บททั้งหมดของ My Four Fathers Begged Me to Return: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

Rhea’s POVDagan ordered me into his carriage without asking where I wanted to go. When I remained on the road, two warriors lifted me inside.“Monica’s birthday banquet begins tonight,” Dagan said. “You will attend, apologise for your behaviour, and stop dividing this family.”He spoke as if Black Hollow had been a brief punishment instead of three years stolen from my life. Dagan had once slept outside my room after my first shift because Kiro growled at every stranger. He promised neither half of me would ever face fear alone. I remembered that promise during every night beneath the mine.My mother, Mara, had also trusted him. Before my fathers became Redfang leaders, they were wounded fugitives. Mara hid them, treated their injuries, sold her jewellery for weapons, and used her family’s land to fund their first fighters. Merek’s healer training and Calder’s forge had both been paid for with her money.Once they gained power, they bonded with Lady Vesta. Vesta offered alliances, so

Rhea’s POVMerek crossed the hall and slapped me. The blow turned my face towards Grandmother. She stepped between us before he could raise his hand again.“You will not strike her in front of me,” Grandmother warned.“She accused Monica of destroying this family,” Merek replied. “She frightened Dagan at the river and turned a public apology into another attack.”“I was trying to escape,” I replied, tasting blood. “Not everything I do is meant to control you.”Merek had once been my gentlest father. I spent my childhood in his treatment room, learning herbs while resting beneath his table in Kiro’s form. When my inner wolf feared our first shift, Merek spoke through our bond until she took control.“Your wolf will always protect you,” he promised that day. “I will never let anyone damage your bond.”He broke that promise after Monica’s awakening. Monica claimed Kiro had deliberately driven her white wolf into a rage and attacked the injured cubs. Merek accepted her story even though t

Rhea’s POV“I did not take her,” I said before they could accuse me. Dagan reached for my shoulders, but Grandmother struck his hands away. “She can barely sit up,” she warned.“Monica left the banquet to find her,” Dagan replied. “Rhea’s knife and Black Hollow cloak were found beside her blood.” He looked at me. “Tell me where she is.”I could barely stand, yet he demanded that I wake Kiro and track Monica. My inner wolf was fading with me and held no memory of Monica leaving.The more truth I offered, the more he demanded an answer he already believed. Something inside me stopped fighting. “You are right,” I said. “I took Monica.”All four fathers stared. I told them I had attacked her and hidden her body. The lie was cruel enough to make them act quickly, which was what I wanted.“She is telling you what you demanded to hear,” Grandmother said. “I know this child. She would not hurt Monica.”“You do not know what happened before she was sent away,” Dagan replied. He had the evidenc

Rhea’s POVMonica lifted the fruit basket and turned towards the door. “I understand,” she said tearfully. “If my presence destroys this family, I will leave Redfang.”Dagan stopped her at once. Calder promised she would surrender nothing, and Soren accused me of using old pain to punish her.“Sit down, Monica,” Grandmother ordered. “Running away whenever a question is asked will not clear your name.”“Nothing she owns was purchased with your money,” I said. The room became quiet. I pointed to Monica’s silver dress. “That came from Mara’s compensation fund.”Dagan’s expression changed. “That account belongs to Redfang.”“The Northern Council created it to repay the supplies Mara provided during the war. Her child was the sole beneficiary.”My fathers had controlled the fund because I was a baby. Monica’s room, awakening feast, jewellery, birthday parade, and Black Hollow payments had all been taken from it.Nola showed me the records during my second winter underground. She had entere

Rhea’s POVGrandmother remained near my bed while the argument continued. Soren moved in front of the door. “You can barely stand,” he said. “Leaving now would be foolish.”“Then move before I fall on you,” I replied. My legs were weak, but I refused to sit and discuss another prison. Dagan pointed at the bed. “Enough,” he ordered. “We paid Black Hollow to care for you. Stop claiming we abandoned you there.”I laughed, though it hurt my healing chest. “You sent money?” I asked. “Only Monica’s payments reached the guards.”Soren frowned at Monica before looking at me. “I approved supervised work in the surface stores,” he admitted. “You were supposed to sort supplies, clean offices, and attend control lessons.”“I never saw the surface stores,” I told him. “The guards took me underground before sunset on my first day.”Soren insisted that every report had described me as healthy. Merek admitted that the academy healers claimed I refused food, scratched my own mark, and complained of pa