Promise Chinaecheremの小説

MAYA"You knew me, didn't you?"The words came out harshly as I stood over Marcus's bed in the healer's cottage, watching him struggle to breathe.Dr. Chen had stabilized him after his collapse, but his face was still pale, his breathing labored.His eyes met mine, and something broke in his expression."Sera," he whispered, reaching for my hand, "you're alive."I pulled back, my heart racing."My name is Maya.""No," he shook his head weakly, "you're Sera, I'd know you anywhere, I helped deliver you when you were born."The room tilted."What are you talking about?""Your mother was the pack healer before you," his voice cracked, "I was there the night you came into this world, I loved you like a daughter."I sank into the chair beside his bed."So you knew her, knew Sera.""When Kaden told me you died, it destroyed me." Tears streamed down his face. "I blamed myself for not protecting you.""Protecting me from what?"He tried to sit up but winced, clutching his chest."The threats,

MAYA"Did I kill him?"The question had been burning in my throat since they dragged me to the cells hours ago, my hands still stained with dried blood.Kaden stood outside the silver bars, his face unreadable in the dim light."Yes," he said finally, "you tore out his throat."I wrapped my arms around myself, trying to stop the shaking."I don't remember any of it. One moment I was in the guest house, the next, I woke up covered in blood.""That's what you said last time.""Last time?"He moved closer to the bars, his eyes hard."Before you died, before Sera died, there were incidents, animals found torn apart, a rogue wandering too close to our territory."My stomach twisted."You think Sera was having blackouts, too?""I think whatever killed her is inside you now, waiting.""Then kill me," I said, the words coming out desperate, "if I'm that dangerous, if I can't control it, just end this."Something flickered in his expression."I can't.""Why not, you said yourself I murdered one

MAYA"Who the hell are you?"The words burst out before I could stop them, my heart hammering as I stared at the woman who looked exactly like me.She smiled, the expression never reaching her ice blue eyes."I should be asking you the same question," she said, moving into the study as she owned it, "but Kaden already told me all about you."I glanced at Kaden, confusion flooding through me."You told her?""Lyanna is my wife," he said, his voice tight, "I had to explain why there's a stranger at our gates."Wife.The word hit me like a slap.Lyanna circled me slowly, her gaze sweeping over my silver hair, my worn clothes, the bruises on my neck from where Kaden had grabbed me."You poor thing," she said softly, "you look exhausted, when's the last time you had a proper meal?""I'm fine.""No, you're not," she turned to Kaden, her expression shifting to concern, "darling, we can't leave her standing here like some criminal; she needs rest, medical attention.""I already called Dr. Che

MAYA"I don't know who Sera is! My name is Maya!"My voice echoed off the walls as Kaden dragged me through the mansion's hallways, his grip on my arm like iron.Pack members pressed themselves against the walls as we passed, their whispers following us like ghosts.He kicked open a heavy wooden door and shoved me inside, slamming it behind us.The lock clicked.I spun around, my heart pounding. "You can't just lock me in here.""I can do whatever I want," he said, his voice cold, "this is my territory, my pack, my home.""I'm not some prisoner.""Then tell me the truth," he moved closer, his eyes burning into mine, "who sent you, who's playing this sick game?""No one sent me, I already told you.""Liars always say that."My hands clenched into fists. "I'm not lying, I woke up a month ago with no memories, no identity, just this address and a name that isn't even real.""Show me your shoulder," he said suddenly."What, no.""Your left shoulder, now.""I already showed you my face,

MAYA"You're dead."The sentry's words hit me like a punch to the gut, his spear shaking so badly I thought he might drop it.I stood at the massive iron gates, gripping the cold bars, my head pounding with that familiar ache that meant another blackout was coming."I'm not dead," I said, my voice hoarse from three days of walking through the woods with no water.He stumbled backward, his face draining of all color."I saw you," he whispered, his eyes wide with terror, "Alpha Kaden carried your body out of the woods himself, you weren't breathing, there was so much blood."My stomach twisted into knots.I didn't know this man, couldn't remember ever seeing his face before, but something about the pine forest stretching behind him made my chest ache with longing.Like I'd run through those trees a thousand times.Like I belonged here."Look, I don't know what you think you saw, but I'm here now, and I need help," I said, pressing my forehead against the bars, "please, I just need answe