Forbidden Lessons のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 141 - チャプター 150

143Ian’s POV We had barely been back in Sophia and Jenny’s for a few hours when the knock on the door came. Sophia was resting, her head on my shoulder, and Jenny was talking to Jacob in the kitchen. The knock was loud enough to make us all pause.“Who could that be?” Sophia whispered, sitting up slightly, a crease forming between her brows.I had a bad feeling immediately. Call it vampire instinct, but something told me this knock wasn’t just a neighbor or delivery. The way it echoed through the apartment felt ominous. Jenny glanced at me and Jacob, her face betraying her unease, and I noticed Jacob tense as well.Sophia got up and moved toward the door, but I could already sense who it was.“Wait,” I said softly, reaching for her hand, “let me—”Too late. She swung the door open, and there, standing awkwardly in the front of the house, were her parents.“Sophia!” her mother, Mrs. Anderson, exclaimed, wrapping her arms around her daughter before she could even react. Her father sto

145Lyanna’s POVThe metallic taste of blood lingered in my mouth as I lay still, listening to the faint footsteps of my captors moving outside the room. Every muscle in my body ached, and the stench of sweat and filth filled the air. They’d kept me in this dark, damp room for days, maybe even weeks. Time was a blur. I couldn’t even keep track of the days. It was so dark in here. I could have been in here fore months and I didn’t know. And every attempt of my escape always failed.But today was different.Today, I could feel it in the air—the shift in energy, the growing sense of urgency within me. My magic was slowly returning, and it made me feel relieved just a bit. These bastards thought they could suppress me with their shackles and spells, but they had underestimated me.I focused on my breathing, keeping it steady, calming the fury bubbling under my skin. If I acted too soon, if I made one wrong move, everything would fall apart. I had to wait for the perfect moment, the moment

147Jenny’s POV I sat on the couch, my fingers absentmindedly picking at the edge of my sweater. There was a tension in the room, a heaviness that hadn’t lifted since Lyanna had shown up, battered and bruised. She hadn’t said much yet, just that something had drawn her out of her house that night—something urgent.Ian and Jacob stood near the window, their postures tense as they watched her. Sophia sat beside me, her face pale, worry etched in every line of her expression. I hadn’t been able to get comfortable since Lyanna walked through the door. Her presence always felt like a mystery, like she knew more than she let on. And the fact that she’d been kidnapped only heightened that unease.Finally, Lyanna spoke, breaking the thick silence that had wrapped itself around us. Her voice was low, but there was a strange calmness to it, as though she had already resigned herself to the gravity of the situation.“I had a vision,” she began, her gaze drifting from one of us to the next, befo

149Ian’s POV “My Lord… it’s Aldric. They found him… in the woods. He’s dead.”The moment I heard the words, everything froze. I was in the middle of reviewing the final defense plans for the northern borders when one of the guards burst into the room, breathless and pale as if he’d seen a ghost. I didn’t even need him to speak—I knew something was wrong. But when he did, the words he spoke didn’t make sense at first.The room around me seemed to disappear, leaving only the echo of his words hanging in the air. Dead? Aldric? The very same Aldric who had sat in the council chamber with us earlier today, arguing his usual points, being his usual infuriating self? It was impossible. I didn’t believe it.I stood, my voice tight with disbelief. “What do you mean, they found him? Aldric was just in the meeting with us.”The guard shook his head, his hands trembling slightly. “I don’t know how, but it’s him. One of the hunters found his body… It’s unmistakable.”Jacob, who had been leaning

151Sophia’s POV The news of Aldric’s death hit me like a storm I hadn’t expected, leaving me feeling both unsettled and strangely relieved. He had been a thorn in Ian’s side since I had entered his world, always questioning our relationship, always doubting my place in it. Aldric had been one of the most vocal members of the council, always disapproving of Ian’s decision to involve me in vampire politics and, more importantly, in his life as king. Now, he was dead, and I didn’t know how to feel about it.Sitting in the living room of Ian’s condo, I tried to wrap my mind around the news. Aldric had been in the council meeting earlier that day, as if nothing was wrong, and then, suddenly, his body had been found in the woods. Killed by someone—or something. Ian had told me everything when he returned from the realm, his voice laced with concern as he explained the confusion surrounding Aldric’s death. It didn’t make sense. How could someone have been alive one minute and dead the next