Lost Alpha: Switched At Birth のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 31 - チャプター 40

"Are you sure you don't want me on call? This is your first full moon as a part of Wayfinder, Ankle-Biter," Gabe grumbled, arms folded across his broad chest as he leaned against the support post of the medical tent. "You're still kinda puny to be shifting unsupervised.""I'm much stronger than I was during my first shift," I countered, smoothing out the cot blankets as we talked. Four weeks since Wayfinder accepted me, and I'd settled into a rhythm of rotation. Every area of the camp needed help, and I didn't mind making my way around every few days to assist. It helped me learn everyone's names and feel like less of an outsider.The night of the full moon was upon us, and all wolves of age were planning their monthly night run. Some would, of course, circle the camp for protection. But it was supposed to be a time of celebration and community under the light of the Goddess. Leon told me of the occasion and offered to run beside me during the shift. After much prodding from him, Clin

The full moon revelry was just the start. After the run, Leon stuck to my side like a proud uncle who successfully showed their nibbling how to hot wire a car. Every step I took within Wayfinder, he was there asking if I wanted him to help. "You know, I can help you master at will shifting, too," Leon said, hovering behind me as I knelt in the foraging fields. "You were amazing during the full moon. If you can shift at will, I know the warriors would lose their minds trying to get you into shifted training sessions." I huffed, desperate to hide the slight chuckle under the sound of forced agitation. "You know, I'm pretty content with my current rotations. I don't think I could squeeze in warrior training on top of everything else. His excitement dropped, replaced by a sheepish grin. "Yeah, that's fair. But, you have to admit, it wouldn't be a terrible skill to ace. You've got an alpha wolf and tons of untapped potential flooding through your veins." "I also have dizzy spells when I

“Keep laughing, Top Dog,” I teased, nudging his side with my elbow. “Pretty soon, I won’t be Ankle-Biter anymore. Gabe said I'm growing. That he can’t even see the top of my head anymore.”Leon's massive form towered over me as he stepped into my path and blocked my progress. For a beat, he studied me intensely, before bending at the waist to meet my gaze. “I can still see the top of your head. I don’t know what he's talkin’ about, pipsqueak.” On the back end of that insult, he thumped me in the middle of my forehead. Then he was gone. Turned on his heels and sauntered off like he hadn’t just declared war with an evil grin and a flick of his fingers.Oh, no he didn’t, Arya growled.Oh, yes he did. Let’s hunt. All of my duties and rotation responsibilities took a backseat to revenge. I wasn’t sure what my plan was. Just revenge. Sights locked on my target, I followed him at a distance at first. I knew he knew I was following him. I wasn’t sneaky about it. And he wasn’t subtle abou

Gabe's words jolted through me like lightning.Seizing? Bad enough that he thought I was going to die? I'd had dreams before, since joining Wayfinder. Blips of memories and flashes of little moments to come. Simple things like when a child's ball would roll into my path, or when Reginald would burn the soup because he was distracted. But this was the first time since the day I woke in Wayfinder that my dreams were so potent.I sat up on the bed, running my hands through my black hair and scratching my scalp roughly."Me? No way you're getting rid of me that easily," I chuckled, trying to ease Gabe's frantic energy. It didn't work."Lay your tail back down before you have an aneurysm or something," he snapped, trying to push me down flat on my back. "Don't just pop upright like a damn whack-a-mole. Goddess only knows what's happening to you."I shrugged off his massive hand, planting my feet on the ground. I didn't want to lie down. No more resting. I needed to try to sort out what th

The training run with Leon healed something within me.We kept up with him, I mused later that evening. Arya laughed. I'd been thinking it for hours. While I was baking with Reginald. While I foraged. While I taught the littlest children a simple nursery rhyme. We kept up with him. No, Auri. You kept up with him. I didn't have any part of it this time, Arya corrected. She sounded like a proud big sister praising my efforts.I kept up with him. I repeated the words, unsure of how to process my growth over the last few months in Wayfinder.It was more than I ever dreamt possible. Well, that's not true. My dreams showed me incredible, sometimes frightening, things that dwarfed reality. But keeping pace with the alpha and not being winded or having my legs fail was a close second.Restless, I tossed and turned for a few hours after lights out. The cot was comfortable. My tent felt like home. There was no reason I shouldn't have drifted off to sleep. Hell, Marcel's extra laps were only the