Second Life, No More You のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 7

The Blood Moon was out, and the surge hit us hard. I was trapped under the wreckage of the den. Trapped right there with me was Lina, Kaius’s childhood sweetheart.My front paw was crushed under a boulder—I couldn't feel a thing—and sharp, stabbing pains were radiating through my stomach. Then came the footsteps of the patrol. Just like last time, I heard Ethan, Kaius’s Beta:"Alpha, I’ve got Elena’s scent! She’s right here!"The rocks above were pried away, and moonlight hit my face. I saw Ethan’s panicked expression. "Elena, hang in there! We’re gonna get you out, okay?"But Kaius, my mate, looked like his mind was a million miles away. Suddenly, his comm-link buzzed. A shaky female voice came through:"Kaius? Where are you? I’m so scared... the beasts are right outside..."I could see it in my head—Lina playing the "damsel in distress" perfectly. Kaius didn't look at me for a single second. His voice went all soft as he copped a plea with her."Lina, baby, don't be scared. I’m comin

As my consciousness faded, I thought back to the way we used to be. Kaius wasn't always a monster.He was the son of the former Alpha, but his pack was weak back then. After his father died, the other Alphas treated him like dirt. My father, the Alpha of the Starfire Pack, had been his father's best friend. He supported Kaius, and he sent me to look after him.I was a spitfire back then. No one touched Kaius when I was around. Before we reached adulthood, I was his world. I even found my name carved into his favorite hide.Then Lina showed up. Her father had been a hero who died for the pack, and the Elders took her in. She became the "third wheel" who never left us alone. Slowly, she and Kaius bonded over their shared grief. They had a "connection" I couldn't be a part of.Everything went south after the "storage room incident." Kaius found Lina passed out and learned she was claustrophobic. Someone claimed they saw my best friend, Annie, with her before she got locked in. Since then,

"You’re lying! You’ve always been a damn liar!"He was losing his mind, swaying on his feet like he couldn’t even hold his own weight. He kept staring at my stomach, then back at my face, looking for a crack in my story.Suddenly, his eyes locked onto the bone pendant around my neck. His expression shifted instantly—guilt vanished, replaced by a toxic, jealous rage."What is this? You’ve never worn this before. Oh, I get it. This is a gift from your little side-piece, isn't it? You’re so desperate to pull this 'divorce' stunt just so you can run off and be with him!"His eyes were bloodshot as he reached out and ripped the pendant from my neck. I lunged forward, desperate to grab it back, but in his twisted head, my panic was just a "confession.""Caught you, didn't I?" He let out a sick laugh and slammed the pendant into the floor with everything he had.When that pendant shattered, my world shattered with it.Ignoring my broken legs, I collapsed to the floor, clawing at the debris, t

Kaius wanted to say more, but I was done. I turned my wheelchair around and left. Lucy had him kicked out of the ballroom immediately. I didn't look back. The party was a success, and I spent the night surrounded by people who actually cared. Kaius never bothered me again. I heard later that the Council stripped him of his Alpha title. Ethan had reported him—the Council ruled that Kaius had violated the code by ignoring a pregnant female in danger for his own selfish reasons. The video of him pushing past injured pack members to carry a "lightly scratched" Lina went viral. Lina’s career was over. Every time she showed her face at a clinic, she was met with spit and flyers of her own betrayal. The pack eventually kicked her out just to save their own skin.By the time I heard all this, I was already gone. I moved back to my father’s old estate in the Starfire territory. I took a quiet job at a local clinic, looking after pups. I had enough gold to last a lifetime, and for the first t