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Casey’s Regret
Casey’s Regret
Author: Liora

Chapter 1

Author: Liora
Cora’s POV:

A long and daunting name was listed on the diagnosis column—'Neurogenic Wolf Spirit Atrophy'.

The senior doctor hesitated before explaining to me, “This is an incurable disease.”

I was a professor of healing studies, so, of course, I knew about it. However, I could not understand how such a rare illness could fall upon me.

I decided to donate my body to the Central Research Institute for further research on spirit atrophy.

I carefully filled out the ‘Spirit Severance Donation Contract’, formally renouncing the right for my wolf spirit to return to the pack's sacred grounds after my death.

Only when I reached the column for 'Immediate Family Signature' did my pen stop.

By law, if a direct relative was still alive, their consent was mandatory, or the donation would not be accepted. In this world, I had only him.

In the end, I reached him through the mind link, my voice hoarse as I said, “Will you sign the Spirit Severance Donation Contract for me?”

I tried to make my tone sound calm, but there was only silence on the other side. The wordless pause stretched unbearably long.

I whispered tentatively, "Casey?”

The next moment, a voice I knew sounded familiar, yet it was laced with disgust. “Are you out of your mind?”

The words lodged in my throat. Before I could say another word, the mind link was cut off with a sharp tone.

Six years had passed, yet his hatred had not faded in the slightest.

That night, I booked the earliest flight to Moonshadow City. That was where Casey was stationed now.

When I arrived, he was hosting a banquet, and the wolf guards blocked my way.

“Commander Casey of the Silverfang Patrol is celebrating his sister’s birthday today. He has reserved the entire building. Outsiders are not allowed.”

I softened my voice, pleading, “I’m here to meet Commander Casey… I’m also his sister.”

Casey had only one blood relative in this world—me.

The guards, of course, did not believe me and wanted to chase me away.

Just then, the banquet hall doors opened, and a tall figure slowly emerged. His voice was cold and familiar, edged with mockery. “Stop trying to claim kinship.”

My whole body trembled.

After six years, the brother who had once sobbed through our mind link, begging me to see our mother one last time, now looked at me with nothing but indifference.

My throat tightened, and not a single word would come out.

Casey walked past me. I panicked and blurted, “It'll only take a few seconds… I just need your signature.”

I hurried after him, fumbling through my bag for the contract and a pen.

At that moment, a woman leaped down from the carriage and called out cheerfully, “Casey, over here!”

She was the star of tonight’s banquet—his foster mother’s daughter.

Casey’s gaze passed right over me and landed on her.

As I was blocking him, his expression instantly darkened. Suddenly, he snatched the pen from my hand, flipped to the last page, and signed without hesitation.

“Don’t ever come looking for me again, not even if you need someone to claim your corpse.”

The words cut through me like claws raking across my chest. I stood frozen for a long moment before finally nodding.

Only after getting my response did he finish the last stroke. With the signature complete, he said coldly, “Now, get lost.”

Instinctively, I stepped aside. His face lit with a carefree smile as he walked toward that woman.

I slipped out through the side door, turned back in a daze, and collapsed onto the ground. Looking down, I pounded my legs that were growing weaker by the day. How many more days could I hold on?

The next morning, I returned to the academy to teach. I had just finished my lecture when I saw Casey standing at the classroom door, frowning at me. I froze for a moment.

The dean gestured for me to go over. Casey’s voice was low but sharp, sounding accusatory. “Care to explain this?”

I did not understand.

Then, his gaze swept the classroom. One of my students immediately hurried out, calling, “Casey.”

It was then I realized—his foster sister, Victoria, was one of my students. No wonder her voice had sounded so strangely familiar to me last night.

“I didn’t know—”

Casey cut me off, saying, “Resign.”
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  • Casey’s Regret   Chapter 10

    I lay sprawled on the couch, crying my heart out until dawn. I never thought that the donation agreement would really take effect.For six years, I blamed Cora. I resented her for not visiting me, for never coming to pay respects at our mother’s grave.However, I forgot that I had told her never to appear in front of me again.I did not know that on the very night of our mother’s death, Cora had just received news that Charles was about to conduct an illegal deal on a yacht.She and Luke had already set their trap. As long as they secured the key evidence that night, they could send Charles straight to the Supreme Tribunal of the Silverfang Territory.She had reached out through the mind link, telling me she could only return the next day.However, the mind link was suddenly cut off, so she changed her flight and rushed back to the northern border overnight. She caught the earliest flight, only to be delayed by a storm. By the time she landed, it was already noon the next day.I

  • Casey’s Regret   Chapter 9

    Casey’s POV:My Cora was gone. She spoke to me last at the old house’s entrance. She had sat in her wheelchair and needed to bring her bowl close to her face to eat. When she tried to tie my tie, she could not even make a proper knot.The last thing she said was, “The weather’s getting warmer, but still, wear more layers. Don’t catch a chill.”There were so many signs. She had been telling me goodbye all this while, and I had overlooked everything.…As I was walking downstairs, I missed a step and fell to the ground. My heartbeat went out of rhythm, as if something was pulling me down. My chest tightened painfully.A few kids ran past me, laughing until they nearly fell, finding it hilarious to see an adult fall.I got up, opened my car door, sat down, and could not shake the feeling that something was wrong today.I thought, maybe I would tell Cora this embarrassing story when I got home tonight. Perhaps she would laugh. She had not laughed in so long.When she was little, C

  • Casey’s Regret   Chapter 8

    That phone call was clearly important to Casey.He went straight into the bedroom, almost like he feared I would eavesdrop. That was fine. At least Casey would not see me secretly crying.Just before he closed the door, I vaguely heard Victoria’s voice on the other end. She was crying as she questioned him, her tone full of grievance.Maybe it was the first time Casey had not gone home for an entire night.Then, it struck me that I had brought Casey back here. However, his real home… was no longer here.I lowered my head, finished the bowl of oatmeal, and sat at the table. I was unable to move, so I quietly waited.The food on the table grew colder and colder, little by little. It was not until half an hour later that he returned.He casually ate a few bites, then put down his bowl and pushed me toward the bedroom. There was even more distance between us now. I knew he was in a rush to go home.However, I pretended not to notice, insisting on keeping myself here to have him acc

  • Casey’s Regret   Chapter 7

    It was such an abrupt question, but I nodded lightly. “Okay.”It was as if those humiliating confrontations between us had never happened, nor that bone-deep hatred we once carried for each other.Casey stayed in the hospital for more than half a month before he took me with him when he was discharged.On the day we left, my attending doctor quietly pulled me aside. “Your brother’s condition is fine. I can understand why he's being discharged. But you? How can you leave?”Casey was waiting for me down the hall. I lowered my voice. “Staying longer won’t change anything. I don’t want to die in a hospital.”Just like that, I left with Casey.After we filled out the paperwork, he went down to the underground parking lot to get the car, while I waited at the entrance.Just then, I heard a slightly hesitant voice calling, “Cora?”The voice was both familiar and distant. I turned and saw a man in his early 60s, his hair completely white, walking toward me.My memory had been deterior

  • Casey’s Regret   Chapter 6

    After our father was imprisoned, he refused to accept it and even pulled strings to file an appeal. However, the evidence was clear. Hence, the verdict remained unchanged.I rushed to the prison as soon as I could, to deliver the news to him in person. He, however, looked like he already knew. His face did not show the slightest emotion.However, when he saw me entering in a wheelchair, there was a flicker of twisted delight in his eyes.I looked straight at him, my tone calm. “It doesn’t matter what happens to me. What matters is that you’ll never get out of here. If they let you walk free, that would be an insult to Casey and me. Even if they gave you the death penalty, you'd still taint my mother’s soul in the afterworld. Rotting here like this is what suits you best.”His face instantly twisted with rage.As I turned to leave, he bellowed furiously behind me, “So what if you do all this?! Do your mother and brother even believe you? Don't they already think of you as a cold-bl

  • Casey’s Regret   Chapter 5

    Casey lifted his hand, as if to hold onto me.Just then, a frantic voice called out from behind. “Cora!”Casey’s hand jerked back as though I were a flaming hot iron. The next second, his expression turned cold, his tone edged with irritation he could not quite hide.“Quit pretending. Stay away from me.”My body crumpled like a branch stripped of support, collapsing to the ground with a heavy thud. Pain exploded through me, as though my bones had all come apart.Through the haze, I vaguely saw that Casey’s expression had changed. Panic flooded his face as he crouched beside me. His voice was tight and frantic. “Cora? Can you hear me? Don’t scare me…”He reached out as if to hold me but hesitated, terrified he might hurt me further. Clumsy and desperate, he grabbed his phone and called the ambulance.The next instant, Victoria rushed over in alarm. She crouched by my side, her hand stretching toward me. “What’s wrong with Cora? Why did she suddenly—”Before she could finish, Cas

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