บททั้งหมดของ The lies we wear : บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 7

Scarlet's POV“Must you always cry?”Cigarette smoke and stale blood waft through the air as I gaze at the unfeeling man before me. I stifle the sob rising in my throat and lower my head as far as it will go. Why couldn’t he just leave me be? I grit my teeth and try to breathe through the pain. My mate will be here soon. He always is.“Scarlett, do you truly not understand what’s happening?” Lloyd asks, his tone more bemused than cruel. I don’t dare meet his eyes or respond, and something in the silence shifts. He tenses.Without warning, he lunges forward and grabs my shirt, yanking me up. His piercing grey eyes lock with mine—a shade too pale to be Cole’s—but they’re clouded with something unreadable.“Speak when spoken to, omega!” he snarls, baring his fangs. But his voice shakes at the edges, just a little. Like fury sitting atop something more fragile.My breath hitches. Tears slip down my cheeks before I can stop them.“N-no, I don’t,” I stammer.He holds my gaze for a breath, m

The cellar door slams behind me, and I take off like something is chasing me—maybe it is. The corridor stretches ahead, dim and endless, my breath ragged as I fight the tremble in my legs. My heart is pounding so loud it drowns out thought, each beat echoing in my ears like a war drum. The ache in my wrist is sharp now, pulsing like it’s alive. Cole said I wouldn’t heal fast—not until my wolf awakens—and right now, that makes me feel helpless. Fragile.My vision blurs with unshed tears. Lloyd. I should’ve known. He hadn’t changed—he couldn’t. He fed off our pain, mine especially. I had seen it, clear as day, in the way he provoked Cole. That was no accident. He wanted that reaction. He wanted to see me hurt.“Scarlet?" Beta Rowan’s voice breaks through my spiral as I slam into him around the hallway bend. He steadies me quickly, his hand catching my elbow and the other patting my head like I was a child again."You alright?" he asks, eyebrows furrowed with concern. "Where’ve you been?

Scarlet’s POVI listen to Cole with careful consideration. It seem it wasn’t needed. Lloyd himself starts to be seen less and less. I notice without trying. The shadows around the corner were no longer there and that alone seems to make Cole happier. He still seems out of my reach. His eyes always on me yet never seeing me. I knew this is because of the incidents with Lloyd. It isn’t shocking as I hear the whispers. Alpha Jackson is ramping up his training, claiming his is getting older. Cole seems to take it with stride, attending the training sessions, taking trips to the borders to make sure there is no breaches and even hosting the meetings with the elders. I can only sadly laugh to myself when I think about it. There is no talk about my own involvement. I guess everyone seems to forget the pack is supposed to hold a luna, due to Alpha Jackson doing it all himself. I sadly smile as I hold the most recent book in my bed. There is a firm knock before the door swings open. Cole lo

Eventually, the laughter fades. Mae lets out a loud yawn, followed by Savannah groaning about sore hips from lying on the ground. The stars above are still shimmering, but the air has cooled, and dew clings to our clothes and skin.“We should get back,” Savannah murmurs, sounding reluctant. “Before someone notices.”Mae sighs dramatically. “What’s life without a little danger?”Lloyd rises first, brushing grass from his clothes. Then he turns toward us, offering a hand to each of us in turn. “Come on,” he says. “I’ll walk you back.”We exchange glances. It's dangerous—getting caught out this late could mean punishment. But Lloyd’s presence feels like armor, like he could somehow make anything forgivable.We move in silence through the trees, our steps muffled by the moss and soil. I trail a little behind, my thoughts a muddle of loyalty, guilt, and something else—a strange warmth that refuses to burn out even as Cole’s name echoes in my mind.We barely make it to the edge of the pack