[{"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-418":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},764542,1010,"Chapter 418 STUFF OF LEGENDS","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-418",418,"\u003Cp>SERAPHINA’S POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imani didn’t move at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaron?” Her voice trembled, barely holding together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still breathing hard, chest rising and falling like he’d been dragged out of something deep and suffocating. His eyes locked on her with a raw, unfiltered clarity that hadn’t been there before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I—” His voice caught, rough and unsteady. “Imani, my mate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was all it took.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her presence surged, fragile and fierce all at once, as if something that had been held back for far too long had finally been given permission to exist again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She crossed the distance between them in a heartbeat and dropped to her knees before him, her hand coming up to his face like she needed to confirm he was real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaron, it’s me,” she whispered, her voice breaking on every word. “It’s me, I’m here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know,” he said, and there was a certainty in his tone that made my heart clench. “I know you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imani let out a gut-wrenching sob and threw her arms around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bond between them shone so intensely it almost felt like a physical force, a pull that rippled outward through the clearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the night seemed to hold still, as if it understood this moment belonged to only them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I let out a breath I hadn’t realized I’d been holding, the tension in my body loosening all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We did it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not completely. Not perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world tilted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was subtle at first—a slight tremor underfoot, as if the ground shifted out of place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then my vision blurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver that had been threading through everything—sharp, bright, alive—began to recede too quickly, as if something was being stripped away before it had fully settled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next thing I knew, Alina was gone, and I was Sera again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strong arms caught me before I hit the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sera.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I reached out and gripped Kieran’s shirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Easy,” he murmured, one hand steady at my back, the other tightening around me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I blinked, trying to focus, but the world refused to settle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m fine,\" I said automatically. The words felt distant, as if they belonged to someone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not,” he replied, calm but firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I could muster up the strength to argue, Kieran pulled a blanket out of thin air, wrapping it around me with steady, gentle fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve got you,” he whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I exhaled slowly, letting myself lean into him for a second longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I forced myself upright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m okay,” I said again, more steady this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kieran’s gaze moved over my face, searching, measuring in that way he had when he was trying to decide whether to push or hold back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re exhausted,” he said finally. \"Don’t even try to deny it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I huffed out a breath, something between irritation and reluctant amusement, but I didn’t argue further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he wasn’t wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fatigue ran deeper than the physical. It settled somewhere beneath everything else, as if something had been drained in a way that rest alone wouldn’t immediately restore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I let Kieran keep his arms around me, supporting my weight as I used him to regain my balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imani hadn’t let go of Aaron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hands remained on him, one cupping his face, the other gripping his arm as if he might vanish if she eased her hold even slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaron,” she whispered again, hope in her voice as she searched his eyes. “Do you—do you remember anything else?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron stilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clarity in his expression flickered. Uncertainty crept in as he tried to reach for something that wasn’t there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I...” He frowned. “I remember you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imani’s breath hitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And the bond,” he added, his voice quieter now. “I can feel it. It’s...strong. You’re my mate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She let out a half-sob, half-laugh. “Yes. Yes, baby, I am.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But everything else—” He hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, more quietly, “It’s gone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words settled heavily in the space between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imani shut her eyes briefly, as if bracing herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she opened them again, the tears were still there, but her expression had steadied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re here,” she said softly. “That’s enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn’t, not really.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could see it in the way her fingers trembled, in the way she kept searching his face like she was hoping something else might surface if she looked hard enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Aaron knew it too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m sorry,” he whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shook her head. “No. Don’t—don’t say that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I should remember,” he insisted, frustration bleeding into his tone now. “There should be more.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There will be,” I said before I could stop myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them looked at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stepped forward, tightening the blanket around myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This wasn’t everything,” I continued. “What we restored was one memory. One connection. The strongest one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alois stepped closer, his expression thoughtful, analytical in a way that told me he was already dissecting what had just happened piece by piece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You identified linked fragments,” he said, gaze sharp. “Pieces of the same memory and reconnected them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Which means,” I said, “there are more like that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More clusters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More sparks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More pieces waiting to be put back together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought settled into place, solid and undeniable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We weren’t dealing with something that had been erased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We were dealing with something that had been...disassembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We can fix this,” I said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kieran’s hand tightened slightly where it still rested on my back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sera—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know what I’m saying,” I cut in, my voice steady despite the exhaustion pulling at me. “If I can find the fragments, if I can reconnect them—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look what reconnecting just one did to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know it’s not easy,” I said. “But it’s possible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Alois spoke, his voice was calm, but beneath it was something firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What you just did, Sera,” he said, “is the stuff of legends.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I exhaled. “I can do it agai—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The reason this ability exists as legend,” he cut in, “is because of what it demands.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m aware.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” he said gently. “You’re aware of what it took to restore a single connection. Not what it will take to rebuild an entire mind. You pushed yourself tonight, and even that nearly overwhelmed you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I handled it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Barely.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I inhaled slowly, steadying myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We don’t have time to wait,” I said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And rushing in without certainty will cost you more than time,” Alois replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My jaw tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he wasn’t wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But we needed more than a mate connection. We needed something—anything—to help bring Catherine down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer lay deep inside Aaron’s mind, I was sure of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the only way to get it out was to sacrifice myself, then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My thoughts shifted, something clicking into place with sudden clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The memory hit so sharply I almost swayed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guidance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Answers that didn’t exist anywhere else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I straightened. “I know where to go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kieran stilled beside me. “Sera—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Origins Archives Room,” I said, turning to Alois.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alois’s expression hardened immediately. “No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I blinked. “What? Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve already used it,” he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have two visits left.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And under normal circumstances,\" he replied, \"those visits are spaced over years, not weeks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t have years,” I said. “I need answers now. It could tell us exactly what we need to do to defeat Catherine and Marcus.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t know what you’ll need it for later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know what I need it for now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only ever needed the Origin Archives for the truth about myself, and I had uncovered more than enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using one of my visits wasn’t a waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This mattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just for Aaron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For what Catherine was doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For what we were up against.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I could understand this and find real answers, it would change everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alois studied me for a long moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What if something more urgent arises?” he asked. “Something you cannot anticipate now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I’ll deal with it when it comes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s not strategy,” he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s reality.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence fell again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could feel Kieran watching me, the weight of his attention steady and unyielding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve already decided,” he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned to him and met his gaze so he could see the seriousness in mine. “Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, softer, “You’re not going to wait.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alois closed his eyes briefly, as if weighing something far beyond what was being said out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he opened them again, the decision was already there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you do this,” he said, “you do it with full awareness of the risk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” he replied softly. “You accept it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I held his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I do.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1437,"2026-06-03T02:27:49.405Z",1,"novelbin.me","0fa70329f49ca4591d53af7e2cc56e47e109a974a7c87bea6930f7f7d9a05815","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-419","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-417",488,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-cover.jpg"]