เข้าสู่ระบบMy 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.
ดูเพิ่มเติมゆずりは・すみの
落ち着いた黒髪を持つ、清楚で品のある女性。
水篝館で働き始めると、藍鼠の着物や白い割烹着がよく似合うようになる。
久世昌親の妻。
朝食を整え、親族付き合いをこなし、義母の機嫌を読み、義父の来客対応にも気を配り、夫の体裁を守る。贈答、慶弔、季節の挨拶、食卓、衣類、家の空気まで、久世家が「勝手に整っている」と思い込むものを、澄乃がひとつずつ支えている。
けれど久世家では、その働きに感謝が向けられない。
そんな澄乃に、夫の不倫相手・汐見瑠璃花が告げる。
「妻の座を譲ってください」
澄乃は泣き縋らない。
ならば、本当に譲る。
家事も、気遣いも、親族対応も、贈答も、食卓も、夫の生活の後始末も、久世家を支えるために背負っているものすべてを置いていく。
澄乃が向かう先は、老舗旅館・水篝館。
久世家で当たり前のように消費されている気配り、段取り、季節を読む力、人をもてなす力は、水篝館で少しずつ花開いていく。
澄乃は、捨てられる妻ではない。
終盤、追いかけてくる昌親に向けて、澄乃は静かに線を引く。
「私が譲るのは妻の座だけです。人生まで渡すつもりはありません」
この物語は、澄乃が誰かに選ばれる話ではない。
さぎさか・いおり
すらりと背が高く、落ち着いた雰囲気をまとう水篝館の若旦那。
笑う時は柔らかい。
老舗旅館・水篝館の若旦那。
伊織は、澄乃を「かわいそうな妻」として扱わない。
久世家では「当然」とされている澄乃の気遣いを、伊織はきちんと価値として見る。
それらを、伊織は澄乃自身の力として認める。
澄乃は少しずつ、自分が無価値ではないことに気づいていく。
伊織は、澄乃の人生を勝手に塗り替える王子様ではない。
昌親が水篝館へ追いかけてくる時も、伊織は澄乃の代わりにすべてを決めない。
澄乃にとって伊織は、逃げ場所の主ではない。
くぜ・まさちか
整った顔立ちで、外では感じのいい夫に見える男。
けれど、その清潔感や体裁は、澄乃が陰で生活を整えているから保たれている。
澄乃の夫。
昌親は、澄乃の献身を当然のものとして受け取っている。
その一方で、若く華やかな汐見瑠璃花との関係に溺れていく。
瑠璃花が澄乃に「妻の座を譲って」と迫る時、昌親は本気で思っている。
けれど、澄乃が本当にすべてを置いていくことで、久世家は崩れ始める。
食卓は乱れ、義母は苛立ち、義父は体裁を失い、親族対応は滞り、会社関係の気遣いも抜け落ちる。
昌親が取り戻したいものは、澄乃という女性なのか。
彼自身も、その違いを最後まで正しく理解できない。
終盤、昌親は澄乃を追って水篝館へ現れる。
昌親は、妻を失う男ではない。
しおみ・るりか
華やかで、目を引く可愛らしさを持つ若い女性。
笑うと無邪気に見える。
久世昌親の不倫相手。
瑠璃花は、昌親に愛されている自分こそが本物だと信じている。
けれど、瑠璃花が欲しがるものは昌親だけではない。
彼女は知らない。
妻の座は、きれいな椅子ではない。
澄乃がすべてを置いていくことで、瑠璃花はようやく現実に触れる。
瑠璃花は、完全な悪女というより、浅はかで、自分に都合のいい夢だけを見ている女性である。
彼女が望む“妻の座”は、澄乃が抜けた瞬間、ただの重荷へ変わっていく。
きちんとした身なりを崩さない、上品ぶった雰囲気の女性。
しかし、表情にはいつも薄い不満が滲む。
澄乃を嫁として使い倒している人物。
義母にとって澄乃は、家を整えるための嫁である。
澄乃がいる間、久世家は整っている。
けれど実際には、澄乃が誰にも見えない場所で支えているだけである。
澄乃が去ることで、義母は思い知る。
瑠璃花に不満をぶつけても、昌親を責めても、澄乃は戻らない。
義母は、嫁を失う人ではない。
白いものが混じる髪に、落ち着いた服装をしている。
しかし、その穏やかさは優しさではない。
久世家の義父。
義母が澄乃に家のことを押しつけていること。
知っていて、深く踏み込まない。
「まあまあ」
そんな曖昧な言葉で問題を流し、最後には澄乃の我慢に押しつける。
義父は、澄乃に直接ひどい言葉を浴びせる人物ではない。
澄乃がいる間、義父は家の空気が自然に整っていると思い込んでいる。
それらは自然に存在しているのではない。
澄乃がすべてを置いていくことで、義父もまた久世家の崩れ方を見ることになる。
義父は、澄乃にとって直接傷つけてくる相手ではない。
"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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