I let my teammates wear the balm that attracted the wolves

In my previous life, my boyfriend Allan Curtis’s friend Freya Murphy claimed to be blessed by divine protection and wanted to distribute sachets to ensure our team’s safety during the mountain climbing trip. I detected that the herbs in the sachets carried the scent that mountain wolves were most attracted to, so I immediately stepped forward to stop her, which saved our teammates from a wolf attack. However, Freya thought I was deliberately targeting her because I despised her sachets. As the team leader, she angrily broke away from the group in a fit of rage. We searched for her in the pouring rain. Someone broke their leg, someone got strangled by poisonous vines around their neck, and I got my shoulder cut open. It wasn’t until dawn that we found her body at the bottom of the valley. But Freya’s funeral became the place of my suffering. While everyone mourned her, their eyes unanimously glared at me with hatred. Allan was the first to attack, tearing off the bandage from his waist to reveal his still-unhealed wound. He said, “If you hadn’t stopped Freya from putting those sachets on us back then, none of this would have happened. How dare you show up at Freya’s funeral?” Everyone’s knife-like stares pierced through me. Suddenly someone shouted, “It’s all because of you that we ended up like this! Go die!” The next second, scalding hot water splashed toward me, and I was burned alive in that private room. When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the day of the mountain climb. ***** “I heard there might be wolf packs along this mountain trail, so I specially prepared little gifts for everyone.” Freya pulled out a large stack of exquisitely embroidered fabric pouches from her backpack, her face wearing a shy smile. “These are sachets I hand-stitched myself. With these, the wolf packs will stay far away from everyone, guaranteeing everyone’s safety.” Allan’s eyes lit up as he immediately picked up the conversation: “You guys might not know this, but Freya is a famous lucky charm. Last Christmas when our village had that big flood, her house was the only one that didn’t get damaged at all.” “Really?” someone in the group immediately exclaimed in amazement. “Of course it’s true.” Allan said with conviction, “Since childhood, wherever Freya is, things always go smoothly. These sachets she made will definitely bless us with safety.” Everyone cheered and scrambled to grab the sachets. “What’s inside these sachets?” a girl asked curiously. “It’s my special spice formula,” Freya explained gently. “I added herbs that ward off evil and disasters – all methods my grandmother taught me.” Allan proudly added, “Freya’s grandmother is the village’s famous witch. These are all real, effective secret recipes.” Everyone exclaimed in admiration again. Suddenly someone shoved me hard, and I stumbled, nearly falling. I turned around to see Allan’s disgusted expression. He said with disdain, “Lydia, what are you spacing out for? Come over here and help tie on the sachets.” I snapped back to reality, my fingertips trembling. I had actually been reborn! In my previous life, it was also on such a blindingly bright morning that Freya held those exquisitely embroidered sachets, smiling as gently as water. And I had exposed on the spot that those sachets contained herbs that attracted wolf packs, scaring everyone into throwing the sachets back at her. “Lydia, do you really enjoy targeting me this much?” Freya had glared at me with reddened eyes. After saying that, she turned and ran. By the time we found her, there was only a cold corpse at the bottom of the cliff. Ten days later at our group dinner, everyone bore more or less some scars left from the mountain climb. Allan said coldly, “If Freya’s sachets had been with us, we wouldn’t have gotten hurt at all.” Everyone looked in unison at me, who was completely unharmed, their eyes like poisoned daggers. I don’t know who made the first move, but in a fit of rage, someone splashed the hot pot oil from the table onto me. Someone said, “It’s all your fault! You were jealous of Allan and Freya’s good relationship, so you insisted on saying there was something wrong with Freya’s sachets. Not only did you cause us all these injuries, but you also got Freya killed!” Amid their curses, I died alive in that private room from severe burns. Recalling the tragedy of my previous life, I couldn’t help but shiver. Before I could fully come back to my senses, Allan had already roughly grabbed my wrist, trying to pull me over to help tie on the sachets. I reflexively struggled violently, trying to break free. Suddenly, my palm landed squarely across Allan’s face with a solid slap. The surroundings instantly fell silent. I steadied myself and sneered, “You’re so enthusiastic – why don’t you go help? Don’t even think about making me touch such cursed things.” Allan’s eyes widened as he grabbed my collar, “I’m having you distribute the sachets to let you absorb some good luck and save your life. Don’t be so ungrateful.”

I jerked away from Allan and sneered, “Keep that blessing for yourself—I don’t want it!” With that, I bent down to pick up my backpack that had fallen to the ground, ready to leave, but he grabbed me again. Allan said through gritted teeth, “You’re being way too petty. Do you really have to throw a tantrum right now? You’re completely wasting Freya’s good intentions.” Freya stepped forward at just the right moment, linking her arm intimately with mine. “Lydia, I know you have issues with me. But we’re in the middle of these deep mountains—if something happens to everyone without the sachets, I’d never forgive myself.” Someone in the group immediately chimed in: “Exactly! Stop being so unreasonable. We need to distribute the sachets and get moving.” Seeing my silence as I stared her down, Freya’s eyes instantly filled with tears. “Since Lydia finds them so disgusting, I won’t let these crude, shoddy things offend everyone anymore. I guess we’re all on our own.” Freya’s words undoubtedly stirred up everyone’s emotions, and the people around me immediately shot me disapproving looks. “Lydia, if you don’t want to survive, fine, but why drag the rest of us down with you?” “Yeah, Lydia, how can you be so selfish? Freya’s always been helpful, and you say things like that—do you have no conscience?” They forced me to back up several steps until my back hit the cold, hard bark of a tree. Now they all believed that having Freya’s life-saving sachets would help them avoid wolf attacks, completely ignoring what ingredients might be in those sachets. I didn’t want to argue and said flatly, “I just refused to help distribute the sachets—I never stopped you from taking them. Whoever wants to help her can go ahead. Why are you trying to guilt-trip me?” I pointed at my backpack scattered on the ground. “But since you knocked my stuff over, you need to pick it up. Otherwise, if I’m missing anything, I’ll just sneak into your tents at midnight to steal it back. Then none of us will survive!” Everyone was startled by my sudden fierce attitude. They muttered under their breath, calling me crazy, but obediently crouched down to gather my scattered gear. I picked up my backpack and left the group. In my previous life, it was because I desperately tried to stop them that they finally threw away the sachets and safely avoided the wolf pack—only to kill me, their savior, in the end. This time, I wanted to see just how lucky these idiots would be surviving a wolf pack without my warnings. I’d barely walked any distance when a full-grown wolf suddenly burst out of the bushes. I couldn’t dodge in time, and its claws raked three bloody gashes across my arm. Acting on pure instinct and the experience I’d gained from years of mountain climbing, I quickly drew a knife from my waist and slashed the throat of the wolf as it prepared to pounce. Blood splattered everywhere. Something was wrong. I’d walked this path three times before and never encountered a wolf attack. A sense of dread washed over me. Ignoring the searing pain, I quickly bandaged my wound and immediately checked my backpack. Sure enough, I felt a hard object in the side pocket—that damned sachet! Furious, I turned around to confront them. The group was still resting in the same spot, and when they saw me return, they started making mocking comments again. “Well, well, Lydia, why are you back? Don’t tell me you got scared after walking just a little way?” “What do you think this is, a hotel? Coming and going as you please.” “Seriously, what’s with the attitude?” I ignored their chatter and walked straight to Freya, throwing the sachet right in her face. “What the hell did you stuff in my bag? I told you I didn’t want it.” Allan immediately pulled Freya protectively behind him. “Lydia, what’s gotten into you? Freya was worried about you traveling alone and specially—” “Specially? What a special gesture!” I thrust my injured arm in front of Allan. “This is her special kindness!” Allan froze for a moment, then exploded, “You left the group on your own and got hurt—how can you blame Freya for that?” Others joined in: “Exactly! You completely wasted Freya’s good intentions.” “You’re incompetent, got yourself hurt, and now you’re blaming Freya. How vicious.” I was about to lose my mind with rage and kicked Allan to the ground.

Seeing this, everyone quickly pulled me away. “Lydia, you’ve gone too far. Freya worked all night making these for us, even pricking her hands.” “And you still want to frame her? Allan was just speaking fairly, and you attacked him out of jealousy. How can someone be so heartless?” I realized that no matter what I said, these people would never take my side. Even with my bloody wounds right before their eyes, continuing to explain would just be a waste of breath. I looked at the sachets hanging from their bags, and my heart suddenly tightened. The sky had already darkened considerably. If I kept following them, I’d probably encounter the wolf pack attack too, and by then it would be too late to escape. Staying alive was what mattered most. I didn’t want to argue anymore and turned to leave. But Allan had somehow gotten to his feet and grabbed me by the collar. He said, “Lydia, you think you can just walk away after framing Freya?” I struggled desperately, trying to break free from his grip, but Allan was taller and stronger than me—a solid, muscular man—and I couldn’t get away. I gave up, saying quietly, “I already warned her this morning not to give me her sachet, but she did it anyway. I got seriously injured because of it. The fact that I’m not calling the police to pursue her for intentional harm is already giving her face.” Allan was furious: “Freya gave you the sachet out of kindness, and you’re framing her. Mountain climbing is tough enough without you bullying and provoking her repeatedly.” I suppressed my anger, not wanting to continue the argument. But Allan somehow produced a wooden stick from nowhere and pointed it at me. He said, “You’d better apologize to Freya right now, or when this stick comes down, you’ll face the consequences.” I looked at him in disbelief: “I didn’t do anything wrong. Why should I apologize to her?” Allan’s expression grew even darker as he stepped closer: “If you don’t apologize to her, I won’t be so polite. You’d better think carefully about the consequences.” With daylight about to disappear completely, I was getting desperate. I could only swallow my grievances, look toward Freya, and reluctantly say, “I’m sorry.” Freya looked at me with a half-smile, her eyes full of mockery: “Your voice is so quiet, you must still be resentful. How about I apologize for you instead?” Allan quickly comforted her: “Freya, it’s not your fault. You don’t need to apologize to someone so heartless.” He turned back to glare at me, saying viciously, “Apologize properly and kowtow to Freya for forgiveness.” I endured the humiliation and knelt down, staring hard at Freya: “I’m sorry, Freya. I was wrong. Please forgive me.” As soon as I finished speaking, distant wolf howls echoed faintly from the mountains. My heart rate spiked, and I just wanted to escape immediately. At that moment, Allan finally released my collar and said smugly, “If you dare do this again, I won’t let you off so easily.” I didn’t dare argue back. I grabbed my backpack and ran, following the route I remembered, climbing over mountains and ridges without daring to stop for a moment. Meanwhile, the ground began to tremble slightly. I knew the wolf pack had sharpened their claws and were racing toward the hiking team at full speed.

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