011 | The Report

The mansion was already lit when they returned. Soft yellow light spilled from the upper windows onto the dark driveway. The air smelled of rain that hadn’t fallen yet. Aria stepped out of the car and followed Silas through the side entrance without speaking. Her body still carried the quiet tension of the afternoon. Watching Torren walk around free had left a cold, precise anger sitting under her ribs. Not the wild kind. The useful kind. Silas led her straight to the study. He knocked once. “Enter.” Dominic Vale was standing by the window with a glass of something dark in his hand. He didn’t turn around immediately. “Report,” he said. Aria stepped forward. Silas remained by the door. “We located Torren,” she said. “He left a restaurant on the east side at approximately 1:40. He made one stop at an apartment building, met two other wolves at a corner store, then left in a black SUV. He wasn’t alone. He didn’t notice us.” Dominic turned slowly. His eyes moved over her face,

最終更新日 : 2026-08-13

012 | The First Meeting

Aria stopped at the bottom of the stairs. The small sitting room was only a few steps away. Soft light spilled out from the half-open door. She could already hear the low sound of male voices inside — one of them familiar in a way that made her stomach tighten. She took one slow breath. Then she walked in. Kael Nightshade stood near the window with his back partially turned. He was taller than she remembered from this age, already carrying the quiet authority of a future Alpha. Dark shirt. Controlled posture. The same sharp profile that had once looked at her like she was something disposable. When he turned around, their eyes met. For a moment, neither of them spoke. Aria felt the old mate bond stir weakly in her chest — a faint, unwanted echo — and crushed it down before it could rise any higher. Kael’s gaze moved over her face, then her clothes, then the way she stood. There was a flicker of something in his eyes. Confusion. Recognition that didn’t fully form. “You’re Aria

最終更新日 : 2026-08-14

013 | After the Door Closed

Aria did not go back to her room right away. She walked past the staircase and into the smaller sitting room at the end of the east hallway. The one that always smelled faintly of old books and closed windows. The lights were off. Only a thin line of light from the corridor reached across the floor. She stepped inside. Left the door half-open. Let the silence settle. Her hands were steady. Her breathing was even. But her chest felt tight in a way that had nothing to do with physical pain. Kael’s eyes kept returning to her mind. That slight narrowing. The way he had looked at her like he was trying to remember a dream that kept slipping away. The faint pull of the old mate bond had stirred when their gazes met — weak, residual, like the ghost of something that should have already been dead. She had crushed it down immediately. But the echo still lingered. He didn’t know. Not truly. Not yet. But something inside him had already started asking questions. Aria walked to the windo

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Rejected by the Alpha, Claimed by the Don のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 11 - チャプター 13

011 | The Report

012 | The First Meeting

013 | After the Door Closed