The Forsaken Pendant のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 10

I didn't understand why Lucas frowned even more intensely.Wasn't my obedient cooperation exactly what he had always wanted?Layla froze as well. The tears she'd prepared to cry were trapped awkwardly in her eyes.I bent down and personally fastened the Beast Dagger around her waist.I then straightened my back and looked at Lucas."Now that everything has been given to Layla, I'll get going."Without another word, I turned around and walked toward the cabin at the end of the pack territory.I could feel a burning gaze following me all the way until the wooden door shut between us.I knew it was Lucas, but I no longer cared.Five years of obsession had finally become a thing of the past.A strange feeling stirred deep within my mind.The spiritual totem unique to the werewolf royalty lit up inside my consciousness.It was a message from Dad.[Diana, the royal guards will reach the edge of Misty Forest in three days. I'm coming to bring you home.]Feeling that warm power r

I walked into the room and looked around.Everything inside that piled together formed the entirety of the five years Lucas and I had shared.I even remembered why each object had been placed exactly where it was.Lowering my gaze, I thought to myself, 'Lucas, five years ago, you found me wandering the wilderness with no memories and gave me a place to belong.''Over the past five years, I fought off your enemies and helped you govern this pack with everything I had.''We no longer owe each other anything.'I looked away. I didn't take a single keepsake.Instead, I searched through an old chest in the corner and pulled out a worn leather pouch.That was the only thing I took.I packed a few sets of plain clothes and the bone dagger I always carried with me.Throwing the leather pouch over my shoulder, I pushed open the door and left without looking back.Under the astonished gazes of several passing shewolves, I moved into the pack's most remote cabin.It was usually used t

Layla left the dance floor and gracefully settled onto Lucas' lap. She then wrapped her arms around his neck."Lucas, why aren't you smiling? Are you worried about Diana?"Diana can be so stubborn. But with such a heavy snowfall outside, she's probably hiding somewhere waiting for you to go find her."As she spoke, she rubbed her head affectionately against his shoulder."Don't worry. Someone as tough as her won't freeze to death after just one night out there."Lucas abruptly stood up.Caught off guard, Layla cried out as she tumbled from his lap onto the floor. Tears immediately filled her eyes.Unlike before, Lucas didn't coax her.He didn't even spare her a glance.Instead, he took big strides to the window and stared out into the endless white of the snowstorm.For the past five years, I had never stayed away from him for more than a single night.No matter how cruel his words had been during our arguments, the next morning, I would always appear on time with a bowl of

A month later, the largest arena in Royal City lit up.99 towers of flame ignited simultaneously. Each sent a pillar of silver-blue fire into the sky, turning the night sky as bright as day.The Alpha King had reserved the entire arena to hold a grand ceremony unlike any before to officially welcome home his long-lost daughter.The spectator stands were covered with luxurious silver fox pelts, and every seat was occupied by Alphas from each pack.Tonight, the missing heiress to the royal family, who had been gone for five years, would officially return to the spotlight.Lucas attended the ceremony with Layla.Over the past month, Mist Pack had suffered devastating losses.Lucas himself had grown noticeably thinner. His eyes looked hollow, his cheekbones were protruding, and he had an unkempt beard.His stomach illness had also worsened, yet no one could brew the herbal soup that eased his pain the way mine always had.For an entire month, he had exhausted every connection he p

The day after the recognition ceremony, the royal family openly moved against Mist Pack.The pack's hunting grounds were completely sealed off. Its water supply was cut.The Alphas of neighboring packs, werewolves who had once called Lucas their friend, severed every tie with Mist Pack.In less than two weeks, every territory under Mist Pack's control was absorbed by the royal family.The once-proud Alpha, Lucas, was no more.As the heart of winter arrived, temperatures plunged to their lowest.I lived in the highest tower in Royal City. My windows overlooked the entire kingdom.Every morning, when I pushed open the window, I could see the distant snow-capped mountains emerging through the morning mist.Beneath the tower, I could also see him.Lucas had been standing there for seven consecutive days.My maid told me his stomach illness had become so severe that he was coughing up blood, but no healer dared treat him.Lucas himself seemed to have given up on living. He refuse