บททั้งหมดของ The Sacrificed She-Wolf Became a Vampire Bride: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 8

When I returned to the Beta’s manor with the Blood Court’s betrothal scroll, Evelyn’s chambers were already in chaos.The pack healer had been summoned. Maids hurried through the halls carrying herbal sedatives, thick blankets, and trays of food she had not touched.Father stood outside her door, giving orders.“No one is to mention the Blood Court in front of Evelyn. Her wolf is already distressed.”I stopped at the end of the hall, still holding the scroll that would bind me to the vampire prince.I was the one being sent away. But Evelyn was the only one they cared about.That night, when Mother finally came to my room, for one foolish moment, I thought she had come to ask if I was afraid..Instead, she said, “Evelyn has been crying all afternoon. She won’t eat or take her medicine. Her wolf is so agitated that the healer can barely calm her.”She sat beside me.“Elara, talk to her tomorrow. Tell her you don’t blame her. She already feels guilty enough.”I looked at her.“What about

My mother began sorting the possessions I would take to the Blood Court.She sat at the long table with my bridal inventory and crossed out one item after another.My share of the southern hunting grounds.The woodland estate Grandmother had left me.My jewelry and the ceremonial gold ornaments passed down through our family.By the time she finished, only a few chests of winter clothing, healing herbs, and old books remained.“The journey north is dangerous,” Mother said. “Traveling with gold and jewels will only make you a target.”I watched the list grow shorter.“Who will receive everything you removed from the list?”Mother said nothing. I didn’t ask again because I already knew.Everything would eventually find its way into Evelyn’s rooms.Just like my bonding gown, my moon-blessed pendant and my chambers.And everything else Mother had taken from me with the same words:Let your sister have it.That afternoon, Evelyn appeared at my door with swollen eyes.“I had another nightmar

When Rowan stormed into the Beta’s manor, Evelyn was sitting before the mirror, trying on the bridal circlet Mother had commissioned for my bonding ceremony.Mother was adjusting it over Evelyn’s hair.“Elara is gone,” she said softly. “There’s no point leaving everything locked away. If you like it, you can keep it.”The door burst open. Rowan stood there, holding the Alpha’s record.He looked past Evelyn and fixed his eyes on my father. “Beta Ashford, the moonstone is gone.”Father frowned. “What are you talking about?”Rowan threw the record onto the table.“She used the Alpha’s life debt three years ago.” His voice cracked. “She used it to secure my pardon.”My brother snatched up the record and read the words beneath the Alpha’s seal.Favor granted: Full pardon for Rowan Hale.Mother saw it too, her face went pale. “That can’t be right. Why didn’t she tell us?”“She did.” Rowan’s eyes flashed with the fury of his wolf. “She told all of us, and none of us believed her.”My brother

Three years later, Moonblight swept through Silvermoon territory.The forests withered and even the strongest wolves began losing their ability to shift. With winter approaching and its warriors weakened, the Silvermoon Pack had no choice but to ask the Blood Court for aid.Rowan, now Silvermoon’s commander and the Alpha’s appointed envoy, led the delegation.I almost didn’t recognize him when he entered the Blood Court chamber.He was thinner, and the easy confidence I remembered had disappeared. Gray threaded his dark hair at the temples, though he was not yet thirty.Then he saw me.The petition slipped from his hand.“Elara...”I sat beside my Prince Lucien, dressed in black velvet with the garnet circlet of the vampire royal family resting on my head.I glanced at the parchment near Rowan’s feet.“Lord Rowan, you dropped Silvermoon’s petition.”Rowan took a step toward me, but the royal guards blocked his path.“Elara, I searched for you for three years.” He locked me into eyes.