[{"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-483":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},764369,1010,"Chapter 483 WALK INTO HELL","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-483",483,"\u003Cp>SERAPHINA’S POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither Kieran nor I slept after the dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By morning, the atmosphere had shifted into something sharper and heavier, as though war itself had crossed our borders and quietly settled into the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt the weight of imminent conflict pressing closer, changing not just the atmosphere but everyone inside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Movement echoed through every hallway before sunrise had fully broken over the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warriors passed in organized streams, carrying weapons and supply cases, while voices from nearby rooms overlapped in hurried discussions. Reports changed hands constantly. Messengers moved between floors without pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the courtyard below had transformed, with vehicles, equipment crates, and rows of armed warriors filling the open space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stood in the strategy room with both hands braced against the edge of the long table, staring down at the map projected beneath me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Maldives spread across the surface in glowing fragments of blue and green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands of islands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands of places to hide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Closing my eyes, I let the world around me soften.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I reached inward first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mother’s voice echoed quietly through my memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Don’t reach like a hand. Reach like breath.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver markings along my back warmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the countless distant threads of emotion and life I had learned not to drown beneath, I found the familiar pulse hidden far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mark I had left on Jack pulsed against my awareness like a heartbeat buried beneath water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faint, distant, but there. Salt, ocean, islands. Witchcraft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still there?\" Corin asked quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked up to find everyone watching me, tension sparking in their eyes, anticipation sharp in the silent room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kieran stood across the table with his arms folded over his chest, his expression unreadable but tense around the edges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Christian stood beside the windows with his hands behind his back while Ethan leaned against the far wall near Maya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alois sat flipping through notes and documents while Brett and Maris stood together nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maxwell had one shoulder against the wall, his alert expression in contrast with the ease of his posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" I said quietly. \"The mark hasn’t shifted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tension settled over the room—a heavy, shared relief mixed with rising anxiety—because everyone understood what that meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack was there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Margaret was there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catherine was there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Possibly Marcus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Possibly Lucian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My chest tightened at the thought, and I pushed it away before it could settle too deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kieran broke the silence first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We move today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simple, absolute words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze shifted toward the map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Catherine likes controlling the battlefield. She likes information, preparation, and traps. She expects people to react exactly how she predicts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corin crossed his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Which means she probably doesn’t expect us kicking down her front door.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alois looked up from his notes with a tired sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s not reduce invading an underground magical research facility run by a highly dangerous psychopath into ’kicking down her front door.’\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corin waved his hand dismissively. “Semantics.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt my lips twitch, biting back a smile as Alois shot Corin an exasperated eye roll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Maya’s voice cut through the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone turned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maya stood near the doorway with her arms folded tightly across her chest, glaring directly at Ethan like she was weighing which way was best to murder him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No?\" Ethan echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan crossed his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maya. You are not going.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maya crossed her arms too, her eyes shining with defiance. “I am absolutely going.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan sighed, his exasperation weighing on his shoulders. “You’re pregnant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maya looked offended. “So what? A three-week-old pregnancy is going to negate years of being a warrior?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You heard what the healer said yesterday,” Ethan said, “your pregnancy is unstable. You’re being irresponsible if you ignore it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maya blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then narrowed her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Irresponsible?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan seemed to realize, a second too late, what he had implied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, he messed up,\" Corin murmured beside me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very much so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maya took one slow step forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve fought rogues, witches, assassins, and corrupted wolves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve survived being stabbed and shot and poisoned.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan stood his ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And now suddenly I’m helpless?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice softened slightly. \"No, Maya.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m pregnant, Ethan. I’m not dying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan pushed himself away from the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nobody said you were dying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You all keep looking at me like I’m made of glass.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one is doing that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maya’s gaze shifted to the small audience they’d gathered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked away—Maris bit her lip, Brett fiddled with his sleeve, and Corin stared so hard at a crack in the wall he barely blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I kept my gaze on my best friend, clearing my throat softly. \"Maya.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes snapped toward me, anger and disbelief flickering there. “Not you too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I walked toward her slowly. \"I know you aren’t weak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression softened only slightly, uncertainty flickering amid her anger as she registered my intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But right now, this isn’t only about you anymore. We can’t risk anything happening to the precious pup you’re carrying.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her jaw tightened. She looked away from me entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I reached for her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, we need someone we trust here,\" I said quietly. \"Daniel’s here. OTS is here. The people who aren’t fighting are here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan moved beside her and took her other hand. “And I’m not leaving you. We’ll stay together and hold the rear.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maya swallowed, pride and defiance lowering as vulnerability and hesitation emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For several moments, she didn’t say anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she muttered under her breath, \"You assholes all better come back in one piece.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, I did smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because beneath the frustration, anger, and stubbornness tightening her features, I recognized the true emotion rising: fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not for herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear for us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear of staying behind and waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because sometimes waiting on the sidelines was harder than stepping into the fight itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I found Daniel sitting outside my room not long afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat with his back against the wall, his knees pulled toward his chest, staring down at the floor in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart squeezed at the sight of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hi, baby.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head lifted, and the moment he saw me, he stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I crossed the distance between us and pulled him into my arms before I even thought about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hugged me back instantly, tighter than he had in a long while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a long moment, neither of us spoke. I simply held him, listening to the steady beat of his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have to come back,\" he said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My throat tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pulled back enough to look at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have to promise,” his voice was barely audible. “I can’t...I can’t lose you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain spread quietly through my chest as I thought of all the times I’d had to let him go and trust that he would be safe, and that he was coming back to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I promise,” I said, intertwining our fingers. “You will never lose me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His fingers tightened around mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I had a dream.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold dread settled immediately inside me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of dream?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel frowned. \"I don’t know; couldn’t see much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My pulse started beating harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was dark. But I saw stars.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared at him, my mind immediately turning over possibilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel shook his head. \"I don’t know what it means.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither did I.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But like mine, Daniel’s dreams didn’t mean nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I crouched in front of him and pressed my forehead gently against his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I reached into my pocket, and when I opened my palm between us, his compass glinted in the late afternoon light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll come back,\" I whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes fixed on the tiny device, hope and fear flickering together, and he nodded, his throat bobbing with emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kieran appeared beside us moments later. “If anyone is interested, I plan on coming back, too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel looked at his father and immediately threw himself at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kieran caught him effortlessly and held him against his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel buried his face into Kieran’s shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You better,\" he mumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kieran kissed the top of his head. \"We’ll be back before you miss us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No hesitation. No doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just unwavering certainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel nodded slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hours later, we stood outside near the aircraft waiting beyond Nightfang’s grounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rows of warriors stood assembled nearby, handpicked from Nightfang, Frostbane, Seabreeze, OTS, and every allied territory willing to walk into hell with us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked back one last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daniel stood beside Maya and Ethan while Christian remained behind them, watching silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Protecting home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kieran’s hand found mine, and I squeezed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I turned toward the horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Toward Margaret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Toward Catherine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Toward the darkness hidden beneath beautiful waters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver mark inside me pulsed—as if it already knew where we were going. As if it had been waiting for me to follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s bring them home,\" I whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We weren’t waiting for Catherine anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We were coming for her.\u003C\u002Fp>",1482,"2026-06-03T02:27:49.405Z",1,"novelbin.me","b95e29943c7827615ecfdfefc0808fed6c916bfa511971d39860cbbd2c090217","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-484","my-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-chapter-482",488,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-sister-stole-my-mate-and-i-let-her-cover.jpg"]