’t yet have the words to articulate what I felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She arched a brow. “That’s a wide net.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know,” I said. “I...I can’t really explain it. I just know...we’re driving into some sort of danger.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iris studied me for a moment longer before turning to Wren. “Scout ahead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A violent flash tore through my mind—a vision so sharp and visceral it made my stomach lurch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every head snapped toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wren sighed. “What now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vision clung to the edges of my mind, sour bile burning the back of my throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wren’s body crushed beneath stone. Her blood on black pavement. Her hand reaching, trembling—then stilling altogether.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I forced myself to meet Wren’s gaze—brown, alive, nothing like the empty, glassy stare from my vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You go out there,” I whispered, the words tasting like iron, “you’re not coming back. You’ll die.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wren stared at me, her easy confidence flickering for the first time since I’d met her. “That’s not funny.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not joking.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iris’ jaw tightened. “What, you’re seeing visions now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sighed. “It’s like...an impression. If Wren goes ahead alone, she dies.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An impression,” Iris echoed. “So basically, a glorified hunch.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know,” I said, frustration burning behind my ribs. “I know how it sounds. This is all new, and I don’t even understand it myself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She swore under her breath. “You’re delaying us, and you don’t even—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Codex cleared his throat. “Actually...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iris shot him a look. “Codex.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I saw something,” he said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze sharpened. “Saw what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He adjusted his glasses, eyes flicking briefly to me. “Flickers. Moonlight-spectrum interference. Around Sera.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My breath caught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Codex continued, warming as he spoke. “It’s subtle. More like...latent bleed-through. Psychic-adjacent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iris looked back at me slowly, reassessing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“High-ranking wolves sometimes manifest limited psychic control,” she said. “Usually, pack-bound. Within the limits of territory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze slid over me, clinical. “Outside-pack sensitivity is rare. Predictive perception even more so.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I clenched my fists, resisting the urge to shrink beneath the scrutiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know about all that,” I said tightly. “And I’m not trying to undermine your authority. I’m trying to keep you guys alive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Iris could respond, the ground roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep, grinding crack split the air ahead of us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rockfall!” Gear shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boulders tore free from the cliffside, massive slabs of stone tumbling down toward the road in a thunderous cascade. Dust exploded outward, choking the air as debris slammed into asphalt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first boulder missed us by inches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second clipped the rear panel with a metallic scream, sending the van lurching before Gear wrestled it back under control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slammed the brakes, yanked the wheel, and threw us into a sideways swerve so violent it sent our bodies crashing against our restraints and the weapon crates sliding in their locks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vehicle fishtailed, skidding across gravel, metal grinding as sparks spat from beneath the chassis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hold, hold, hold!” Gear snarled through gritted teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We stopped only when the rear slammed into a ridge wall, rattling my bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence followed—thick, ringing, broken only by the hiss of steaming metal and distant echoes of falling stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gear’s hands stayed locked on the wheel. “Everyone alive?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chorus of confirmations followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iris exhaled slowly. “Damage report.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rear suspension’s hit,” Gear said, already scanning diagnostics. “Front axle’s bent. Cooling system’s cracked. Not catastrophic, but we’re deadweight until I run a full patch job.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached for the door handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every muscle in my body went rigid. “Don’t!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, there was no objection; everyone froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s something outside,” I added, “waiting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure hadn’t dissipated. If anything, it had sharpened—focused now, honed by proximity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iris froze. “You’re saying there’s more?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m saying the rockfall was the distraction,” I replied, my pulse thundering. “The ambush is what comes next.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1169,"2026-06-03T02:27:49.405Z",1,"novelbin.me","717bf2f1e74295f105bee28f922d889a9403b7224b0c48aa7a334354178b7e5c","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-262","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-260",488,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-cover.jpg"]