The Lycan's Rejected Mate のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 21 - チャプター 30

As a child, I always looked forward to the summer festival.It wasn’t a massive celebration with flashing lights and huge parties, but it was an excuse for all the lycans to get together and thank the goddess for the beginning of summer. My father used to tell me that in the past, the goddess would come down and celebrate with lycans during the festivals.It was a simple ceremony and it was usually held around noon when the sun was at its highest. A few people would go earlier to worship at her temple, but the main ceremony was at noon. It was straight forward: we’d bring a harvest at noon and spend the rest of the day celebrating.We held the celebration with the rest of the pack as a way to keep them involved. There weren’t up to thirty lycans in the pack, and the last thing I wanted was to segregate us. It would only breed distrust and fear, and that was a recipe for disaster.Over the years, the celebration became an excuse to get away from pack work, but today, I couldn’t even en

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little bit concerned after he said that.If they hadn’t summoned an Alpha in centuries then why summon him now? It was obvious it had something to do with us and that scared me. Had Ethan reached out? Did they find out what happened between Ethan and I?So many questions were running through my mind and not enough answers. If I had any doubts about leaving before, they were eliminated in that moment. I needed to leave and I needed to do so urgently.“Isa,” Elias’ voice was soft.I hadn’t even realized when he walked up to me. He was so close to me that my nose brushed his shoulders. He wasn’t touching me, not yet, but I could feel his hands hovering over my body. His scent filled my lungs, forcing me into a false sense of calm.It was incredibly overwhelming how much he could do without even touching me.Before I could stop myself, I found myself leaning forward, letting my head rest on his shoulders. The moment I did, his hands wrapped around my back

My heart was hammering in my chest as I ran back to my room.I slammed the door behind me and locked it, stopping only when I felt safe enough to breathe. My skin was alight with goosebumps and my knees buckled beneath me. The only thing I could do to keep from falling over was to lean against the door and slide down slowly to the ground.I knew what Elias was.I’d known of him before meeting him, and I’d known what he was every day since then, but seeing him lose control like that, it fucking terrified me. It wasn’t because I thought he’d hurt me, no, but rather because it reminded me of the moment in the hallway with Felicity.It reminded me that I was nothing but prey to them. I was a wolf, I was weak. They could snap me like a twig without breaking a fucking sweat.I tried to shut out the picture of the sharp claws that grew from his hands. It would be so easy to cut me open with them. He wouldn’t even have to break a sweat, and he hadn’t even fully shifted either.It wasn’t fair

Sleep didn’t come easy to me.It never did, but it didn’t take long before Isadora fell asleep.Watching her was nothing short of a beautiful experience. She kept her back to me the entire time, almost as if she was trying to hide from me, but that didn’t stop me from watching her.By the time she fell asleep, her soft breathing filled the air and I watched the rise and fall of her chest for fear that if I closed my eyes, she’d run again.I knew who hurt her. It wasn’t hard to deduce once I’d gone on my run.Carlos had his differences with her but he’d never hurt her. He wasn’t that type of person. He respected women too much to lay a hand on them. Erina loved her too much to hurt her sand Isadora would never have tried to hide it if it was truly an accident.That left only one other person with enough access to her to hurt her, and the only thing that stopped me from killing Felicity myself was the fact that Carlos told me Isadora needed me. He wouldn’t explain further, he wouldn’t gi

By the time we got to the dining room, I had four missed calls and six messages from my father, but I didn’t make any attempt to respond.I tried to clamp down on my anger, and calm the rage that was boiling inside of me, but nothing I did was working. How dare he demand that I return after everything? He didn’t even care to know what happened to make me leave, he didn’t even seem phased that I was gone. His ego was bruised and that was why he was acting out.“Are you sure that you’re okay?” Erina asked, stopping in front of the dining room to watch me. “If you need something-”“I just want breakfast,” I cut her off. “Can I go in now?”She pursed her lips.It was clear she wanted to say more, but at the last minute, she decided against it and pushed the doors open. The first thing I noticed was how Felicity rushed to take the seat next to Elias as soon as she noticed me.I couldn’t help but scoff underneath my breath.Even now, she was still trying to play games.She shot me a triumph