The Omega’s True Legacy의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 5

Esme's POV“Esme! Did you hear me or are you deaf now?”I flinched at the sound of Lydia’s voice. She was standing in the doorway, hands on her hips, glaring at me like I had committed the worst crime in the world.“Yes, I heard you,” I said quietly, picking up the dirty plates from the long dining table. My back ached from scrubbing floors since dawn, and my hands smelled like soap and onions.“Then move faster,” she snapped. “The Alpha will be here soon, and this place looks like a pigsty.”I bit back the words sitting on my tongue. Lydia wasn’t my mother. She wasn’t even blood. But for the last ten years, I had lived in her house, eating scraps from her table, and following every order she barked. She and her husband, Thomas, had taken me in when I was ten, or that’s what they liked to say. “Took me in” sounded nicer than “turned me into a housemaid.”“I’m trying,” I said, stacking another pile of plates and carrying them to the sink.“Trying isn’t enough,” Lydia said. “You’re twen

Esme's POVThe iron gates of the Nightfall Pack stood taller than anything I had ever seen, black steel twisted into shapes that looked like wolves mid-howl. My heart pounded hard against my chest as I walked toward them, every step feeling heavier than the last. The road behind me was quiet now. Shadow Pack was gone and with it, the life I’d known for twenty years.“Are you sure about this?” I whispered to myself.No one answered. Of course they didn’t, it was just me. Esme, the rejected omega, the girl who had been treated like trash her whole life and now I was standing in front of the most powerful pack in the region, about to walk into a future I couldn’t even imagine.The guards at the gate looked at me, their eyes narrowing. “State your name,” one said, his voice sharp.“Esme,” I said, trying to sound braver than I felt. “I was told… this is where I belong.”The two guards exchanged a glance. One sniffed the air, then stiffened. “Wait here.”He disappeared through the gates bef

Esme's POV I glanced at my bedroom door. It was closed, locked from the inside. No one had come in while I was training with Dorian. At least, no one I saw. But someone had been here. Someone had walked into my room, placed this envelope on my bed, and left without a trace. The thought made my skin prickle. Nightfall Pack was supposed to be safe. Xavier said so. He promised me I was protected here, that no one could hurt me anymore. But if someone could slip past all the guards, all the security, and leave something on my pillow, then how safe was I really?I sat down on the edge of the bed, the envelope still in my hands. My heart was beating too fast, my palms damp with sweat. Part of me wanted to throw it away, to pretend I never saw it. But I couldn't. Curiosity burned in my chest like a flame I couldn't put out. I needed to know what was inside. I needed to know who sent it and why. So I slid my finger under the wax seal and broke it. The sound seemed too loud in the quiet room,