Her Second Chance Alpha のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 81 - チャプター 90

FREYAI found Annie in the kitchen, stirring a cup of tea like nothing in the world was wrong. My hands were shaking so bad I had to shove them in my pockets just to hide it."We need to talk," I said.She looked up and smiled at me, that same easy smile she'd given me a thousand times before. "Sure. What's up?"I set the folder on the table between us. She looked down at it, then back up at me, and something in her face changed. It happened just for a second, but I saw it."Someone leaked our patrol schedule," I said. "Only three people had access. I know it wasn't me. I know it wasn't Orin. That leaves you.""Freya—""Tell me it's not true." My voice cracked on the last word. "Please. Just tell me.""It's not true," she said, and she said it fast, too fast, like she'd been waiting for the chance to say it. "I swear to you, I didn't do this."I wanted to believe her so bad it hurt. She was the one who sent me that beach photo of Lena and Brian. She was the one who showed up with wine

FREYAI felt it the second Ethan said it, this strange pressure pressing down on my wolf like invisible chains, trying to hold her back. She was there, she was mine, but something was fighting to keep her locked away."I can feel it trying," I said, "but it's not working. Not all the way."Around us, wolves who'd fought bravely just minutes before were on their knees, some crying out, others just staring at their own hands like they didn't recognize them anymore. My heart broke watching all these strong, proud wolves suddenly helpless."We need you," Ethan said, his jaw tight with the effort of just standing there, powerless. "If you can push through it, maybe you can help them push through too."I didn't know if it would work. I didn't know anything for certain except that my family needed me and I wasn't about to stand there and do nothing. I closed my eyes and reached for my Omega resonance, that warm, steady feeling that had never once let me down, and pushed it outward, toward th

FREYAThe shrine's energy still buzzed under my skin like a live wire, even hours later. I could feel it every time I moved, a hum that wasn't mine but lived in me now anyway, right under my ribs like a second heartbeat. Ethan hadn't let go of me since I'd walked back through the trees, and honestly, I didn't want him to. Being in his arms was the only thing that felt normal."Tell me everything from the beginning," he said, once we were finally alone in our room. "Don't leave anything out."So I did. I told him about the shadows I'd seen curling up from the ground like smoke. I told him how old the rage felt, like something that had been locked up so long it had forgotten how to be anything but angry. I told him it fed on pack blood. On betrayal. On every bad thing we'd all done to each other over the years, stacked up like fuel."It's not just a story," I said. "It's real, Ethan. And it's been down there this whole time, waiting."He didn't say anything for a long moment. His hands

FREYAThe tremors didn't stop, not even for a second, as we ran down the hall toward the nursery. My heart was pounding so hard I could feel it in my throat, choking me a little with every step. Ethan was ahead of me, moving faster, but I wasn't far behind him, fear giving me speed I didn't know I had left after my ordeal at the mines had already wrung me completely dry.We burst through the door and I nearly collapsed with relief right there on the spot. The kids were safe. They were crying and scared, their little wolves clearly sensing something was very wrong, but they were still safe, whole, and breathing."It's okay," I said, scooping up the twins while Ethan grabbed our oldest and pulled him close. "It's okay. We're here. We're right here."The tremors faded a few minutes later, as fast as they'd started, but the fear didn't fade with them, not even a little. I couldn't stop shaking as I held my boys close, breathing in the smell of them, trying hard to remind myself they were

FREYAThe shadows blocked the door, and I felt Ethan's hand tighten around mine like he could pull us both out of this through will alone."Don't let go," he said roughly."I'm not planning to," I said back, even though my heart was slamming so hard I could feel it in my throat.I pushed my power out the way I had with the guard, that same warm pulse I'd used to find the traitor in the room full of maps filling my body. But this wasn't a person standing in front of us. This was something old and hungry, and it didn't flinch. It didn't even slow down. My power just slid right off it like water off glass, as if it wasn't even there."Freya, move!" Ethan shouted.He grabbed the bookshelf beside his desk and shoved it hard into the tendrils creeping across the floor. Wood cracked. Papers flew everywhere. The shadow wrapped itself around one of the shelves and pulled it apart like it was made of paper instead of oak, but it bought us two seconds, maybe less."The kids," I said. "Ethan, th