Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

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Last Updated:2024-03-09 14:09:25

Noah stared in shock as Zoe glided across the stage towards him, a young boy in tow. The other new pack members instinctively parted for her, like a pair of hands parting reeds in a river. Paparazzi clambered to the front of the audience as they tried to be the first to catch a picture of the reunited lovers.

Noah stiffened at the thought of how Hannah was going to react to Zoe’s return. He glanced briefly at Hannah, but she was not looking at Zoe. She was looking at him.

Why would she be looking at him? Did Hannah think that he had something to do with Zoe’s return? Did she think that he had chosen not to tell her about it?

He had been too busy with other pack duties to even deal with the applications for new pack members himself. There was no way that he could have known about Zoe’s return, let alone warn Hannah about it.

Noah could not remember seeing Zoe’s name among those on the list of new pack members that Scott had given him in advance of the Acceptance Ceremony. He searched his mind for any hint that this was going to happen, for any memory of being told that Zoe was going to arrive, let alone with a child. Nothing.

A mixture of anger and confusion built up inside of Noah. He wanted to charge over to Scott and confront him right that moment, but he knew that he could not, not during the middle of a ceremony, not in public, and certainly not on live TV. Instead, he mentally pulled himself together so that no one would be able to detect his internal turmoil.

Noah offered Zoe a smile as she came to a halt in front of him.

“My son, Adam, and I wish to seek refuge under Alpha Noah’s rule in the Nightcrest Pack,” Zoe declared.

Noah just barely stopped himself from stumbling over the next part of the ceremony. To everyone present, though, it appeared as though he completed it flawlessly.

said. “Please, have you and your

allegiance to the Nightcrest

the pledge of allegiance, Noah established a mindlink

me about Zoe’s return? he

treat her like any other new pack member applicant, Scott defended his choice. She would have just been another distraction for you. Besides, would you have objected to her return if I had told you?

cringed at the mention of the Lunar Festival. He had been preoccupied with the competition among the packs to host the

why wouldn’t

Alpha Council voted to host the event would gain substantial tourism, business development, and support from the Alpha King. This event was the most important in the entire course of

there most nights. It didn’t hurt that working so much kept him away from Hannah’s

recite the pledge of allegiance and stumbling over some of the bigger words, so his mother was

now coming back to the Nightcrest Pack alone with her son, she must

deep inside him. He would have never let Zoe get to this point if they had been together, and he and Zoe would be together if it

as well, and he knew that it wouldn’t be fair to place all the blame on Hannah because

his father, Marcus, had convinced him of. A union between the Nightcrest Pack and the Silvermoon Pack, former Alpha Marcus had insisted, was

Hannah and Zoe that.

came rushing back to him. It had been the worst night of his life. He could still feel the white-burning pain as the silver blade cut through the invisible cord

never saw each other again, until this Acceptance Ceremony. She was just as beautiful as