Darkthorne's Biggest Mistake のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 4

Snow melted beneath my boots as I crossed the academy courtyard, hiding my head in the hoodie of my sweatshirt hoping that no one would notice me. No one moved out of my way as I ducked and weaved in between the crowd of happy, screaming academy elites. They never did. No one ever paid me any mind or attention unless I was the butt end of some joke. The academy banner hangs above the courtyard, snapping violently in the wind, black and silver stitched with the wolf crest of the Axton Pack staring me dead in the face. I stare back at the wolf hating everything it stands for. Every student wears this emblem somewhere on their uniform jackets. Except me. Mine is just gray. A constant, daily reminder that I’m unranked. Unwanted. Human. I have almost made it to the large brass doors leading me back into campus and away from all of this. Just as I think I’m in the clear, laughter erupts near me where a small group of future alpha’s crowd around the ranking board. It must ha

My stomach drops, tearing the envelope open too quickly, the paper slicing across my thumb. “Shit,” I hiss under my breath. My hands are shaking as I pull the card out of the envelope because there is only one reason Darkthorne sends black envelopes sealed with the silver crest. Mating ceremonies. My pulse pounds violently in my ears as I read the contents of the card. My breath hitches and the acid in my stomach rises to my throat and I feel like I’m physically going to be sick. The ceremony isn’t mine. It’s Brock’s. And for some reason that hurts worse. A faint knock sounds against my bedroom door before I can process the thought fully. I panic and shove the envelope beneath my thigh just as the door creaks softly. “Ri?” My chest tightens immediately because I knew it was him even before he spoke. Brock. The same Brock who never bothered mentioning that he apparently had a mating ceremony in three weeks as well. The same Brock who never told me he was being paired a