The Wolfless Heiress의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 10

The forest was the only place in the territory that did not expect anything from Elena Valcrest.Beyond the towering iron gates and the suffocating stone walls of the pack house lay a sprawling expanse of ancient pines, twisted oaks, and a carpet of thick, damp moss. To the pack, the woods were a training ground, a place to hunt, run, and assert dominance. To Elena, it was a sanctuary. The trees did not whisper about her behind her back. The wind did not judge her bloodline. Here, beneath the vast, indifferent canopy of nature, she was not the Alpha’s defective firstborn. She was just a girl, breathing the same air as the earth.She ran until her lungs burned and her legs trembled, the cold night air tearing at her throat. Branches whipped against her arms, snagging the fabric of her simple dress, but she didn’t slow down. She needed to be as far away from her father’s office, from Seleste’s mocking smile, from the crushing weight of the name Cassian, as her human legs could carry her.

The grand courtyard had been stripped of its celebration. Banners were pulled down, replaced by the heavy, suffocating atmosphere of an ancient tribunal.The air was dense with the bitter stench of burning sage, dried hemlock, and crushed elderberries. Three High Shamans,their faces obscured by long, bone-adorned hoods and their bodies wrapped in gray robes that dragged against the flagstones moved in slow, rhythmic circles around the center of the courtyard.In the middle of the stone floor, Elena was forced onto her knees.A ring of dark ritual ash had been drawn around her, carved with glowing runes that hummed with a low, oppressive frequency. The Shamans chant echoed against the tall stone walls, a guttural, hypnotic drone designed to forcibly shatter whatever barrier held a dormant spirit hostage.Every member of the Valcrest pack stood along the perimeter, watching in breathless suspense. On the upper balcony, Alpha Adrian stood with his arms crossed, his face a hard mask of sto

Elena lay on the threadbare mattress in her tiny, damp room beneath the pack house, staring up at the water-stained wooden rafters.She couldn't sleep. She hadn't slept for a single second.The shame of yesterday hung over her like a dark, suffocating shroud. The firstborn daughter of a world-renowned Alpha—a respected, powerful bloodline—reduced to an empty vessel. And now, the morning would bring the final axe: her father’s formal declaration banishing her to the bleak, lawless borderlands. A place where outcasts were left to rot, where the winters were brutal, and where her sufferance would only multiply.If only I could run away, she thought, her fingers clutching the coarse sheet. If only I could disappear into the night rather than face the sickening pity and mockery of the morning assembly.Through the small barred window, the sky began to bleed into the pale indigo of early morning. Time was running out.Unbeknownst to the Valcrest pack, however, the heavy gates of the territor

The stillness that descended upon the courtyard was absolute. Not a banner rustled; not a breath was drawn.Alpha Adrian cleared his throat, stepping toward the balcony railing with an uneasy smile. "Alpha Kaelen... is there a problem? If the banishment of a defect offends your sight, we can have her dragged out through the rear gates immediately."Kaelen did not blink. His obsidian eyes remained locked on the shivering, chained girl kneeling in the mud below."I am speaking to all of you," Kaelen said, his deep, velvety baritone carrying effortlessly across the vast expanse of stone. "Why would a leader banish his own flesh and blood?"Adrian’s jaw tightened. He glanced nervously at the nobles around him before finding his footing. "She is wolfless, my Lord. She has been useless for twenty-one years. She brings no strength to our bloodline, offers no power to our pack, and holds no value. Keeping her here is an insult to the Valcrest legacy.""Yes! Exactly!"Seleste stepped forward on

Seleste did not just run—she scrambled through the high arched corridors like a frightened animal, her torn crimson dress dragging through the dirt, her breath coming in ragged, terrified gasps.She burst through the heavy mahogany doors of her mother's private chambers, slamming them shut behind her and leaning against the wood, her whole body shaking violently.Lady Lucinda stepped out from behind her velvet dressing screen, dropping her silver hairbrush in shock. "Seleste! What in the Goddess's name happened to you? Look at your gown! Look at your hair!""Mother..." Seleste choked out, her face deathly pale, tears of genuine terror spilling over her lashes. "Mother, she... she has become a monster! Look at what she did to me!"Lucinda rushed forward, grabbing Seleste by the shoulders and frowning deeply as she inspected her daughter's frantic state. "What are you rambling about? Who did this?""Elena!" Seleste shrieked, her voice cracking. "Elena did this to me!"Lucinda stared at h