The Rejected Omega: Lunawolf のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 51 - チャプター 56

Calhoun took a step into the cabin, and the temperature seemed to drop twenty degrees. The blood dripping from his fingertips hit the wooden floor with a heavy drip, drip, drip that sounded like a ticking clock in the absolute silence. "Calhoun?" I whispered, my voice trembling. He didn't answer. His head tilted to the side, a sickening crack echoing from his neck. He sniffed the air, his chest heaving. The scent of him was overwhelming as it was no longer the comforting smell of rose and rain. It smelled like blood and a cold, metallic darkness that made Nyx howl in terror inside my mind. "Jinx, get back!" Derrick yelled, scrambling to his feet. He wiped blood from his lip and gripped his silver sword with white knuckles. "Calhoun, stop! You’re not in your right mind! Look at her! You’re going to hurt her!" Calhoun’s red eyes slowly flickered toward Derrick. The growl that erupted from his chest was so loud the windows rattled in their frames. "Mine," Calhoun hissed. Th

The cold water of the creek was freezing my blood, but the guards were getting closer. I could see the orange glow of their torches dancing on the snow at the top of the ravine. "They went down! Search every inch!" a guard roared. Calhoun staggered, his weight leaning heavily on me. He was still dazed, his eyes unfocused. We had to move. I pulled him through the waist deep water, the current pulling at our legs. We rounded a bend in the creek, and that’s when I saw it, a dark, jagged hole in the side of the cliff. Steam was puffing out of the hole like the breath of a dragon. "In there!" I hissed, dragging Calhoun toward the opening. As soon as we stepped inside, the freezing air of the forest disappeared. The cave was deep and narrow, slanting downward into the earth. The further we went, the hotter it got. The walls were wet, dripping with moisture that turned into a thick, white fog. "Jinx... stop..." Calhoun rasped, his voice thick with pain. "Just a little furt

Derrick's Pov The moon was high in the sky, but the night felt heavier than usual. Hours had passed, and Jinx was still missing. I couldn't sit still as I paced back and forth across the floor, my boots clicking against the wood as my mind raced with dark thoughts. "Shit!" I shouted at the empty walls. I had underestimated Calhoun. I never thought he would be fast enough or strong enough after being a prisoner in the iron walls to snatch her away from me so suddenly. I collapsed into the edge of the bed, burying my face in my hands. I tried to think, tried to plan, but my brain was a mess of worry. I knew they had to be somewhere in the thick forest surrounding the pack house, but the trees were dense and full of hiding spots. Finding her felt like looking for a needle in a haystack. My mind drifted back to the way Jinx looked at me. A while ago, she had actually helped me. She showed me kindness when I deserved nothing but hatred. After everything I had done, after the wa