Rejected by the Alpha, Claimed by the Crown のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 221 - チャプター 229

Ember Frost’s POVThere was no way out of this. No right answer—just choices that all came with a cost, and none of them kind. When I looked up, Eira hadn’t moved.She looked distant, like she wasn’t fully there anymore. But I didn’t need to ask to know why.No one needed to ask what was wrong. You could feel it in the way she stayed quiet. And the truth was, her situation wasn’t any easier than Medina’s.And just like before, there were no good options.She had a quiet strength to her, the kind that didn’t break easily. Her kindness wasn’t weak—it was firm, steady. Like clear water that refused to hold even a speck of dirt. Once she believed something was right, she wouldn’t turn away from it.But her world had already been stripped down to almost nothing. Her grandmother. Her mother. And somewhere out there… her father—the one person she had never met.But there was one cruel truth we couldn’t ignore.If there was any chance at all, it had to come from her wizard father.The man w

Ember Frost's POVMy mind raced back to what might have caused this. Only one place came to mind—the hemlock forest.She had been alone that night… the same night she left the cave. I had convinced everyone to go after the demon seal, thinking we were doing the right thing.That had to be it. That was the only moment it made sense.Something must have happened to her there… something we didn’t see. Something we weren’t aware of.And it’s my fault. My selfishness did this to her.Eira said something about giving in to dark powers… …Does that mean Lilian knows what she’s becoming?I looked at Eira. “You said she gave in to dark powers… does that mean Lilian is aware of what she’s turned into?”Eira shook her head. “No… her body couldn’t fight the demon, so she gave in. Now she’s being used as a cradle… for demonic rebirth.”The words didn’t sit right with me.A cradle for demonic rebirth… like something growing inside her, using her?Was it possible that whatever was inside her wasn’t

Ember Frost’s POVEllan hesitated for a second before speaking. “This… isn’t something ordinary,” he said, rubbing the back of his neck. “I’m not sure it should be discussed in the open. If you want, I can seal the area so only a few of us hear it.”I almost laughed in disbelief.If it was meant to be private, why bring it up like that in front of everyone? He’d basically announced it already.A faint shift in the room made me pause.People had gone quiet.Then I noticed it—one by one, their attention settled on me.I frowned a little, confused at first. Why were they all—“Ember,” Eira said, her tone calm but firm, “you decide. Do we keep this between a few people, or does everyone hear it?”For a moment, I just stared at her.Since when was I the one making that call?But no one else stepped in. No one questioned it.The weight of it sank in slowly, pressing on my chest in a way I couldn’t ignore.At first, it felt strange… then it clicked.This wasn’t just a casual question they we

Ember Frost’s POVNot everyone on the team liked me.Some made it obvious. Some challenged every decision I made. A few looked at me as if I had no place standing among them.The old me would have let that get inside my head.I would have gone over every word and every moment. Did I say something wrong? Did I make things harder for everyone? Did I come across as too soft? Was there something I did that made them keep their distance?And then I would have reached the question that used to trouble me most.What do I need to change so they’ll accept me?Not anymore. I had stopped asking myself that. I still asked myself those first questions. They mattered. I needed to understand what was happening around me and whether I had missed something important.But trying to win everyone over?That was no longer something I chased.Henry was lying inside that cabin, and every moment we wasted standing here arguing was another moment he was slipping farther away.There would be time later for re

Ember Frost’s POVThe darkness had spread deep into the void of Henry’s system. It wasn’t just clinging to the surface anymore. It had settled into every part of him, woven so tightly through his being that it felt like it had always been there. One careless move could upset the balance, and that was a risk I couldn’t take. But standing there and doing nothing wasn’t an option either. So I kept going.At first, I thought it would be slow work—careful cleansing, peeling the darkness away little by little. But the deeper I went, the more that plan began to unravel. What I found wasn’t simple. There was intention behind it, something deliberately set in place.The further I went, the clearer it became that everything was connected by a single design. Not broken pieces, but one network spread across different layers, all drawing from the same hidden source. That realization changed how I moved.I stopped treating it as isolated points of corruption.Instead, I let Lunaris expand outwa