LOGINMy twin sister, Stella, was an Omega. She discovered she was a dead ringer for the beloved Luna from the neighboring pack. She was sick of being a nobody. A ridiculous idea emerged in her mind. She would kill the Luna, take her place, and mate with Alpha Andrew. I couldn't let it happen.I saved the Luna, but it cost me everything. "Are you jealous that my face is more beautiful than yours and want to lose my precious chance? You bitch!" " I think my sister has gone crazy. Stella locked me in the cellar. She tortured me with silver poison for seventeen days until I died. I woke up again. Back at the Hunting Ritual. The exact moment she set a feral wolf on the Luna. But I was still too late. I watched as Stella rushed forward. She forced a lethal dose of black silver powder down the wounded Luna's throat. When the news of the Luna’s death came, my Omega parents celebrated with Stella. "Our Stella is going to be the next Luna! We're finally going to have it all! No one will ever look down on us again!" But they had no idea. Alpha Andrew had been pulling the strings all along.
View More岩槻駅からの道を歩きながら、瀬田直桜はスマホの地図を開いた。バイトの面接場所が、いまいちよくわからない。
アプリには真面に表示されないし、近隣を知る大学のゼミ仲間に聞いても、「そんな場所にマンションはない」と言われるばかりだ。
仕方なく行けるところまで、と来てみた訳だが、案の定、道に迷った。
「やっぱり、やめとくべきだったよな」
普段の直桜なら、こんな如何にも怪しいバイトには絶対に手を出さない。だが、今回ばかりは何故か、ずるずるとここまで来てしまった。
(条件が良かったってのもあるけど)
国委託の非常勤勤務だが、三カ月続けは準公務員、半年続けば国家公務員扱いになるらしい。
今時、国家公務員というのも、正直良い職業とも言えないが、故郷の親類は喜ぶことだろう。集落を説得できれば、大学卒業後も関東に残れる。
(あんな地獄みたいな場所、二度と戻りたくない。説得できる強い材料、何でもいいから探さないと)
地元に戻らずに済む口実が得られるのなら、仕事の内容など何でもよかった。
(上手くいきそうだったら今の内定蹴って、こっちに鞍替えしてもいいよな)
今、内定を貰っている企業も悪くはないが、説得のためには些か弱い。国家公務員くらいわかり易ければ、きっと納得してくれるだろう。確証はないのだが。
正直、何だったら納得してくれるのかもわからない。考えれば考えるほど面倒だ。
面倒くさすぎて、頭痛がしてくる。
思い出したら苛立たしくなり、ガリガリと頭を掻きむしった。
「ん? あれ……?」
全体的に黒い建物が視界に入り込んだ。
さっきまで、こんな建物は無かったはずだ。
直桜は小さく息を吐いた。
「やっぱ、《《そっち系》》の仕事かな。だとしたら、一発採用だろうなぁ」
躊躇うことなく、直桜は突然現れたマンションに足を踏み入れた。
自動ドアを潜り、面接に指定された部屋の部屋番号を押そうとパネルの前に立つ。
押す前に、エントランスの自動ドアが開いた。
奥に進み、エレベーターに乗ってみる。やはりボタンを押す前に3階のボタンが点滅した。
エレベーターを降り、303号室の前に立つ。
インターホンを鳴らす前に、扉が開いた。
「本日、面接予定の瀬田直桜さんですね。怪異には慣れたご様子ですね。時間通りの到着も好ましいです」
眼鏡にスーツ姿の、如何にも公務員といった格好の若い男が顔を出した。
「マンションを見付けるとこからこの部屋に着くまで全部、テストなのかと思ったので、流れに身を任せました」
「なるほど」
男が直桜に目を向ける。足元から頭のてっぺんまでを、さらりと観察する。
「貴方は採用です。立ち話も何ですから、中にどうぞ」
「もう採用……。さすがに早い」
促されるまま、直桜は部屋の中に入った。
"What do you mean?"I spun around, my eyes locked on Liam."Stella is not dead," he said in a low voice. "On the Alpha's orders, she was moved to another location.""Where?"Andrew stepped forward and placed a hand on my shoulder."The underground detention block. The deepest, most secret prison in the pack."My heart slammed against my ribs. "How long are you keeping her there?""Forever," Seraphina's voice came from behind me. It held a coldness I had never heard before. "She tried to kill me. She betrayed this pack. Death is too kind for her."I looked at my sister, seeing for the first time the iron will beneath her beauty."I want to see her.""Isolde..." Andrew frowned."I have to see her," my voice was firm. "Before I can truly become a part of this place, I need to end my past with my own hands."Seraphina studied my face, then nodded."I understand. Revenge is a right of the wronged."Twenty minutes later, we were in the deepest level beneath the pack grounds.The air was col
My hand clenched the parchment. The world was spinning."That's impossible..." I whispered. "How could I be... I'm just an Omega...""Blood does not lie," Andrew's voice was gentle but firm. "You possess the purest Moonstone bloodline, even purer than Seraphina's. It's why I could feel your presence. And then there’s the fact that you can hear my mind link."I looked up at him, my mind a mess of confusion."But... you and Seraphina...""Seraphina and I were never mated," he cut me off. "We are partners, running this pack together. She is my most trusted friend, but not my mate.""But everyone said you were...""That was to protect her," Andrew explained. "Seraphina's constitution is weak. If others knew she didn't have an Alpha's protection, many would have tried to harm her and take her place."My head was spinning."Then why didn't you find me sooner? Why wait until now?"A bitter smile touched Andrew's lips. "I was always looking. But you were hidden too well. Your adoptive parents
Hearing my parents, the last ember of warmth in my heart turned to ice and shattered."Are you... really my parents?"My voice trembled in the wind, not from fear, but from absolute despair."How many times did I warn you?" I walked toward them, step by step. "I told you Stella was lying, and you didn't believe me. I told you her plan would get us all killed, and you didn't believe me. I begged you not to go through with it, and you locked me in the cellar!"My voice rose."And now, when you're facing death, the first thing you do is try to pin it all on me?""Isolde, you—" my mother started."Shut up!" I roared. "You don't get to say my name! From the day I was born, you treated me like Stella's shadow! Like a tool you could throw away!"My father, enraged, lunged at me like a wild animal."You ungrateful little—"A boot connected with his chest in mid-air, sending him flying.Liam lowered his leg, brushing off imaginary dust from his hands.My father landed hard on the ground, curled
“What… what is this?” Stella’s voice shook with fear. She stared at Kaelen on the dais. “Alpha? Where’s the gala? Where are the guests?”My parents collapsed to the floor, terrified and babbling.“This is a mistake!” my mother shrieked. “We’re here for the celebration! *You* invited us, Alpha!”Liam stepped out of the shadows, a cold sneer on his face.“A celebration?” he scoffed. “You really thought the Alpha would host a party for a failed assassination?”“Assassination?” Stella’s voice was a brittle whisper. She was still trying to play dumb. “I was saving her!”“Saving her?” Liam pulled out a crystal recorder.He held it high, and the crystal projected an image onto the cold stone wall. "Then please explain why you were preparing these ‘life-saving’ herbs three days *before* the attack?”The image showed Stella in a black market herb shop, carefully selecting her supplies.“And this.” Another image: Stella mixing black silver powder into the herbs.“And this.” Another image: Stella












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