I “Stole” the Alpha’s Love, but I’m Giving Him Back to My Sister의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 9

Seven days ago, vampires attacked our pack. I pushed Mom and my sister out of the way, but I was cut by a dagger coated in wolfsbane.The healer said there was no cure. I did not have much time left.I had planned to bring my mate-to-be home before I died. But now, mom had made an absurd request.After I nodded, Aurelia's face lit up with excitement as she grabbed my arm."Really? Mara, you really mean it?"She shook me hard, pulling at the wound hidden beneath my sleeve. The taste of blood rose slowly in my throat. I forced it back down.Deep inside me, my wolf stirred once, weakly, then went quiet again.Mom stared at me in disbelief, as if she were seeing me for the first time."Well, would you look at that. Our little firecracker is actually behaving for once."She pulled Aurelia close, straightened the silver-gray cloak around her shoulders, then dabbed a little of my usual moonvine scent behind her ear.It was the scent Ronan had made for me himself after promising I would one da

Ronan stood up so abruptly his chair scraped against the floor.He stumbled around the table and rushed to my side, grabbing my arm with panic on his face."What happened? Why are you coughing blood?"Aurelia gave a startled gasp."Is it the wound from when you shielded me? Has it still not healed?"As soon as the words left her mouth, she realized her mistake.Ronan thought she was me, so the one who took the wound for her sister and mother should have been "Mara," not Aurelia.She quickly covered her lips.But Ronan's eyes were fixed on the blood at the corner of my mouth, and he did not seem to hear her.I pressed my hand against my sleeve without thinking.The wound had already scabbed over. What was really killing me was the wolfsbane in my body, and the wolf inside me growing weaker by the hour.Ronan lifted his hand and gently wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth. His fingers were cold, and for a second, the fear in his eyes did not look like pity for a stranger.It remin

Mom went pale as she stepped forward, staring at everything in disbelief.Her hands shook as she tried to pull me up from the floor, but my body was limp, like all the bones had been taken out of it.She tried twice and failed both times. Panic finally tore through her voice."Mara, mom is here. What happened to you?""Don't be scared. Mom's here now."For some reason, even after I died, my soul did not disappear.I stood beside them, helplessly watching everything happen.Mom was still shaking me, her voice growing more desperate with every word."Mara, open your eyes.""Look at mom."At last, she seemed to realize she could not wake me, and she turned on Ronan with a broken scream."Call the Healer.""Call the Healer right now!"Ronan snapped out of it.He pulled out his phone, his fingers shaking so badly he almost missed the screen.After he ended the call, he pushed past Mom and dropped to his knees beside me.Mom screamed and grabbed at his hand."Get away from her.""Don't touch

Ronan remembered all those nights from before.I would curl up beside him while reading pack documents, then fall asleep against his shoulder halfway through.Whenever he looked down at me like that, he thought I looked like a small creature guarding its food.Even when I was already too tired to keep my eyes open, I would still clutch the last piece of roasted meat in my hand.He had only found it funny then.Now that hand had opened.I was no longer holding on to anything.Ronan's voice sank lower and lower."Mara, you should have told me.""If you had told me, I wouldn't have given you away. I wouldn't have let you walk this far alone.""I regret it.""This is all my fault."He did not dare think any further.He did not dare imagine how I had gone to the clinic alone, how I had taken the diagnosis, how I had listened as the Healer told me I had at most seven days left.He did not dare think about when I had started swallowing those pills every day.He did not dare think about those

Looking at Mom's back, I suddenly remembered a winter from many years ago.Aurelia had caught a cold.Mom made her hot soup and sat by her bed, feeding her one spoonful at a time.She tested the temperature with her lips first, afraid it would burn her.I stood behind the doorframe and watched, not daring to go in.I had a fever too.My nose was so blocked I could barely breathe, and my throat hurt like fire.But I did not dare say anything.I was afraid that if I opened my mouth, Mom's patience would run out.She would scold me and think I was trying to compete again.Later, Mom finally turned around and saw me.She paused, then waved me over.I was so happy that I ran to the bedside and waited for her to feed me a spoonful of soup too.But she handed me the empty bowl instead."Mara, mom can't leave right now. Take this to the kitchen and wash it. Fill the kettle on the stove while you're there."I held the bowl and stood there.There was still a little of Aurelia's leftover soup at