Torn Between Monsters のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 201 - チャプター 210

~ Aria's POV ~I arrived at the cottage alone. The moment I stepped inside, I saw Thorne standing by the window with his back to me. My heart squeezed painfully. The sight of him so still, so broken, filled me with a crushing, helpless pity."Thorne," I called his name, my voice already breaking.He turned slowly. His eyes were red and swollen, full of a grief so raw it almost shattered me. I rushed to him, throwing my arms around him, clinging to him as if holding him tightly could somehow erase his pain."It's going to be okay, Thorne… everything will be fine. I'm here for you. I won't leave your side," I whispered through sobs.I waited for him to collapse into me, to bury his face in my shoulder and cry. But he didn’t. His arms stayed stiffly at his sides, hands tucked inside the pockets of his shorts. His throat bobbed, but he never hugged me back.I broke the hug, my eyes reaching for his. My jaw dropped when I saw the coldness in them. The old Thorne had returned—no, it was eve

~ Lucina's POV ~"Little Sparkles!" I whimpered her name as another wave of pain ripped through my chest. Each surge hit differently... sharper, heavier, crueler. My whole body ached as if every bone were being crushed, and beneath it all was a burning heat that felt like fire licking through my veins.All of this was happening to me because that was what Aria was going through. I could feel she was being tortured because the pain slicing through me was that of torture.What happened to her? Where could she be? Who is heartless enough to torture her like this? The questions churned through my mind as my scream tore out of me, raw and broken.Aria was in danger. Terrible, life-threatening danger. If I was feeling this much pain, then she was enduring much, much worse. Whatever was happening to her, I needed to save her."Get me out of here!" I screamed loudly.I was still imprisoned by my father. Even though my voice had returned, the poison from the syringe still weakened my limbs. I

~ Thorne's POV ~I watched as Nyx’s coffin was lowered into the earth. The grinding of the rails echoed in my skull like a cruel reminder that this was real... too real. Because she wasn’t a full werewolf yet, her body had already begun to decay. She smelled… human. Mortal. Fragile.My throat tightened as I watched the coffin hit the bottom of the grave with a dull, final thud. Tears blurred my vision until her coffin became nothing but a dark shape swallowed by the earth. Nyx was really gone. This wasn’t some twisted nightmare I would wake up from. My baby sister... the one who lit up my entire damn world, was dead. Centuries could pass and I still… I still wouldn’t see her again.My father wasn’t here. He was probably dealing with Aria, and honestly, I didn’t care what he did to her. She needed to pay for taking Nyx’s life.When the workers finally sealed Nyx’s grave with cement, I stood rooted to the spot. My eyes burned hotter as I stared at the little picture sitting atop the fre

~ Aria's POV ~My eyelids fluttered open after several attempts, my vision blurry as consciousness slowly returned. Confusion hit me the moment my eyes adjusted. This wasn’t the cold, silent dungeon surrounded by Magnus’s warriors.I was in Sybille’s house.The realization startled me.Memories came rushing back in fragments—Magnus’s cruel laughter, the fire scorching my flesh, the way pain tore through me until I screamed myself hoarse. I had passed out after he continued burning my fresh wounds without mercy. I remembered being tossed into the dungeon like I was nothing more than a sack of useless goods.My torture was supposed to begin today. I had heard Magnus say it, his voice filled with anticipation, right before darkness swallowed me whole.My body was no longer aching. In fact, I felt… strong. Stronger than I had ever felt before.Slowly, I looked down at myself and froze. The wounds were gone. Every burn, every cut, every mark of torture had completely disappeared, as if the

~ Aria's POV ~I waited patiently for Miss Hellcat at the abandoned playground, my thoughts tangled as I replayed everything Lyra had told me. My mother had gone missing after speaking to Magnus... the same way my father disappeared after talking to Alistair.What was really going on? Were they taken together, or did they vanish separately? I hadn’t heard from Ryker since the day he ditched me. Even if he wanted to reach out, he wouldn’t have been able to, not after everything that happened to me.I didn't want to believe the instincts screaming in my head that my parents might be dead. I didn't want to believe it because I wanted them alive. I wanted to be with them, to be loved by them and cuddle them in my arms. I wanted to know what it feels like dining with them and laughing around a table with them.I never had the chance to experience any of that, which was why I couldn’t accept what my mind kept trying to tell me.I needed them alive."Aria." Miss Hellcat's voice sliced through