They Voted Me Out, So I Rose as a Lycan Warrior Chapter 08

They Voted Me Out, So I Rose as a Lycan Warrior Chapter 08

Sebastian doesn’t come after me.

Roselyn walks with me for a long time before finally asking softly, “You okay?”

I nod, “Yeah. I’m fine.”

But the truth is, I’m not fine.

It’s just that when your heart has been hurt enough, there comes a point when the pain becomes

strangely quiet.

My phone keeps vibrating.

Message after message comes from Sebastian.

[Nora, I’ll get Mom’s necklace back.]

[Nora, I was wrong.]

[Please pick up. Just talk to me.]

I don’t open a single one.

The next day, they return to Darkstone Pack.

By the time Sebastian gets back to the pack house, it’s already dark.

He pushes open my bedroom door and stands there for a long time before slowly walking inside.

An old family photo lies face down on the desk. It was taken on my tenth birthday.

Our parents had only recently passed away, and my eyes were still swollen from crying. Sebastian is

shoulder. standing behind me, awkwardly resting a hand on my

On the back of the photo, there’s a crooked sentence I wrote as a child:

[Sebastian said he would celebrate every birthday with me from now on.]

Sebastian stares at the words, his fingers trembling slightly.

He opens the drawer.

Inside are neatly organized folders containing his important documents, bank information, medical records, and other paperwork, all sorted into clear plastic sleeves.

A sticky note is attached to the outside:

[Sebastian’s important documents. Don’t lose them again.]

He always thought he was the one taking care of me.

Only now does he realize that I’ve been holding this family together too, and sometimes even.

holding him together.

I remember his stomach problems. I remember where he keeps his important documents. I even remember how he always lies awake the night before our parents‘ anniversary.

They’re all such small things, so small that he never truly notices them.

He opens the bedside drawer again.

Inside is an old letter.

The paper has yellowed with age, and his name is written on the envelope in Mom’s handwriting.

Sebastian freezes.

After a long moment, he carefully opens it.

The letter isn’t long.

Mom writes that if there ever comes a day when she and Dad can’t be there to watch them grow up, she hopes Sebastian won’t force himself to grow up too soon.

She writes that Nora is young and may seem spoiled, but deep down, what she fears most is being

abandoned.

She also writes that the necklace is meant for Nora, with her name engraved on the back.

She hopes Nora will be safe and happy all her life.

The final line is written in a softer hand:

[Sebastian, if one day Mom and Dad are gone, you have to take care of your little sister for us.]

When he reaches that line, it’s as if all the strength suddenly leaves Sebastian’s body.

Late that night, he sends me a long message.

He says he was wrong.

He shouldn’t have hidden his Crownvale application from me. He shouldn’t have smashed my phone. He shouldn’t have doubted me when I was sick, and he certainly shouldn’t have given

Mom’s necklace to Rebecca.

He says he simply got used to me always being there in the pack house, waiting for him.

He got used to believing that no matter what happened, I would always forgive him.

At the very end, he writes: [Nora, please give me one more chance. Please.]

When I finish reading it, the dorm room is completely quiet, and the sky outside the window is

slowly beginning to brighten.

I stare at the screen for a long time.

Then I send back only one sentence.

[I don’t have a brother anymore.]