[{"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-466":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},764352,1010,"Chapter 466 REBIRTH","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-466",466,"\u003Cp>LUCIAN’S POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As far as evil lairs went, Catherine picked the best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aboveground, the private island looked untouched by human greed—white sand, endless blue water, luxury villas perched along the shoreline like something pulled from a billionaire’s fantasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Belowground, it smelled like blood and death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I followed Catherine through the underground corridor in silence. The polished white floors reflected cold strips of overhead light while distant machinery hummed somewhere beyond the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The facility was larger than I expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silverpine had always functioned as a stronghold and operational center, but this—this was the heart of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Human scientists crossed between secured doors carrying tablets and specimen cases, while witches moved through the halls with the calm assurance of those who believed themselves untouchable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magic and science intertwined everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Symbols pulsed faintly beneath transparent flooring panels while sleek medical equipment lined the walls beside ancient-looking artifacts that radiated enough energy to make my wolf restless beneath my skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pill Catherine had given me days ago still lingered in my system like poison woven into my bloodstream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could feel it sometimes when my thoughts slowed unexpectedly or when pressure curled around the edges of my mind like invisible fingers testing their grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Control through subtlety was Catherine’s preferred method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not domination. Dependency. Conditioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carefully measured pressure until resistance exhausted itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d survived by adapting. By obeying just enough to avoid becoming another corpse in one of her laboratories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catherine walked beside me calmly, her heels clicking softly against the polished floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You should consider yourself fortunate,” she said lightly. “Very few people gain access to the core chamber.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m overwhelmed by the honor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her lips curved. “You’re still sarcastic. That’s encouraging.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corridor curved ahead, opening into another secured section lined with glass-walled workrooms. Some contained operating tables. Others held containment circles carved directly into the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One room held nothing but suspended wolf skeletons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another housed what looked disturbingly like artificial organs floating in silver-blue liquid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every step deeper into the facility made my skin crawl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We moved deeper into the corridor, the activity behind us fading. Then we rounded the next corner, and I nearly stopped walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young woman stood near one of the side terminals, auburn curls pulled back, as glowing symbols slowly rotated across the screen before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Witch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful one at that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I recognized that instantly, but not because of visible magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the air around her felt...strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charged. Alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catherine slowed when she noticed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Evelyn.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman looked up immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment her eyes met mine, something inside me jolted so sharply I almost gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rhegan stirred violently beneath my skin without warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the fuck—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sensation vanished almost as quickly as it appeared, leaving behind only a strange tightness in my chest that made no sense whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelyn blinked once, her gaze lingering on me with visible confusion before shifting toward Catherine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who’s this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An associate,” Catherine answered smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelyn’s brows pulled together. “Since when do you bring ‘associates’ down here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catherine continued walking without slowing. “Since I decided I needed one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I followed automatically, though my attention betrayed me for one brief moment longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelyn was still looking at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not with curiosity or suspicion—more like she was trying to place something she couldn’t quite identify.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unease crawled beneath my ribs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I forced my attention forward immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever this feeling was, it was dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve been avoiding me all week,” Evelyn said, falling into step beside Catherine. “Every time I ask about the containment breach, you change the subject.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There are more important matters right now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s not an answer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” Catherine agreed mildly. “It isn’t.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelyn exhaled sharply through her nose. “You’re doing it again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catherine finally glanced toward her. “Paranoia doesn’t suit you, darling.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The younger witch crossed her arms. “And evasiveness suits you too well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catherine smiled faintly at that, though it didn’t reach her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Curiosity is healthy, Evelyn. Obsession is not.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I learned from the best.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a second, silence stretched between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Catherine reached out and adjusted a strand of hair away from Evelyn’s face with almost unsettling gentleness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re overworking yourself again,” she murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelyn looked annoyed by the gesture more than comforted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You say that every time I start asking questions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps because exhaustion makes you imaginative.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I clenched my jaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Manipulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catherine redirected conversations the same way constrictors tightened around prey—slowly enough that by the time you noticed, breathing had already become difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelyn’s gaze flicked toward me once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again, that strange sensation hit unexpectedly beneath my ribs, a low ripple of awareness sliding through my system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evelyn’s expression shifted slightly, like she felt something too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I buried the thought instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catherine noticed neither reaction—or pretended not to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You should get some rest,” she said calmly. “Maybe you’ll be clear-eyed after a couple of hours of sleep.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something flickered across Evelyn’s face, but she quickly masked it and nodded. “Yes, Mother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I flinched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mother??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell? Since when did Catherine have children?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still reeling from the revelation, I forced my shock into a mask of my own and turned away from Evelyn. As Catherine continued deeper into the facility, I followed, leaving Evelyn behind near the terminal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t look back again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I felt her eyes on me anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our descent finally stopped. The core chamber sat beneath the lowest level of the underground facility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Massive reinforced doors slid open slowly as Catherine approached, revealing a chamber so large it resembled an underground cathedral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Machines lined the outer walls beside glowing ritual circles carved directly into black stone flooring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Technology and witchcraft fused so seamlessly that you couldn’t tell where one ended and the other began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beautiful, isn’t it?” Catherine said, pride bright on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was beautiful—in the way a black mamba was before it struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center was a large operating table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man lay restrained atop it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old. Dying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even from across the chamber, I could smell the terminal illness that had consumed him from the inside out long before Catherine got her claws into him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His breathing rattled wetly in his chest while IV lines pumped glowing liquid through his veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But despite the decay eating through his body, hope still burned in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alpha Bernard volunteered willingly,” Catherine said as we approached. “Late-stage degeneration. His wolf was failing alongside his body.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Alpha’s cloudy gaze shifted weakly toward Catherine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You promised,” he rasped painfully. “My pack...needs me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And they shall still have you,” Catherine assured him softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was desperate enough that she could have promised to put the moon on a ring for him, and he would believe her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Witches moved around the chamber, preparing symbols, while scientists adjusted the machinery surrounding the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catherine glanced toward me. “Watch carefully, Lucian. Very few people ever witness rebirth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ritual began moments later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silver restraints ignited first, locking the Alpha completely motionless while glowing symbols spread outward beneath him like veins of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man screamed weakly, as if his body no longer possessed enough strength for proper agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the symbols beneath the table ignited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My stomach twisted as I recognized pieces of the magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soul-binding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Extraction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Containment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And something older underneath it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something warped beyond recognition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever this was, it sure as hell wasn’t rebirth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chanting intensified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his wolf emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spectral silver light tore violently from his chest in fragmented bursts while blood flooded from his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The machines activated. Metal arms descended around the spectral wolf while witches redirected energy through containment circles pulsing brighter with every passing second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beautiful,” Catherine whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horror crawled through every inch of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wolf fought wildly at first, thrashing against the symbols restraining it while the Alpha convulsed violently on the table beneath it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You promised—” he choked desperately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catherine didn’t even look at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Continue.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chamber trembled violently as magic collided with machinery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then suddenly, the wolf solidified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Massive. Dark-furred. Far larger than any ordinary wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It collapsed heavily onto the floor beyond the ritual circle, breathing hard while the Alpha’s heartbeat monitor flatlined behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the wolf remained alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excitement erupted across the chamber immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scientists scrambled to document readings while witches stared at the creature in awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catherine looked triumphant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The wolf survives separation,” she said softly. “Exactly as predicted.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wolf slowly lifted its massive head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Distressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A low, grieving sound escaped it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And something inside me broke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing there in that chamber, watching a dead Alpha’s wolf mourn beside his corpse while Catherine celebrated her success, I understood something with horrifying clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no fixing this from within anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No justification left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No acceptable compromise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every step I had taken beside Catherine had stained my hands deeper than I could ever wash clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had told myself that surviving inside this nightmare gave me a chance to destroy it eventually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had told myself I stayed because I needed answers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I needed Zara.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if I continued helping Catherine now, if I kept standing beside this, then someday I would become just as monstrous as she was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there would be nothing left in me worth saving.\u003C\u002Fp>",1541,"2026-06-03T02:27:49.405Z",1,"novelbin.me","aa9f997b3843a71bbe9f3935f5f4594719dd35b87fad33c470e68adc6d66fd2b","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-467","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-465",488,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-cover.jpg"]