Bound To The Night Reaper のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 4

Maya's POV:“The child is mine.” His words echoed in my head as I clutched the wall, one hand pressed to the wood paneling and nails bit into the grain until my fingertips went numb. Inside, Victoria’s voice sliced through the silence.“What do you mean, the child is yours?” She demanded.“Six years ago, before Samantha left for Nolan’s pack, I went to her and we spent a week together right before she left for her wedding. A week into her marriage she found out she was pregnant but knowing that she hadn't been intimate with Nolan that long, she waited until the fetus was three weeks along so she could pin it on Nolan. Eventually she divorced him because of his promiscuity but when she came home, her father wouldn’t even look at her. So I brought her here and rented her an apartment, only then did she finally open up to me. I ran a DNA test just to be sure and it confirmed that Devlin is indeed my son.”Every word landed heavier than the last, crushing the air out of me and I couldn’t

Declan's POV: The council chamber felt smaller than usual with me seated at the head, fingers drumming once against the wood before I forced them still. My mother, Victoria, occupied the chair to my right, her posture ramrod straight, lips pressed into that familiar line of disapproval. The Elders, five of them, all gray-haired, filled the rest of the seats, eyes boring into me like I had personally betrayed the pack. Elder Harlan leaned forward first, his deep voice cutting through the silence. “Alpha Declan, the entire pack is unsettled by this sudden divorce. We were never consulted, and the council received no word beforehand. What exactly led to the end of your marriage with Maya, and why did you move forward without involving us?”I had been so furious the day she demanded for a divorce that I forgot to speak to anyone. Instead, I had my Beta make the announcement online, convinced she would come crawling back because I knew how deeply she felt for me. For days afterward I