บททั้งหมดของ They Sent Me Away. I Never Came Back.: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

The door behind me opened.Damian, Rowan, Julian, and Asher froze in the doorway with Lyra beside them, bottles of champagne in their hands for what was supposed to be a celebration of their Moonvale acceptances.I pulled out my phone and photographed every message on the projected screen.Damian was the first to recover.As the current Alpha's son and Blood Moon Pack's designated heir, he was used to making decisions for everyone else.“Since you've already seen it, I'm not going to lie to you.”“Lyra only just came back to Blood Moon. She's suffered enough out there, and her health isn't strong. She'd never survive the Northern Pack's climate.”He looked straight at me without the slightest trace of guilt.“You're different. You've always known how to take care of yourself.”Lyra's eyes reddened as she caught Damian by the sleeve.I didn't look at her.I pointed at the screen instead.“Who made the four fake applications to Frostland?”Damian answered without hesitation.“I did.”“An

At seven the next morning, I returned to Blood Moon Academy to collect the last of my graduation records.I had barely stepped into the archives building when laughter sounded behind me.“Well, if it isn't Aria, top of the entire graduating class.”Several girls blocked the stairwell.The one standing in front was a friend Lyra had only recently made.She looked me up and down, then suddenly reached for the camera hanging around my neck.“So this is the camera that recorded your precious childhood together?”My father had given me that camera for my tenth birthday.Our first group shift, our first time running through the forest together, and every birthday after that had all been captured on it.The videos Asher had given me on the portable hard drive had originally been backed up from this camera.I caught the girl's wrist.“Let go.”“What's with the attitude?”She deliberately raised her voice so the entire floor could hear.“You just happened to grow up with the four pack heirs. Di

The instant the mental bond snapped, the champagne glass slipped from Damian's hand and shattered against the floor.The sharp crash silenced the entire banquet hall.Rowan, who had been hanging decorations, lost his footing and fell from the ladder. Julian clutched his chest and stumbled into the projector stand. Even Asher, who had always had the highest pain tolerance among them, dropped to one knee without warning.The wolves inside all four of them howled in agony at the same time.This wasn't ordinary mental blocking.It was what it felt like when a childhood bond that had existed for eight years was violently torn apart.Damian braced himself against the edge of the table. His face had gone pale as he closed his eyes and tried to sense my scent again.Nothing.No matter how many times he called through the bond, there was only silence where I used to be.“Aria severed the bond.”Rowan lifted his head, cold sweat covering his forehead.“How could she even do that? Unless she's al

Rowan's expression darkened.“Were you planning to replace Aria's initial with your own too?”Lyra's eyes instantly reddened.“Aria gave me the pendant. Isn't it strange for me to wear something with her name carved into it?”“So your solution was to erase every trace she left behind?” Asher asked.“You were the ones who said you wanted to give me the childhood I missed.”Lyra looked at all four of them, tears spilling down her face.“You were the ones who told Aria to delete herself from the birthday video.”“Now that she's actually gone, you're going to blame everything on me?”Rowan opened his mouth to argue, but Julian cut him off.“She's not wrong.”It had been Lyra's idea to make everyone reveal their first-choice academy.But Damian had created the four fake applications.Rowan had stopped me from questioning Lyra.Julian had justified the entire deception as the best outcome for everyone.And Asher had been the one who forced me to erase myself from the videos.Lyra had wanted

The cloud account didn't open to the five-person photos or childhood videos they had expected to see.Instead, the first thing on the screen was a folder labeled with my name.Inside were the wolf-core research awards I'd earned over the years, my experimental records, and two invitations from Frostland Academy's mentors.The first invitation had been sent two years earlier.Frostland had offered to reserve a place for me in its core research program.My reply was still there.【Thank you for recognizing my work, but I've already promised to stay here in Blood Moon territory and attend Moonvale with the people who matter most to me.】The second invitation had arrived a year later.I had turned that one down too.【We promised we wouldn't separate. As much as I want Frostland, I'd rather stay here with them.】Asher stared at the two rejection letters.It felt as if something heavy had settled over his chest.“She turned them down twice because of us.”All this time, they had comforted the