ログイン共有
Chapter 34: Not Alone in This
公開日:
2026-07-23 15:11:23
最新チャプター
Rejected For My Curves. Desired By The War Alpha Chapter 35: The Old Rite
The rebellion’s meeting point turned out to be an old stone circle deep in the forest, lit by torches arranged with a precision that told me this wasn’t a casual gathering.A dozen figures waited, and the moment I stepped into the clearing, every one of them knelt.“Please,” I said, startled. “Get up. I’m not anyone’s ruler.”An older woman rose first, silver-haired, her eyes sharp despite her age. “Not yet, perhaps. Tonight isn’t about ruling. It’s about knowing.”“Knowing what.”“What you actually are. You’ve come here uncertain. We intend to remove that uncertainty.”“I came here to talk. Nobody mentioned a ceremony.”“The talking comes after. Some truths aren’t reached through conversation.”“You could have warned me.”“Would you have come, if we had?”“Probably. I still would have preferred the choice.”“Fair. I’ll remember that, if there’s a next time.”“What kind of ceremony are we discussing?”“The old rite. Ironback lineage was once confirmed through it, generations ago, befo
Rejected For My Curves. Desired By The War Alpha Chapter 34: Not Alone in This
I walked away from Asher and didn’t stop until I reached the edge of Kade territory, the training yard fence cool under my hands, the night air doing nothing to settle the storm still turning over in my chest.Some part of me kept replaying it. Since the alley. The very first sentence he’d ever said to me, already carrying a second purpose underneath the words that had felt, at the time, like the first real kindness anyone had offered me in months.I didn’t hear Wren approach until she was already leaning against the fence beside me.“You look like you need to hit something,” she said.“I’m considering my options.”“Training yard’s empty this time of night, if you want a real target instead of just standing here stewing.”“Maybe later.”“I heard some of it. Not all of it. Enough to guess the rest.”“How much did you hear?”“Enough to know Asher’s political and personal reasons for wanting you to get tangled together somewhere along the way, and you just found out.”“That’s a generous
Rejected For My Curves. Desired By The War Alpha Chapter 33: What You Didn’t Tell Me
I waited until the council member’s footsteps faded down the opposite hallway before I pushed the door open the rest of the way.Asher looked up, surprise flickering across his face before he could smooth it into something more careful.“Briar.”“An Ironback symbol under Kade’s banner would change everything for us,” I said, repeating his own words back to him exactly. “The older territories have spent years treating us like an upstart pack that got lucky. That kind of alliance would force them to take us seriously, finally, in a way nothing else could.”His expression shifted, the careful composure cracking at the edges.“You heard that.”“Every word.”“How long were you standing there?”“Long enough. Does it matter?”“No. I suppose it doesn’t.”“Briar, let me explain.”“You’d need her willing. Fully willing. I know. I’m working on that. That’s what he said, and that’s what you answered.”“I can explain the context.”“I don’t want context. I want the truth, plain, the way you clearly
Rejected For My Curves. Desired By The War Alpha Chapter 32: Their Offer
The courier was young, younger than I expected, with the kind of nervous formality of someone reciting words he’d practiced the whole ride here.“Miss Hale. Thank you for seeing me.”“You asked to speak with me directly. Here I am. What does the rebellion want?”“May I have your name first,” Asher asked, arms crossed, standing close enough to make clear he wasn’t leaving this conversation to chance.“Corin. I serve under the rebellion’s eastern command.”“And who exactly is above you, Corin?”“I’m not authorized to say.”“Convenient.”“It’s protocol, not evasion. Very few of us know the full leadership structure. It protects everyone if any one of us is captured.”“That protects the leadership more than it protects the people like you sent out to make these offers.”“Maybe. It’s still the arrangement I agreed to.”He didn’t waste time on further pleasantries after that, turning his attention back to me. “We want you as our symbol. Publicly. A living proof that an Ironback future for A
Rejected For My Curves. Desired By The War Alpha Chapter 31: A Line Kade Hasn’t Crossed Yet
The war council gathered within the hour, the long table filled faster than I’d ever seen it, tension thick enough to feel before anyone spoke a word.“A supply line struck less than a day’s ride from our border,” Asher said, opening the session without preamble. “I want opinions before I decide anything.”An older elder spoke first, arms crossed. “Neutrality. That’s my opinion, plainly. This is an Ashguard civil conflict. It is not ours to bleed for.”“With respect,” another elder cut in, “neutrality assumes the fighting stays contained to their borders. Nothing about tonight suggests it will.”“It’s stayed contained so far.”“So far it isn't a strategy. It’s luck, and luck runs out.”“Luck or not, we don’t have the numbers to fight two fronts if this spreads. Better to stay clear entirely than get pulled into something we can’t finish.”“Staying clear entirely assumes we get a say in whether we’re pulled in. History rarely offers that courtesy.”A younger council member leaned forwa
Rejected For My Curves. Desired By The War Alpha Chapter 30: What’s Real Between Us
I sat alone in the quiet of my room, the weight of that empty holding room still pressing against my chest hours later.A soft knock interrupted the silence.“It’s me,” Asher said through the door.“Come in.”He stepped inside, none of his usual easy confidence in the way he moved tonight, no careful posture, no practiced steadiness. Just him, tired and worn the same way I felt.“I couldn’t sleep either,” he said.“Neither could I.”“Mind if I sit?”“Please.”He sat down across from me, close enough that our knees nearly touched, closer than either of us usually allowed the space between strategy and something else to get.“I need to tell you something,” he said. “And I need you to just let me say it without turning it into a plan.”“Okay.”“I’m not good at this part. Fair warning.”“Neither am I. We can be bad at it together.”“I was afraid tonight. Genuinely afraid. Not for Kade pack’s standing, not for how it would look if something happened on my territory. For you. Specifically y
あなたも気に入るかもしれません
The Alpha's Unwanted Mate
Gaydar591.9K ビューSeducing My Ex's Father In Law
Caroline Above Story4.3M ビューIridian
Jane Doe905.5K ビューAlpha Dante
Crystal L542.3K ビューAlpha's Regret: His Deceased Wife Was the Lost Love He'd Sought
June74 ビューAFTER DIVORCE, I BECAME A LUNA
Elsie Pink99 ビューMy Sister Stole My Husband, Now Two Alpha Wants Me
Author K.94 ビューEX ALPHA’S REGRET: THE TYRANT KINGS’ PLUS SIZED JEWEL
SINFUL INK104 ビュー
