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

allegiance to the Nightcrest

the pledge of allegiance,

didn’t you tell me about Zoe’s return? he

like any other new pack member applicant, Scott defended his choice. She would have just been another

He had been preoccupied with the competition among the packs to host the event, delegating the approval of

wouldn’t he?

the event would gain substantial tourism, business development, and support from the Alpha King. This event was the most important in the entire

there most nights. It didn’t hurt that working so much kept him away from Hannah’s emotional neediness, but his focus was on the future

trying to recite the pledge of allegiance and stumbling over some of the bigger words, so his

thing that Noah knew, Zoe was married to that rich playboy Drake. If Zoe was now coming back to the Nightcrest Pack alone with her son, she must have hit upon hard times and undergone a divorce. There was no other way that she

get to this point if they had been together, and he and

it wouldn’t be fair to place all the blame on Hannah because of

convinced him of. A union between the Nightcrest Pack and the Silvermoon Pack, former Alpha Marcus had insisted, was all that could save the Nightcrest Pack from war at the

telling Hannah and Zoe

the memory of the night that he and Zoe severed their bond as it 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

Noah married Hannah. They never saw each other again, until this Acceptance