The luna’s misery のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 11 - チャプター 20

The kitchen was already alive when I walked in. The air was thick with heat and smoke, carrying the strong smell of roasted deer meat, gotten from wolf hunting. Mixed with the sweetness of bread baking in the clay oven. Pots clattered on the fire, the sound of boiling water bubbling over. Wooden spoons struck the inside of big bowls, and the sharp thud of knives against cutting boards echoed like a rhythm that never stopped.I forced myself to smile, even though my chest still felt heavy. “Good morning,” I whispered as I stepped in.Some of them nodded back at me without care. Some didn’t even bother to look at me. But Rita, my distant friend. the only one who tried to be nice,brightened the moment her eyes caught mine.“Morning, Nora,” she said softly, her face glowing with the kind of warmth that made me feel a little less invisible.I nodded back and hurried to the far table where a pile of vegetables was waiting. My fingers went to work quickly. I washed the carrots, sliced them i

“What?” I looked at her, eyebrows pulled together.“The full moon is out,” Rita said, her voice softer now, almost reverent. “Can’t you see it?”Her lips curved in a smile as she raised her hand, pointing toward the window.My eyes followed her gesture and landed on the glittering light spilling from the sky. The moon hung high, white and sharp, casting its glow across the world. The humming of the moon’s pull felt like a low sound in my bones, a vibration deep inside, as if it were calling my name. From the north, the silver light spread like a veil, casting long, trembling shadows across the kitchen floor.For a moment, it didn’t feel like light at all. It felt like a gaze. A smile.Maybe the moon really was happy about tonight. Its glow was bright enough to turn sorrow into joy, bright enough to promise everlasting happiness. For the past two months, the moon had been only a half-shadow. But tonight it was full again. Full and perfect.In the book I once read, the old one hidden at

The sensation burning inside my body was like nothing I had ever felt before. At first, it was a flicker like a match striking in the dark. Then, suddenly, it roared into a firestorm. Heat shot through my veins, curling around my bones, and I could feel my own heart hammering against my ribs like it was trying to escape.I opened my mouth to scream, but what came out was a broken sound part growl, part cry.“What’s happening to me?” I whispered hoarsely, my voice trembling. My knees buckled beneath me. My palms pressed hard against the ground, but it was like pressing against molten rock. Everything burned.From somewhere far away, I thought I heard voices. Faint. Blurry. Like echoes from another world.“What’s the problem, Nora?”It was a whisper, but it felt like it traveled through a tunnel before it reached my ears. My vision blurred. My body refused to obey me. My muscles locked up and trembled violently.Then crack.I gasped. The sound was inside me. My bones. My spine. My arms.

The voice vanished, and for a brief moment, I allowed myself to breathe. My chest rose and fell slowly, and the tension that had locked my body finally loosened a little. Limene was silent. She was still inside me, but I could tell how weak she was. Even when I reached out, she didn’t answer. It was like her strength had been pulled out of her completely.We let nature take its place. We had no choice.The sound of something heavy being dragged, like the cracking of iron against stone, made my ears twitch. My eyes opened a little, and I blinked against the blur. I looked at my body. Still wolf. My paws, my fur, the emerald glow. Still trapped. Still not human.A sharp pain pierced my heart, sudden and deep. It burned through me so badly I gasped without meaning to. The pain jolted Limene awake, but she was too weak to speak. She stirred, restless, frustrated, clawing faintly inside me, but she couldn’t rise.What is really happening?I thought she was strong. She told me she was not a

My heart felt so heavy that I couldn’t even tell where to start or how to carry the weight. Everything around me felt like it was collapsing, like the walls of the storeroom were pressing me down. Banished. Into the woods. Alone. No family, no shelter.How can I survive out there? The woods are not just trees and grass. It’s wild. It’s the unknown. Summer was almost here, which means the nights will still bite cold, and the heat of the day will dry every tear on my face. I kept asking myself: how do I cope? How do I sleep on the bare ground with no roof? How do I wake up with no one beside me?“Don’t worry, we will be fine.”It was Limene’s voice in my head, trying to soothe me, but I knew even she wasn’t fully sure. Her tone was calm, but I could sense her worry underneath. She was strong, yes, but we both knew this wasn’t just about strength. This was about survival.I turned my thoughts toward my uncle. My own blood. The same man who once carried me on his shoulders when I was smal