Her Second Chance Alpha のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 71 - チャプター 80

FREYAEvery day felt like survival now, plain and simple. I loved Ethan with everything I had, but trust wasn't something that just came freely to me anymore. It was something I had to choose, over and over, every single morning when I woke up next to him.We didn't get much time alone these days, not with the corporation's deadline ticking down and Lena's video still spreading like wildfire across every pack. So we stole moments wherever we could find them. A quick, breathless few minutes pressed against a tree in the woods while the guards patrolled nearby. A desperate tangle on his office desk between two security briefings, papers scattered everywhere, both of us trying not to make too much noise.Every single one of those moments left me more attached to him, and more scared of how much it would hurt if any of this fell apart."You're thinking too hard," Ethan pointed out one afternoon, catching me staring out the window after one of our stolen minutes in his office. He was stra

FREYAThe vision didn't let me go easily. Even after I woke up, it kept playing behind my eyes like a movie stuck on repeat.My brother, standing in a room I didn't recognize, yelling at two men. One was Ethan's father. The other was Brian's. Both of them were shouting back, and my brother looked scared in a way I'd never seen him look in real life. Then it cut off, just like that, before I could see who did what.It didn't clear anyone. That was the worst part. It just made both families look guilty, and neither one looked innocent."Freya. Freya, look at me."Ethan's voice pulled me back. I was shaking so hard my teeth were chattering, even though it wasn't cold. He had both arms wrapped around me, holding me like he thought I might fall apart if he let go."I saw them," I said. "Your dad. Brian's dad. My brother. They were fighting about something and I couldn't hear what it was.""Okay." His voice stayed calm, but I felt his heart pounding against my back. "Okay. We'll figure it o

FREYAMy mother-in-law lived, but the pack wasn't ready to trust her yet, so she stayed under guard in her own home, watched by wolves who used to bow to her. Every time I visited her, guilt sat in my chest like a stone. Love and fear tangled together every time I looked at her, and underneath all of it, an uglier feeling stirred too; relief that at least she hadn't died with secrets still locked inside her.Ethan and I weren't handling any of it well. The stress broke us down more than once that week, leading to small fights that came out of nowhere, both of us snapping over things that didn't matter because the things that did matter felt too big to touch.One of those fights ended with me storming into the bathroom and turning the shower on too hot, just to have somewhere to hide my face. Ethan followed me in without asking, stepping under the water with me, wrapping his arms around me from behind."I don't want to fight with you," he said against my ear. "Not over this. Not over a

FREYAThe gunfire didn't stop. It just kept coming, tearing through the smoke and the screaming, and all I could think about was getting to those kids before someone else did.I didn't feel brave. I felt like my legs were moving on their own and my body had made a decision my brain hadn't caught up to yet."Freya, get down!" Ethan's voice cut through the chaos, but I couldn't listen to him. Not this time.I closed my eyes for half a second and reached for that quiet place inside me, the place my Omega resonance lived. I let it calmly pour out of me in waves, pushing past the panic in the clearing. Wolves that had been snapping and snarling in blind fear started to slow down. Some dropped to their bellies. Some just stopped running in circles and looked at me like they'd remembered who they were.It wasn't magic. It just felt like it.A guard scooped up Caleb and I grabbed the twins, pressing their small bodies against my chest and running to the other side of the trees, my heart slamm

FREYASome days I felt like I was being pulled apart by invisible strings, everyone tugging in a different direction until I didn't know which way was up anymore.Caleb’s first shift was coming soon, which meant more pressure, more rituals, more things that could go wrong. The pack elders kept reminding me how dangerous a first shift could be for a pup born early, and how some never made it through at all. I tried not to let that fear show on my face every time someone brought it up, but it sat in my chest like a stone throughout.Ethan was steady beside me through all of it; my rock even when his own footing wasn't solid. He'd sit with the kids every night, just watching them sleep like he could will them to be safe through sheer stubbornness alone. It was one of the things I loved most about him, how hard he tried even when trying wasn't enough.But Brian's constant presence, his offers, and lingering looks wore me down in ways I hated admitting out loud. He'd taken to lingering ne