ログインWren didn't choose these families. They chose her before she was even born. When Wren's father vanished, he left behind a debt paid in blood, and a promise older than she is. Three men found her first, deciding Wren was theirs before she even knew their names. "You're mine," Damian said, like it was already decided. "I found her," Kane growled. "That makes her mine first." "You're both wrong," Adrian said quietly. "She was never yours to begin with." Wren told them she wasn't property and that she belonged to no one. They didn't listen. Now Wren has one night to decide. Sign the vow and bind herself to a family built on power, secrets, and blood. Or walk away and destroy the one thing standing between her father and the people who want him dead. "Choose wisely," the don warned. "Because once the vow is spoken, there is no version of her life that doesn't belong to us." Wren used to think love was a choice but in this family, it's a debt and she is the only currency they'll accept.
もっと見るWern's Pov "Alone?" I said, my voice cracking on the word. "Why would he do that?""Because that's who he is," Damian said, lowering Viktor carefully onto a crate that passed for a makeshift seat. "He doesn't wait for backup when someone he cares about is in danger.""Then we go after him," I said immediately."No," Damian and Adrian said at almost the exact same moment, both turning to look at me with matching expressions of refusal."I'm not asking permission," I said, straightening despite the fear still shaking through me. "He went out there because of me. I'm not sitting in a basement while he gets himself killed."Viktor let out a low, pained laugh despite the blood soaking through his shirt. "She really is her mother's daughter.""Now is not the time," Adrian said sharply, kneeling beside Viktor to examine the wound, his hands steady despite the tension in his voice."There's never going to be a good time," I said. "Tell me where Kane went."Damian's jaw tightened, and for a l
Wern's Pov The silence stretched unbearably long after Damian disappeared through the door, each second dragging like it refused to move forward."He'll be fine," Adrian said, though his voice lacked the certainty the words were meant to carry."You don't actually believe that," I said."No," Adrian admitted. "But saying it out loud felt better than saying nothing at all."I paced the small room, my arms wrapped tightly around myself, trying to steady the tremor running through my hands. "This is my fault," I said. "If I hadn't come here, none of this would be happening.""This isn't about you," Adrian said. "Not really. This started long before you were born, Wren. You just happened to be standing in the middle of it when it finally came due.""That doesn't make me feel better.""I wasn't trying to make you feel better," Adrian said. "I was trying to make you understand."I turned to face him fully, studying the calm mask he wore even now, even with gunfire echoing somewhere above u
Wern's Pov Darkness swallowed the room whole, and for a moment nobody moved."Nobody should panic," Damian said, his voice cutting through the black with surprising calm. "This has happened before. It's probably just the generator.""It's not the generator," Adrian said sharply. "The backup system doesn't fail like this. Not without help."My heart slammed against my ribs. "Someone did this on purpose?""Stay where you are," Kane said, his hand finding my arm in the darkness, fingers wrapping firmly around my wrist. "Don't move until we know what we're dealing with.""That's not exactly comforting," I said, my voice shakier than I wanted it to be."It's not meant to be comforting," Kane said. "It's meant to keep you alive."Footsteps sounded near the hallway outside, quick and controlled, followed by the low murmur of voices I didn't recognize. Damian moved first, positioning himself between me and the door before I even registered him shifting."Guards," Viktor said quietly. "Two, m
Wern's Pov "All of us," Damian said.The words hung in the air longer than they should have, heavy enough that even Viktor seemed to be waiting for someone to take them back. Nobody did."That's not how vows work," I said, my voice unsteady despite my best effort to sound sure of myself. "You can't all just decide to share something like this among yourselves before I even agree.""We're not deciding for you," Adrian said, stepping away from the door for the first time since we entered the room. "We're telling you what's already true.""That's the same thing.""It isn't," Kane said, his eyes never leaving mine. "You still get to say yes or no. We just refuse to pretend one of us is going to walk away quietly once you do."Viktor watched the exchange with an expression that was almost amused, the kind of look a man wears when he has already seen this exact moment play out before and knows exactly how it ends. "This is precisely why the vow exists," he said. "To settle what three stubb






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