All Chapters of I Died While They Saved Her: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

I lay on the cold floor, and every breath came shorter than the one before.The edge of the silver statue had pierced through my back, tearing into my lung before reaching my heart, and I could feel the silver burning deeper with every heartbeat.Blood kept sliding down my side, gathering slowly beneath me on the tile.A few steps away, Celine was curled into Mother’s arms on the sofa. Her hands were pressed tightly over her ears, and her whole body kept shaking violently.“She did it on purpose!” Celine suddenly cried. “She knows I cannot handle that sound! She wants me to have another seizure!”The moment those words fell, Father’s face darkened.“Iris, are you satisfied now? Your sister has barely been stable these past few days, yet you still found a way to set her off!”“I did not do it on purpose.”My voice was so weak that even I could barely hear it.The silver statue shifted deeper into my back when I tried to move. A sharp pain spread through my chest, and I fell against the

Chapter 2

Two months ago, a group of she-wolves had cornered me behind the old training grounds.They came out of nowhere, blocking my path before I could react. One of them shoved me to the ground, and the rest closed in around me."Look at her. She won’t even resist. Weakling!"Raven crouched down and grabbed a fistful of my hair.“At least your sister has an excuse. Hunters kept her in a silver cage for days and it left her with PTSD and epilepsy. What excuse do you have, weakling?”She dragged something out from behind her back. A bucket. The smell hit me before the contents did.Rotting meat. Spoiled milk. Garbage they had been saving for days.She poured it over my head.The filth ran down my face, my neck, soaking into my clothes. I sat there, covered in it, my wolf whimpering somewhere deep inside me."You smell like what you are now," Raven said, stepping back.“Garbage!” The others laughed as they walked away.I stayed on the ground long after they left,until I could no longer smell th

Chapter 3

I floated near the ceiling, looking down at my own lifeless body.It was strange — I had always thought dying would hurt, but instead I just felt weightless.My body still lay beside the coffee table, the silver statue jutting from my back. The blood beneath my head had already darkened and clotted, and my face was drained of color.The house was in chaos.Father, flanked by two healers, rushed my still-trembling sister out the door. Mother followed close behind, clutching the bottle of herbs.No one turned back to look at the daughter forgotten in the corner of the living room."Hurry! The cart is waiting!" Father's voice was frantic.Mother suddenly stopped and glanced back."Where's Iris?""Forget her! Celine matters more!"Father snapped the words and carried my sister down the steps.Mother hesitated a moment, then ran out after them.The door slammed shut, and the whole house fell quiet.My gaze drifted to the floor, where the family frame still lay in its broken glass from earli

Chapter 4

My spirit shuddered.Had someone finally noticed?Father stumbled back into the healing room, his phone nearly slipping from his grip.Mother glanced up from where she sat stroking Celine's hair. "What happened?""Warden Hale just—" Father's voice cracked. "He said they found a body. In our house."Mother went completely still. "A body? What are you talking about?""It's Iris." Father's voice broke apart. His knees buckled, nearly sending him to the floor."They said she's been dead for hours."Hearing this, Mother's hand froze mid-stroke through Celine's hair.The blanket she'd been holding slipped from her fingers and pooled on the floor."That's impossible. Iris was just—" She stopped. Her face drained of color. "She was fine when we left."Father mechanically pulled out his phone and dialed our home number.It rang for a long time. No one answered."We need to go back." His voice sounded hollow, like he was speaking from somewhere far away. "There has to be a mistake."They left Ce

Chapter 5

In the holding room at the pack's council hall, Father sat motionless in his chair."Based on our investigation and the healer's report, your daughter died from silver poisoning combined with internal bleeding." The council enforcer slid a thin stack of photographs across the table. "The blood pattern on the floor and the hair we found on the statue both match your daughter's."He paused and looked directly at Father."What happened before she fell?"Father's voice came out rough and cracked. "I pushed her. Celine was screaming, and I—I panicked. I didn't realize she'd hit the statue.""Do you often handle your daughter that way?""No!" Father's head jerked up. "I mean... I don't think I... Celine's condition is delicate. Ever since the hunters took her when she was six, we've had to be so careful. Any stress, any loud noise, anything could trigger her seizures."The enforcer's expression didn't change. "Tell me about the incident with the hunters."Father's hands clenched on the table

Chapter 6

In the corridor outside the healer's den, Celine sat in a wooden wheelchair with a thick blanket draped over her lap. Her face was still pale, but her eyes had a strange sharpness to them that hadn't been there before.An apprentice healer wheeled her into a small private room where the council enforcer was waiting. He studied the fragile-looking girl with a careful expression, his arms crossed over his chest."Celine Ashford, what you just told the healer's assistant—can you repeat it?"Celine kept her head down, her fingers absently tracing the edge of the charm bracelet on her wrist. The one that used to belong to our grandmother before Mother gave it to her."I don't know where to start." Her voice came out soft and trembling, like she was barely holding herself together."You said your sister threatened you. Is that correct?""Yes." Celine looked up, and for just a moment something cold and calculating flickered behind her eyes. "She always hated that I was sick. She hated that Mo

Chapter 7

Over the following days, Celine's accusations spread through the pack like poison in a water source.She told our grandmother through trembling sobs that I used to wake her in the middle of the night and press my claws against her throat, whispering that one day I'd finish what the hunters started.She cried to the head trainer at the academy, claiming I'd threatened to push her off the cliffs during a group run if she ever told anyone how cruel I really was.She even wept in front of the neighboring families, saying I'd told her over and over that she was a waste of space, that once Mom and Dad got too old to care for her, I'd make sure she ended up in a facility far away from the pack.Every lie came with specific details that made it sound real. Every tear looked genuine enough to break hearts.And I could only drift there, invisible and powerless, watching my name get torn apart piece by piece.I followed my parents home one evening and found Mother sitting on the couch with my jou

Chapter 8

The pack's online forum exploded with discussions about me over the next few days.Someone posted a long thread titled "THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ASHFORD SISTERS" that spread through every corner of our territory within hours. The comments underneath made my spirit feel like it was being shredded apart all over again."So THAT'S what was really happening in that house? The older sister was tormenting the one who survived a hunter attack?"Honestly? People like that older sister get what they deserve. Call it karma or justice, either way she's gone now.""I always thought Iris seemed too perfect. Turns out she was hiding something rotten underneath.""That poor younger sister suffered in silence for YEARS because she was too terrified to speak up. How is that not evil?""The sick thing is I actually felt bad for Iris when I heard she died. Now I'm just glad she can't hurt anyone else."Celine sat curled up in the window seat of her room with her laptop balanced on her knees, scrolling through

Chapter 9

Two months after my death, something unexpected shattered Celine's perfect story.Old Man River, who lived three houses down from us, was cleaning out his shed when he found a broken security camera he'd completely forgotten about. He'd installed it the year before after someone had stolen tools from his property, and he'd angled it toward the street to catch anyone approaching his land.What he didn't realize was that the camera's wide lens also captured a clear view through our front window into part of our living room.When the council enforcer reviewed the footage, everything changed.The recording showed the day I died with perfect, devastating clarity.After I'd knocked over the vase—the one Father said had triggered Celine's episode—Celine hadn't immediately fallen apart the way she'd described to everyone.Instead, she'd gone completely still for seconds, her eyes darting toward the corner where our family's old security camera used to be before Father removed it months ago. Sh

Chapter 10

Once the truth came out, Celine unraveled completely.The camera footage had destroyed every carefully constructed lie she'd built over the years, and there was nothing left to hide behind. The pack had turned against her, the council had condemned her, and our parents looked at her like she was a stranger wearing their daughter's face.She couldn't hold up the mask of the fragile victim anymore."Why does everyone keep defending her!" Celine screamed at our parents one night when they came to visit her in the council's holding den. Her voice was raw and jagged, nothing like the soft trembling tone she used to use. "She's dead! I'm the one who's still here! I'm the one who's still your daughter!"She slammed her fists against the table between them."You should be protecting me! You should be on my side! Why are you acting like I'm the monster when she's the one who—""Who what?" Father's voice came out quiet and broken. He looked ten years older than he had a month ago, his face holl

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