The Beta and The Lost Heiress のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 161 - チャプター 170

Wraith’s POVI’d been training with the pack soldiers when I got a call from Elizabeth, the pack’s head healer, informing me that Tessa was being rushed into labor. Her water had broken just minutes earlier, and our child was on the way.I rushed into the healing room where Tessa had been taken. Healers bustled around, trying to get everything ready.“Wraith.” Tessa called.“I’m here.” I answered, taking her hands in mine. “I’m here.”“Wraith… I’m afraid.”So was I.“You have nothing to be afraid of. You can do this, okay?”I brushed a strand of hair, damp with sweat, away from her face and tucked it behind her ear.“It hurts.” she moaned in pain, and I felt… completely useless.“How can I make you feel better? What do I need to do?” I asked, desperation creeping into my voice.“It hurts.” She cried louder.“Elizabeth, do something for fuck’s sake, stop the goddamn pain!” I screamed at the head healer.“Alpha, you’ll need to leave the room so we can begin the process.”I wasn’t making

Danika’s POVToday was the trial. The day the man behind my brother’s accident would finally be sent to jail, where he belonged.I stepped out of the car, gripping the files that held all the evidence that the culprit had been drunk while driving.Hatred burned in my chest at the injustice done to my twin brother.As an accredited lawyer, I’d be the one handling the case, and I wouldn’t stop until the culprit was behind bars.I was heading for the courtroom when my phone buzzed in my purse. I was about to turn it off when I saw the caller ID. It was a call from the hospital where my brother was admitted, so I quickly picked it up. “This is Trace from City-Cross Hospital. I’m calling to inform you that your brother is being rushed to the emergency room.”“What? You told me he was getting better.” I responded, panicked.“He was—but suddenly he stopped responding to the medications. He is in critical condition right now. We need you to come immediately?”“Yes, I—I will be there as soon

“It was a close one,” Dr. Trace informed me. “He made it. He’s stable now, and I believe in roughly a month, he’ll be back on his feet.”The selfish part of me wished it was my brother who’d survived instead of the stranger I knew nothing about.“That’s good news,” I said, though my tone betrayed how I really felt.“I’m so sorry for your loss, Miss Danika. I want you to know that we did our best, but sometimes, our best just isn’t good enough.”“I understand.” I said, “It happens.” I tried to be reasonable, even though all I wanted to do was scream at her for not trying harder and then scream at myself too for letting this happen.“You could go see him now.”“I don’t want to.”“And I understand that, but you’re the reason he’s alive. I want you to see the sacrifice your brother made and know that even in death, he’d saved a life.”Tears built in my eyes; once again, I held them back.She was right. This stranger would never have survived if it wasn’t for Dan.I let her lead me to his

REX SYLAS’ POVIt was simply easier. Easier to say I lost my memories than to explain to a human that I was the ex-alpha of a pack of wolves.This way, I wouldn’t need to explain anything—only what she already knows.I placed my hand over my heart, surprised to still feel it beating. I would have died out there; I should have, but I didn’t.I’d woken up in a human hospital with a… new heart. All the pain I’d been feeling, gone. I didn’t think I deserved it. I didn’t think I deserved a second chance; it felt like life’s system had been disrupted just to bring me back. A chance at a new life, in a completely different country. But then… What exactly was my purpose?I looked through the file, containing evidence that indeed this man named Coleman was very much responsible for the death of her brother.I’d only known her for a few days, and yet I knew a lot about her. I knew her parents were screw-ups, I knew she was a lawyer, and I knew the only family she’d truly had was her brother—wh

REX’S POVI couldn’t explain it. I couldn’t explain why her mother’s words had made me so enraged. It was never my thing to get involved in squabbles, but this time, I’d seen the need to.More than that, I’d shared her irritation, her anger, and then… her sadness.Could the human heart in my chest be the reason for all these sudden emotions and feelingsIt had to be.Danika spent the rest of the day locked in her room. I knew she was crying, and once again, I felt that need—the need to comfort her. To just… hold her.Instead, I remained seated on the couch in the living room, listening. Finally, she came out of her room, her eyes red and swollen.“Where are you going?” I asked. She continued toward the door. “Dani—”“Don’t you call me that.”I’d triggered something by calling her nickname. I’d heard her mother use it, but I could tell I’d just crossed a line.She took a deep breath before speaking; “I need to go buy some groceries.”“It’s already late at night, I should go.”“I’ll be