Fake Heiress True Luna (Irina) novel Chapter 65

Chapter 65: Did You Miss Me Aiden?

Aiden’s POV

Debbie couldn’t have as much as she wanted with her mate,

use before Kael scented

Debbie as his mate, he was on his way to my office to tell me they had found new information on Irina.

Then, the whole mate issue happened, but unfortunately, they couldn’t have the normal time that two mates would have when they recognized each other.

I had to find Irina, and later, I could talk to Debbie and ask her what she wanted to do. Since Kael is a Beta, I’m sure he’ll ask for Debbie to come to his pack, but if she refuses…

Let’s say I don’t want to be in his position.

Anyway, we are now heading to the hideout Derek and Kratos found.

Since he was an ex-rogue and the other a former one, they had some outside help.

“We are a few minutes away,” Derek informed me.

The sun was already setting, painting the horizon in deep orange and crimson streaks. The light cut through the trees like fire, but it did nothing to calm the blaze inside my chest. Every mile we got closer, every gust of wind carrying even a hint of her scent, made Arlo claw harder at the edges of my control.

“We’re a few minutes away,” Derek repeated, glancing at me through the rearview mirror. I nodded, jaw tight. “Good. The sooner we get there, the sooner I can rip someone apart.” Ethan, seated beside me, exhaled sharply. “You need to keep a cool head, Aiden. If Irina’s there, we can’t afford you losing control and-”

“I know, your cousin scolded me already. I just want to be there before Julie tries something, because if I feel something wrong in our bond… I might lose my mind.”

Derek glanced at me once again, worry filled his eyes.

I hate to admit this because Irina is my mate, but he cares for her, and because of that care, he has helped us a lot.

I hope he doesn’t try to challenge me, though; things won’t end that well if he does.

“Try not to think about that. Perhaps they need her,” Ethan reasoned, but I shook my head.

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“The person who is helping Julie might, but I don’t think Julie wants to keep Irina around. Her hatred runs deeper than any of us can imagine,” I replied, my voice tight.

“How do you know that?” Derek asked.

My grey eyes met his chocolate ones. “Because I have a feeling Julie has been messing with us for years. Long before she decided to appear in public.”

Derek nodded; he knew it was better not to ask anything else.

I am not sure, but I have this feeling that Julie is the one behind the scheme to make me hate Irina.

Arlo was pacing, snarling low inside me. “She’s close. I can feel her.”.

My fingers curled around the handle of the car door. Soon, I’ll see Irina and make sure everyone who took her and messed with her life pays.

The car stopped. Derek killed the engine like we were trying to die quietly in the night. For a second, there was only the susurrus of pine needles and the steady drum of my own pulse.

We were at the cliffside, where a small safehouse that the council had built decades ago was located. It was right next to the rock, half-hidden by hanging moss and old netting. A rusted metal door sat recessed under a ledge.

“Why are we stopping here?” Ethan asked.

Derek cut the headlights.

“They are keeping Irina a few meters away from here. I asked around, and Elder Harden appeared almost ten years ago. If our guesses are correct, then he does not know about this place because he came later.”

“And if you are not right?” My beta questioned.

“This is still a good place to hide and observe. We have no idea how many rogues there are, or if they have the help of a witch, but considering what Aiden told us, we must be careful before we charge,” He explained.

“So, he wants us to wait even more?!” Arlo roared, losing his patience once more.

“And before you lose your s**t, Aiden. No, we are not going to wait anymore. We are only going to recognize the terrain and then move.”

“Well, I guess Derek knows us better now,” I grumbled, not entirely liking that idea.

“Still, I’m giving you twenty tops or else I’ll shift.”

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“You threaten me as if you could take control away,” I said, my voice low.

“Wanna see if I can, human?” Arlo countered.

“Stop,” Derek sighed. “If you and your wolf start with the pissing contest, we can get discovered. So you two stop it and focus.”

“Is he ordering me around?!” Arlo asked, dumfounded, but for the first time, I had to agree with

him.

“We need to remember why we are here and stop arguing. If we lose focus, we might endanger Irina,” I pointed out.

After that, Arlo sat quietly in my mind.

Kratos, Ethan, Derek, Kael, and I stepped out of the car and into the dense woods. The air was sharp and cold, carrying the scent of damp earth and pine needles. But beneath it-faint, fragile, and unmistakable-was her.

Irina.

My entire body went rigid. Arlo surged forward, his growl reverberating through my chest like an earthquake.

“She’s close,” he snarled.

I didn’t need him to state the obvious; even the distance pains slowly subsided.

“Which direction?” I asked in a low tone.

Derek pointed east, toward a cluster of jagged rocks surrounded by thick underbrush. “The scouts said there’s an entrance camouflaged near the ridge. They said something smelled funny, so I’m thinking a witch is helping them, and there are also silver traps.”

Ethan cursed under his breath. “Silver? f**k, then we can’t even shift!”

sydly

I clicked my tongue. “Irina might be immune to it, but they might not know it.”

“Or they suspect it and made sure we couldn’t reach her, but that means that whoever is helping them is not a wolf,” Derek stated.

Yep, just what I suspected.

We had to think of a way to breach those traps, perhaps use-

“f**k!” I hissed under my breath as a sharp pain exploded.

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The pain hits like a punch to the gut-sharp, electric, and wrong. It blooms under my ribs, a hot needle that makes me double over, hands digging into the mowithout thinking. I taste metal on my tongue, and the world tenses to a pinpoint.

Arlo snarls, furious and confused. He claws at the inside of my skull as if he can scrape the ache out. “She’s-” he snaps.

It’s not my pain.

That fact slams into me harder than anything else. This wasn’t mine; I was not in the middle of a fight, but Irina was.

I immediately try to stand up, but Derek holds me down.

“Not yet,” he warned. “If they’ve got witches or traps, we’ll be walking into a slaughter.”

“Then you stay back,” I growled. “I’ll handle it.”

Kael met my eyes, calm but firm. “And if you die before you reach her? What then? You think Irina wants to see your corpse instead of your face?”

“She is in pain! They are torturing-ah!” Another sharp pain, this time in my leg.

What the hell is going on?

“Was that Irina?” Derek asked, rushing to my side. “Can you tell what they are doing to her?”

I shook my head. “I only feel pain; it looks like she is fighting.”

Derek’s eyes widened. “She’s fighting back?”

“Yeah,” I panted, dragging air into my lungs, “and she’s pissed.”

That last surge of pain had come with something else-heat, rage, and the faint pulse of power. Irina’s power. She wasn’t helpless; she was lashing out. And that only made me more desperate to get to her.

“f**k this,” I growled, shoving Derek’s hand off me. “I’m not waiting any longer.”

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