My family Chose My Sister So I Left のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 11 - チャプター 20

Adrian heard the rope snap and whipped around. But Evelyn was falling too fast. Too fast for him even to see her tears."Evelyn!" By the time Adrian lunged for the edge, the severed rope was still whipping in the wind. Below, black water churned as broken ice slammed against the rock face again and again. He shut his eyes and reached for the bond he had been born with. It had been there since he first saw Evelyn at fifteen. When it was weak, it sounded like breathing through a wall. When his wolf broke loose, it pulled taut. He had once hated it and fought against it. That was why, for nine years, he had refused to form a formal bond with Evelyn. But now, for the first time, he reached along it of his own free will. There was nothing there."Rope!" He sprang to his feet. "Give me the rescue line!" The guard had barely clipped the rope to his waist when Helena gathered a trembling Serena into her arms. "She's getting a fever. Take her back first. It's too cold for her to stay out h

Marcus stared at the receipts on the table for a long time without reaching for them. Serena spoke first. "The mentor must be remembering wrong. Back then it was clearly me who—""All you did was deliver it." The mentor looked at her coldly. "You couldn't even tell me how many slow-release herbs were in the remedy.""I broke through the hunters' line!""The family guard cleared the road from the academy to the manor that day. There was no second ambush like the one you described." The color slowly drained from Serena's face. Helena suddenly remembered something. "Then the wound on her hand..." The mentor didn't answer. Marcus already understood. He lowered his head and opened the last packet of medicine Evelyn had left. On the back of the paper bag, in her handwriting: If the pain reaches stage three tonight, apply heat for twenty minutes first, then halve the painkiller. Not on an empty stomach. For five years, every time he was in pain, Evelyn had already worked out the next step

Twenty-three days after Evelyn fell into the frozen river, she opened her eyes. First came the steady beep of a monitor, then the faint, bitter smell of antiseptic herbs. She couldn't feel her legs. She tried to move a toe, but the sheet didn't stir."Don't rush it." Someone spoke beside her. She turned her head and saw an unfamiliar pack doctor by the window."You're at the Gray Harbor clinic. I'm Noah." Evelyn's throat was painfully dry. "Why did you save me?""I felt a heartbeat when I found you on river patrol.""And if I hadn't?""Then I wouldn't have." Evelyn looked at him for a few seconds, then closed her eyes."My wolf?""Still asleep.""My legs?""Severe nerve damage in your lower limbs. It's too soon to tell how much function you'll regain." Evelyn opened her eyes again. "Stop the treatment." Noah didn't argue. He moved the call button closer, within her reach. "You've only just woken up. I don't think you're thinking clearly yet, so you're not signing anything today. Decide

Three days after the silver incident, Evelyn came to work and found her name missing from the duty roster. She read it twice, then wheeled herself straight into Noah's office."Who changed it?" Noah looked up. "I did.""Change it back.""You nearly passed out in the dispensary three days ago.""So?""So you're taking this week off." Evelyn stared at him. "Did you ask me?" Noah struggled to control his temper. "I saw your blood pressure drop. You couldn't even hold a glass of water.""It's still my shift.""I can't stand by and watch you work yourself back into the emergency room.""Adrian used to say that too." Noah's expression darkened."Don't put me in the same sentence as him.""Then don't do the same things." The office fell silent except for the rain outside. Noah stood up. "You know perfectly well what your body—""I know." Evelyn cut him off. "You can tell me you object. You can argue with me. You can even call me stupid. But you can't take me off the roster without asking.""A

Adrian went to Gray Harbor that same day without telling anyone. A fine rain fell outside the clinic, where patients came and went. He stood across the street for more than an hour before a woman with a cane appeared at the door. Evelyn was much thinner than she had been in the photograph. She walked slowly, her left hand on the railing and her right on the cane. On the third step, she stopped for a while. Adrian was about to step off the curb when a man came out of the clinic. Instead of taking her arm, the man kept his hand near hers without touching her. Evelyn raised hers. Only then did he take it.Adrian stood motionless in the rain. He had imagined countless times that Evelyn might still be alive. He had imagined her plotting revenge, hiding by choice, or walking back into Black Pine one day to tell everyone coldly that she had just needed a few years of peace. He had never imagined she had truly lost the physical abilities she had once valued most. Evelyn reached a small car,