The Fifth Wolf They Erased のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 11 - チャプター 20

Logan’s POV“Let’s try the intake office,” Chloe said, pointing to the agreement.I took it and headed out before she could catch my arm.Three hours after Audrey’s departure, we reached Northwatch’s local office.“I need to find Audrey Hayes.”The woman behind the counter asked, “Your relationship to her?”“We’re going to be mates.”“Are you her fated mate?”“We’ve shared a bond since we were ten.”“A childhood bond doesn’t qualify. Unless Audrey authorizes contact, only a verified fated mate she hasn’t rejected can submit a request.”“I promised I’d mark her when we got north.”“Did she authorize you to contact her?”I looked at the file.“No.”“Then I can’t give you her location or arrange a call.”I’d promised to mark her so she would sign. When she returned my ring, I’d put it away and told her I would give it back when she came home.“Five minutes,” I said. “Let me explain.”The woman shook her head.Blake stepped forward.“Can you at least tell us she’s safe?”“She has a designa

Logan’s POVI stood and went back to the counter.“What if we transfer to Northwatch, too?”The woman put down the file.“You can apply for selection. But you’d have to give up your current positions, complete a pack transfer, and accept five years of restricted residency. Even then, there’s no guarantee you’d be assigned to Audrey’s team.”“Our succession rights, too?” Blake asked.“Yes.”“Then I’ll give them up,” I said. “Where’s the application?”“I want one, too.” Cole stepped forward.The woman handed us the selection guidelines.“Did Audrey know you were willing to do this?”None of us answered.“She told you she was leaving. Why didn’t you discuss it then?”Owen lowered his head.Yesterday, we’d searched Audrey’s wardrobe and desk for Chloe’s pendant. We’d seen the agreement. Not one of us had asked why she was leaving.Outside, I took out my phone.“My father can approach Northwatch officially. She was deceived into signing.”“We’re the ones who deceived her,” Owen said.I turn

Logan’s POVChloe’s eyes reddened.“Audrey gave me the pendant. Wouldn’t it be strange for me to wear something with her name on it?”“You said I could have a wolf pup of my own. I just wanted to wear it and be part of this, like you.”She reached for Cole’s sleeve, then hesitantly drew her hand back.“If she doesn’t like it, I’ll change it back.”“So you decided to erase every trace of her?”Cole tugged at his collar.Whenever Chloe looked at him with tears in her eyes, he used to ask who had hurt her.This time, he kept the pendant out of her reach.She turned to the rest of us, tears spilling down her cheeks.“You said you wanted to give me the childhood I missed. You were the ones who told Audrey to cut herself out of those videos.”“I thought it was what you wanted. I didn’t know a necklace would make you hate me this much.”She stepped back, choking on a sob.“Now Audrey’s really gone, and you’re going to blame everything on me?”Blake started to speak, but Owen cut him off.“She

Logan’s POVNone of us slept much that night.I asked my father to contact Northwatch’s territorial elders. The answer was the same: they had no authority to interfere with the classified program.Blake called everyone he knew serving in the north. None of them could enter the base.Owen called Audrey’s former mentor and asked him to pass along an apology letter.“Why didn’t you say it before she left?”After the call ended, Owen sat for a long time with the letter in his hands.Cole contacted two Northwatch alumni. He only stopped asking for directions when they explained that the academy and the core laboratory weren’t even in the same area.The next day, Blood Moon’s academy held its graduation ceremony.We went to find the headmaster. Before we reached the training grounds, Audrey’s name came through the speakers.“Audrey Hayes has passed the final selection for Northwatch’s classified research program, placing first in wolf core theory, combat control, and the overall assessment.”

Logan’s POV“I asked her to take the photos and edit the videos.” Cole stared at the girl. “What gives you the right to call that sucking up to us?”“You don’t have to like her,” Blake said, stepping forward. “That doesn’t give you the right to humiliate her.”The girl backed away, her expression souring.“We thought you didn’t want her around anymore.”She looked at me, her voice rising.“You were right there at the other end of the hallway. If we were doing something wrong, why didn’t you stop us?”I went still.“You told her to stop causing trouble,” another girl added. “We didn’t make you say that.”“Now she’s at Northwatch, you regret it, and you’re taking it out on us?”Blake opened his mouth, but couldn’t answer.My silence had told everyone Audrey no longer had our future Alpha’s protection.When I finally walked over, I hadn’t asked what had happened.I’d shielded Chloe and ordered Audrey to leave.“We should have stopped you,” Owen said quietly. “That was our fault.”“So why