OWNED BY THE TYRANT LYCAN KING のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 7

Adeline's POV "Addie…" Teagan whispered as tears slipped down her cheeks. "What is he going to do to us?" Her fingers were wrapped so tightly around my arm that I could feel each tremor running through them. I knew they'd leave bruises behind, but I didn't have the heart to pull away. She needed something to hold on to, and right now, I was all she had. "Please tell me he isn't going to hurt us." I wanted to tell her no. I wanted to look her in the eyes and promise her that we'd walk out of this room together, that we'd go home and forget any of this had ever happened. But the lie wouldn't come. I looked around the room instead. Hundreds of women were packed together on the cold stone floor, all dressed in the same thin white nightgowns. Some were crying into their hands. Others whispered prayers beneath their breath, their voices barely audible over the occasional sob. A few had gone completely silent, staring at the soldiers stationed along the walls. No one was trying to es

For a second, no one moved. Then the crowd exploded. Everyone rushed toward the trees at once. Girls screamed and pushed past each other, tripping over their feet as they tried to get away. A girl fell in front of me, and for a second I almost stopped to help her. But the people behind me were already pushing forward, forcing me to keep moving. I grabbed Sam's hand with my right and Teagan's with my left and pulled them after me. We ran. My bad leg screamed the moment I put weight on it. Pain shot up my ankle and nearly sent me to the ground. I stumbled, caught myself, and kept going before the girls behind us could crash into me. There was no point stopping now. I could worry about the pain later. Assuming I lived long enough to worry about it. Ten minutes. That was all we had. Ten minutes before the Alphas were released. "Stay close," I said as we reached the trees. "And don't take the easy paths. If we can follow it easily, so can they." The moment we entered the forest,

I watched them turn and run. For a few seconds, I could still see their shapes moving between the trees. Every step they took put more distance between us, and with it, any hope that I'd see them again. A part of me wanted to call out—to beg them not to leave me—but I swallowed the words. If they came back, we'd all get caught. Sam stayed at the back, constantly glancing over her shoulder as if she was trying to memorize where I was. Every time she looked back, it hurt a little more. I didn’t want her to go, but I knew she wasn’t leaving because she wanted to. She was leaving because she had no choice. She looked back one last time, and our eyes met in the dark. I forced a smile, even though it felt like my heart was being ripped from my chest. I needed her to believe I was okay. I needed her to keep running instead of turning back for me. It was the last gift I could give her. A lie. The lie that I’d find a way out of this. That someday, we’d laugh about tonight. That this was

I didn't know how long I had been asleep. I had no idea what was happening around me, either. Sometimes I thought I heard voices nearby, but they always seemed too far away for me to make out what they were saying. Other times, I could have sworn I felt gentle hands tending to me, pulling the blankets higher around my body or pressing a cool cloth against my forehead. The touch was always brief, and by the time I tried to focus on it, it was gone, leaving me wondering if I'd imagined it. For what felt like forever, I drifted in that strange, peaceful emptiness. It was warm and quiet, and for once, nothing hurt. I didn't want to leave. I could have stayed there forever, away from everything and everyone. But something pulled me back. I tried to open my eyes, but they wouldn't move. No matter how hard I tried, my eyelids stayed stubbornly shut. A small knot of fear tightened in my stomach. Where was I? Footsteps moved slowly across the floor. They stopped for a few seconds, then