A Love Reawakened The Alpha’s Regret by Alphabetical B

Chapter 21

Darius

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Thudt

As I stand in the gym, surrounded by the stale scent of sweat and determination, my fists collide with the punching bag in a relentless, defensive attack. My main goal was to get M Nibbles’ rejection out of my head.

“I hate you, Darius”

Thud!

“Leave me alone”

Thud! Thud!

Each strike vibrated through my body, sending waves of frustration running through my veins. With every punch, I felt the weight of my anger. I was angry at myself but there was nothing could do about it.

The bag swung wildly, taunting me with its resilience. But I refuse to relent, channeling all my pent-up emotions into each blow. With each strike, I can feel the tension in my muscles increase.

“I, Angela Johnson reject you Darius Darkwood…” Her words echoed through my head. I was blinded by the vision of the tears and the scream she let out as she tried to reject me the second time. Maybe I shouldn’t have told her the truth.

Thud!

Maybe I shouldn’t have let my demons talk me into opening up to her. I f*cking want that woman all to myself but she doesn’t. It was killing me slowly, painstakingly and Lwas loving the pain even though I didn’t know how to handle it.

d lost, every

of the hurt I’d endured was so I

Thud!

sound of my fists meeting leather filled the air, slowly

many times I punched that bag, wouldn’t feel the satisfaction I was searching for. My hard, fast breath filled the room. I collapsed to the

their needs, I was more in my

and a bitter taste in

Darius?” She asked again. She shielded herself away

corner.

even want me touching her. My skin longed for her heat every fcking day despite knowing

couldn’t stand the way she was looking at me. As if I was a

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Angela wasn’t. She would look up at me with that f*cking cute smile every day. Even before I knew she

that why I never got

I reverberated, anger coursing through my veins, snaking its way to my

the release of a new thunder from

I wasn’t satisfied, my monster wanted to seal our fates and

on to another woman, I deserved to move on to somebody else as

I wanted it to be. I was hers, she was mine and nothing was going to change that. Not

like it’s a

worst thing.”

to my knees. She was crumbled. She was in tears. Her curly beautiful hair was all over the place. She tried fixing it with her hand but tears dropped

one would ever get to love a monster like you, Darius/ My dead wife’s words ran through my mind as I watched my woman shatter into the pieces I’d made her to.