Ache For Me, Alpha (Her Revenge) のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 5

SELENETHE SINGLE FLAME on my cake flickered, dancing in the dim light of our small home.I just turned twenty-one today.I should be happy. I should be celebrating.I blew the candle and the flame died, taking my last wish with it.I looked at my family. There was my grandmother, my uncles, my cousins.They were all smiling.Or trying to.Their eyes gave them away, full of a worry so deep it felt like a heavy blanket in the room.Our house sat on the edge of the pack’s land, closer to the next territory than our own Alpha’s mansion.We were outsiders, even at home.“Selene,” my grandmother began, her voice thin, like old paper.“Yes, Grandma?” I asked, my own voice gave away my shivering hands.Here it comes. The bad news.“The council… our dues…” she spoke, unable to look me in the eye.“We couldn’t pay,” my Uncle Luis finished for her, his jaw tight.“For years, child,” she added.“I don’t understand please,” I pleaded. “What does that mean?”My grandma inhaled deeply, and in a des

SELENETHE OLD TELEPHONE felt cold and heavy when I gripped it with my hands and brought it near my ear. “Hello?” I mumbled, then waited for a response.“May I know who this is?” I spoke again, innocently asking who could be calling at this hour. I tapped my feet on the floor when there was still no answer as I stared at the golden wall clock right at the center of the mansion’s massive living room. It says 12 AM. I had been tired from doing chores all day and couldn’t stop myself from yawning. That’s when I remember I was still holding the telephone near my ears. “Oh, pardon me.” I cleared my throat and did my best to fight the urge to cut the call and drag myself to sleep. “What do you need help with?”My brows burrowed between each other as I started feeling the unease and impatience.Someone had called our line and decided not to speak? Is this a prank call?“Alright, the person on the call who hasn’t spoken a word. Maybe you just like my voice a little too much. I swear you’ll

SELENE“SELENE, GET UP.” I woke up the next morning with Anya sitting on my bed gently shaking my arm.I was still groggy from sleep and her voice was loud. She looked tired with a hint of worry in her eyes.“You’re back from the trip?”“And Madam Beatrice too! Come on, get up now! We must prepare. The alpha and his soldiers are heading back to the mansion.”“Huh? When?” I mumbled as I clutched my head.“Right now!”“What?!”I pushed myself off the bed and tied my hair into a messy up do. Anya had already dressed into her uniform while me? Still wearing my pajama.“Wait I need a few minutes.”She nodded. “Just make sure you’ll be ready fast; we need to greet them at the entrance.” Anya, the kind and bubbly person that I once knew became agitated. “The alpha and beta have been wounded from the battle. We must aid to them as soon as they arrive. We were only able to provide food and help to the other middle rank wolves because they were closest to us when we found them. The alpha had be