[{"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-478":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},764364,1010,"Chapter 478 CONGRATULATIONS","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-478",478,"\u003Cp>MAYA’S POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rage no longer felt like an emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was heat. Pressure. Breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something feral and vicious clawing beneath my skin that wouldn’t ease until I tore Lucian’s throat out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before I did that, I would have answers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would drag him back to Sera and make her split his mind and lay his reasoning bare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did he desert OTS, the refuge he forged, the trust he won, the people who relied on him, to serve as Catherine and Marcus’ puppet?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry,” he whispered from his spot on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I snarled just as Nyra and Logan lunged for him—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shockwave hurled us backward, tilting the world all over again. Before I regained my bearings, Lucian had vanished deeper into the forest after Jack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring the pain and pressure, Nyra bolted after him with a savagery that drowned out all my instincts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She crossed barely ten feet before the ground changed beneath us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forest seemed to inhale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dark pulse spread outward from the place Lucian had disappeared, spilling through the roots like black ink poured beneath the soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Symbols surfaced across the ground in flashes of blue-white witchlight before vanishing again, and then the trees ahead twisted, bending perception around themselves until the path we had been following folded into three identical trails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nyra skidded hard, claws tearing deep grooves into the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside me, Logan stopped just as sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I snarled and threw myself toward the path that held the strongest part of Jack’s fading scent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My shoulder hit an invisible wall hard enough that stars burst across my vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain jolted through Nyra’s body, but it only fed the fury burning through me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I slammed against the barrier again, harder this time, and the impact sent a ripple through the air, revealing for one brief second the shape of the trap around us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian had folded the forest into a cage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pathways ahead mirrored the chaos of the square with cruel accuracy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black smoke drifted low across the ground even though there was no fire, and beyond it, I could see the ghost of Jack’s trail splitting into false directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one direction, the scent of blood surged so strongly it felt real. In another, the broken brush and claw marks continued deeper into the trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a third, a hollow-eyed wolf shape moved between the trunks before dissolving into smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had trapped us in an echo of Jack’s escape—an imitation of our earlier failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That realization drove me wild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Maya,’ Ethan said through the mind link, his voice steady despite the tension running beneath it. ‘Stop throwing yourself at it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nyra wheeled toward him, teeth bared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘They’re getting away.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I know.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Do you? You don’t seem to fucking care!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan did not answer quickly enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That silence enraged me even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nyra lunged toward another false trail, but this time Logan cut in front of me, using his body rather than force to block my path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lowered his head, blue eyes fixed on mine, and I felt Ethan reaching for me through the link with careful pressure, the way someone might extend a hand toward an animal caught in a snare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘You’re not thinking clearly.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I snapped my teeth at him before I could stop myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logan did not flinch, but something in Ethan’s presence tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hated that too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hated everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nyra’s breath came harsher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My thoughts would not stay in order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian standing in front of us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucian saying he was not the enemy, and using witchcraft anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sera lying near the platform with ash in her hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kieran telling us not to let Jack escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack’s corrupted wolf tearing through the barricade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything tangled together until fury and hurt became one unbearable thing inside me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He betrayed us,’ I snarled through the link.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s answer came softer this time. ‘Maybe.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made me freeze for half a heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nyra turned slowly toward Logan, rage still burning through her body but now sharpened by the terrible suspicion that Ethan was holding back something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What do you mean, maybe?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logan stepped closer, careful and deliberate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I mean, Lucian could have killed us if he wanted to. He didn’t.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Shit. I’d better find him and give him my profound gratitude.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logan huffed. ‘I’m just saying, this feels more complicated than it looks.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hated how reasonable he sounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hated that a part of me understood exactly what he meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I hated most of all that understanding did nothing to calm me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I could answer, silver pressure washed through the forest, and the trap trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every false trail shivered. The hollow-eyed wolves dissolved. The black smoke thinned into ordinary dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trees unbent one by one, and the blue witchlight beneath the roots flickered like dying embers before disappearing completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, Sera stepped into the clearing with Kieran at her side, his face still streaked with dried blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alois followed behind them, amber eyes narrowed with interest rather than alarm, while Corin moved silently at Sera’s other shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relief struck me so hard that Nyra nearly sagged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sera’s gaze found me immediately. “Maya.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The softness in her voice almost undid me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nyra shifted before I even made the conscious decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Human skin returned, and the rush of cold air hit me at the same time Sera rushed forward with clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pulled them on with shaking hands, frustration making every movement too sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan shifted beside me and accepted a pair of pants from Kieran, but his attention never fully left me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We need to keep moving,” I said, voice rough as I turned toward the path Lucian had taken. “Jack’s trail is almost gone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan caught my wrist before I could take a single step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked down at his hand, then up at his face. “Let go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The word was quiet, but it landed with Alpha weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My temper snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jack is loose, Lucian is helping him. What the fuck are we standing around for?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s expression did not change, but his grip softened enough that it no longer felt like restraint. It felt like concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That stopped me more effectively than force would have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maya,” he said carefully, “you are not going back into this fight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared at him as if he had spoken another language.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I laughed once, sharp and humorless. “Excuse me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alois cleared his throat softly behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes cut toward him. “You got an opinion you want to share?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I haven’t said anything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You made a noise.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised a brow but wisely didn’t speak again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sera stepped closer, concern pulling at her features. “Maya, what’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on?” I snapped. “Why is everyone acting like Jack Draven didn’t just disappear into the forest, helped once again by Lucian?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I whirled on them. “Why is everyone looking at me like I’m insane?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan inhaled slowly, and I realized then that he looked less like a man making a decision and more like one confirming something that had been terrifying him for longer than this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I suspected for a while,” he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My anger faltered despite myself. “Suspected what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes moved over my face, and the tenderness there made my stomach drop before I understood why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your emotions have been volatile,” he said gently. “More than usual. You’ve been exhausted and restless. Your scent changed days ago, but with everything happening, I wasn’t sure enough to say anything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart began beating too hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alois stepped forward, his expression unusually careful. “The blast and the Shift likely aggravated what was already making itself known. I can confirm it now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked between them, my throat suddenly dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Confirm what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sera’s eyes widened, and she slapped a hand over her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took a staggered step back. “No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s hand tightened around mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maya,” he said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shook my head because if I let him finish the sentence, the world would change, and I was not ready for that. Not while enemies closed in from all sides, and everything smelled like blood and smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” I repeated, though the word had lost most of its strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alois’s voice gentled. “Congratulations. You’re pregnant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forest vanished for a second. My mind went blank so completely that the trees, the smoke, the battlefield, Jack, even Lucian all fell away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pregnant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The word did not fit inside my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at Ethan. He was watching me like I was something precious and terrifying all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh my gods,” I whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sera made a small sound beside me, halfway between joy and fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked toward the trail again, instinct trying to surge back up, but Ethan stepped in front of me fully this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ethan—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.” His voice cracked. “You’re not going after that thing while carrying our child.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words struck harder than any command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shit.\u003C\u002Fp>",1492,"2026-06-03T02:27:49.405Z",1,"novelbin.me","c9fbdbde036251836b07f3e3c259efe2e32f8036c8a4eb4727f13cdc387f62e0","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-479","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-477",488,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-cover.jpg"]