Kidnapped in Sister’s Place and Emotionally Numbed: The Tragic Twin Cuts All Ties Chapter 01
When rogues abducted me, my whole family breathed a sigh of relief.
Because the abductors had mistaken me for my sister Veyra—the Frostmere Pack’s favored princess.
By the time the patrol rescued me, I was barely conscious, and my wolf had fallen into a permanent slumber.
I didn’t cry. I didn’t scream.
My dormant wolf seemed to take all my feelings with it, leaving me completely numb. Sadness, anger, pain—none of it reached me anymore.
So when my acceptance letter to Royal Evergreen Academy arrived, I signed my name in silence and walked away without telling a soul.
So why are they all on their knees now, desperately begging me to come home?
…
The pack house was empty when I got back from the pack hospital.
I called my father’s Beta. She told me they’d moved.
She gave me the new address. I showed up.
They were all at the dinner table. Already eating.
Nobody looked happy to see me.
“You moved and didn’t tell me?”
“Oh, Veyra’s been having nightmares about the abduction,” Mother said, like she was reading off a grocery list.
“The old house was triggering her, so we figured a fresh start would help.”
“But we’re glad you’re back! Sit, eat with us.”
Every dish on the table was one of Veyra’s favorites.
I sat down, still wearing bandages and barely able to put weight on one leg. No one said a word about either.
The old me would’ve been crushed.
Now, I felt absolutely nothing.
There was nothing left to feel.
Veyra watched me sit without reacting, then leaned in close.
“I’ve been so freaked out, I haven’t left the house once. That’s why I couldn’t come see you at the pack hospital.”
“Mother and Father had to stay here with me the whole time because they were scared something would happen to me, too.”
“You’re not mad, are you?”
Before I could answer, Father interrupted. “Let it go. You’re both safe now.”
“You’re sisters. Give her some slack.”
I said nothing.
I was the one who’d actually been taken.
And somehow, that didn’t seem to register with anyone.
Veyra’s laugh came easily, like always.
“Oh, I just didn’t want any bad feeling between us!”
“Besides, Liora’s always been the tough one. Way braver than me.”
“Honestly, I wish I were half as strong as she is.”
She scooped a shrimp onto my plate with a sweet smile.
I set my fork down.
I’m allergic to shrimp.
No one at that table remembered.
It didn’t hurt.
Even without the numbness, I’d stopped expecting anything from them a long time ago.
