Lahat ng Kabanata ng Fake Dating The Alpha Hockey Captain: Kabanata 121 - Kabanata 130

ASHERThat sound of Sierra speaking down the hall froze me completely.“Hurt… by who?”A hush came, yet it filled the hall too loud to ignore - suddenly I saw she’d caught pieces best left unheard. Turning felt heavy before it even began, weight rising along my spine like a slow burn.Not far off, by the hall’s edge, she stayed quiet - her palm flat on the bricks like something pulled her there unwillingly. Hair tangled from sleep twisted at her shoulders. She looked caught between staying or stepping back. What showed in her gaze wasn’t anger but something slower, heavier than blame ever manages.A weight moved next to me - Jace tensing, regret pooling behind his eyes like ink in water. His glance brushed my shoulder, then pulled back, caught between speaking up or vanishing into stillness. Silence was my reply; my thoughts already locked onto Sierra, sharp and unshaking.“How long have you been standing there?” I asked.Her head leaned just a bit to the side, eyes tracing my feature

Asher.The night was really long and quiet. It was like the silence was going to explode or something.The air inside the place felt heavy like it does when a big storm is coming. The staff was being really quiet trying not to make any noise as they walked around. When someone saw a person down the hall they started whispering to each other. Outside the guards were standing still watching everything.You could feel that something was off even before anyone said anything.It was quiet again when the sun started coming up. Water was dripping slowly on the rocks like someone was holding their breath. I felt weird even though nothing had changed.Micah was not there. That is when the trouble started.It did not feel right no matter how times I thought about it.Maybe Micah left because of the rumors that were going around. Just like Rebecca said.. It is not easy to find answers.Someone like Micah does not get scared for no reason. She was doing something inside the palace and it must hav

ASHEREverything was just too much for us to understand.Someone else had already taken that step.It struck me then - maybe I’d misheard. Light came through just one window, onto stone floors where shadows stretched between two flickering lanterns. That quiet wasn’t empty; it pressed close, thick like cloth stuffed into every corner.Silent, Sierra stayed next to the bed, unable to move.Breath shaky, Micah struggled to hold on, each word seeming to pull something vital from deep inside. Her eyes twitched, barely staying open, like talking had used up what little energy remained.I stepped forward.“What do you mean someone else did?” I asked.Out of the corner of my eye, she turned - just barely - like sound traveled too slow to find her. That look came back, thin and pale, the kind seen before but never named. Her skin held it tighter this time, shadows pooling where light used to sit.“She… she said she would kill my mother if I refused,” Micah whispered.Right away, Sierra moved

SIERRAFurniture stood cold under pale light - no warmth there. Silence pressed against the walls instead of laughter filling halls, it looked so odd and really, really unsettling.Inside these rooms, I stayed so long the patterns began to show themselves. Evening brought certain noises, never missing a beat. Hushed voices floated down hallways where servants moved with heavy plates. Shift changes at the gate meant laughter between soldiers, brief but clear. From far below, the rattle of kitchenware echoed after meals ended.Last night, the noises seemed to have changed.Muted and cautious.It was like the old walls knew, somehow, that a stranger now walked among them.Footsteps dragged behind me as Asher moved ahead, then Jace, both of them quiet while we passed the healer's door. Over and over, I heard what Micah had said - each word stuck like a burr beneath skin.Someone else took the step first.It stayed stuck, that line, repeating without permission.Weeks passed like that - ea

“I defended her in my mind even after Rebecca warned us. I kept thinking there had to be another explanation.”“That does not make you foolish.”“It makes me blind.”“No.” His voice was firm now. “It makes you kind. The shame belongs to the people who used that kindness against you.”Something inside me shifted, a place I’d kept hidden.“Asher,” I said after a moment, “tell me the truth. If the poison did what they wanted, if I cannot give you an heir, what happens?”Quiet stretched so far ahead I already loathed what came next. He hadn’t spoken yet and the reply felt heavy in my chest.“The council would question my claim to the title.”“And us?”A gentle touch landed on my sleeve. “We stay just as we are.”I let out a small, humorless laugh. “That is a lovely thing to say in a palace where everything changes because of power.”He stepped in front of me, forcing me to meet his eyes. “Listen to me. Titles can be fought over. Councils can be challenged. Enemies can be buried. But you a