Alle Kapitel von Left to Die in the Ashes: Kapitel 1 – Kapitel 9

Almost everyone gathered around Monica Hudson. They were checking her injuries and soothing her with gentle voices.Meanwhile, I sat alone off to the side. I was accompanied only by a healer who wasn't particularly skilled.Monica looked at me through her tears and raised a hand. She was trying to push Leo Blackwood toward me."Leo, I don't mind letting Winnie go first. Take her with you."Perhaps the movement pulled at her wounds. Monica hissed in pain and furrowed her brows.Leo immediately bent down and applied all the ointment to her scrapes. "Winnie's a Beta. She's always been strong and healthy. You don't need to worry about her."Dad looked at me with disappointment. "Winnie, you're her elder sister. It's bad enough that you failed to protect Monica. But to compete with her for attention at a time like this? I'm truly disappointed in you."I opened my mouth. I wanted to tell them that Monica had merely tripped over something and suffered a few minor scrapes.I'd taken a

Not only was I stunned, but Serena was too.It was a full thirty-minute drive from where we were to the city center.Instead of looking for another healer nearby, Dad and Leo were ordering the only person staying with me to go help Monica.Looking at my eyes, which I could barely keep open, Serena instinctively refused. "No! It would take me over an hour to get there on foot. Why can't you find someone else?"But the person on the other end of the walkie-talkie gave her no chance to refuse. "The ambulance is already on its way. You won't be needed once it arrives. Besides, this is an order. You have no right to refuse!"I shook my head at Serena, signaling that she should go.My fingertips weakly brushed against the ground, and an aching emptiness settled in my chest. For a moment, I thought I saw Leo smiling at me.He'd worked relentlessly to become captain of the patrol team. He told me that only then would he be qualified to mark me.The werewolf who had once promised to pro

My soul separated from my body. I floated midair as I watched Leo kneeling before my corpse with a blank expression.His hand hovered under my nose. It was trembling violently. His eyes were filled with terror, and he couldn't believe I had stopped breathing.He called my name over and over. He even sounded angry. "Winnie, are you pretending to be dead just to get a reaction out of me? Can you stop acting for once? Alpha and I don't have the patience to keep indulging you!"When I didn't move, he pressed his fingertips desperately against the side of my neck. He was trying in vain to find a pulse. His tone sounded stern, but his voice trembled. "Stop messing around, Winnie! Wake up!"I wanted to tell him that I couldn't wake up anymore, but I couldn't make a sound.All I could do was watch him break down and scream in anguish. The werewolf who had once promised to protect me for the rest of my life was now lying beside me in ruins.Leo abruptly turned around and shouted for a dif

Not long after, the witch arrived at the ward. She gently pressed her fingertips against my forehead and slowly probed my body with her mind.A moment later, she exited the ward with a grave expression and looked at the two werewolves waiting in the hallway. "Alpha, Winnie was indeed poisoned by silver. Her wolf had been damaged, and she couldn't have healed in such a short period of time."Dad and Leo froze at the same time.Dad's eyes went wide, and his body stiffened slightly.He'd always believed that my claims about being injured at the border were nothing but lies.Still, he'd had some doubts because my injuries hadn't looked particularly serious on the surface.The witch continued speaking. "On top of that, Winnie suffered severe internal injuries. It looks like she was struck by an object. I recommend that you investigate exactly what happened."Dad and Leo glanced solemnly into the ward I was in before looking at each other. They then headed to Monica's ward.When they

I'd never seen Dad and Leo look like this before.They sat beside my hospital bed and stared at my motionless body with looks of regret on their faces.Dad held my hand tightly while calling my name.It had been so long since I'd heard him speak to me in such a gentle voice.Unfortunately, no matter how many times he called my name now, I would never respond with the same enthusiasm I'd shown him as a pup.Leo gently ruffled my hair and reminisced about our past together.He thought I'd somehow hear him if he talked long enough. "Winnie, the truth is finally out. It was my fault. I had so many opportunities to save you, but I failed to take even one of them."They spent hours talking beside my bed. They kept vigil over me throughout the night.The following day, Dad began making arrangements for my funeral.The funeral was simple, and it was attended by only a few people close to me.Leo slumped beside my body while repeating my name over and over.Dad, the stern and unyield