Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

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Last Updated:2024-03-09 14:09:48

“Thank you, Luna Hannah,” Zoe said with more sincerity than I had expected.

“Thank you for choosing us as your pack,” I said in an almost sickeningly sweet tone. I turned my attention to her son. “Tell me, how old are you, Adam?”

Adam shyly held up four fingers.

Zoe smiled and ran her fingers through Adam’s golden locks.

“He’s four years old,” she said proudly. “He’s also a bit shy around new people.”

I smiled brightly down at Adam.

“That’s all right. It’s good to be a little cautious in front of strangers.”

I turned back to Zoe.

“With your permission,” I continued, “I have prepared gifts for all the Pack’s children in advance of the upcoming Lunar Festival, and I’d like to give Adam his now. It might be just the thing to make him feel at home.”

Zoe motioned forward with her hand.

“Be my guest.”

I reached back amongst the bags of supplies, where I had hidden Adam’s gift from even Noah’s sight. I pulled out the box encased in shiny red wrapping paper and handed it to Adam. The boy turned the gift over carefully, as though he were unsure of what to do with it.

“Go ahead, sweetheart,” Zoe encouraged him. “Open it.”

Giving his mother one last look, Adam tore apart the wrapping paper and tossed it aside with abandon. His eyes widened upon seeing the Transformer Optimus Prime action figure. He looked at his mother again, then a smile stretched across his face, and he began jumping up and down.

“Mommy, Mommy, look!” he exclaimed, jamming his finger against the box repeatedly.

“I know, I see,” Zoe said, almost laughing with joy herself. “That’s a very special gift. What do you say to Luna Hannah?”

on the ground and, to my surprise, rushed forward to hug me, burying

he said, his voice

returned his

“You’re welcome, Adam.”

“awws” broke out among the crowd. The paparazzi nearly fell over each other to get a picture

at home, watching

reception of Zoe, Alpha Noah’s former fated mate, and Zoe’s son, Adam,” one news anchor declared. “She has shown herself to be the picture of grace and poise. I know that I wouldn’t have

child the same supplies as all the other refugees but truly opened her arms and her heart to them and greeted them like long-lost family members. How

one has to wonder: why has Zoe returned to the Nightcrest Pack in the first place?” the host of another show postulated. “After all, it is highly unusual for a former Luna of one

presumably ex-husband, and made some speculations about

from the days before his marriage to Zoe. It is more than probable that he never gave up the lifestyle. Recently,

her own image. Whether this will work or actually have the opposite effect has yet to be seen. Few Lunas

what seemed like the hundredth time that hour. It was Viona, again. I couldn’t leave her hanging for too long, or else she might think that something had

“Hello?” I answered.

was starting to

rolled my

drama queen sometimes. What’s up?”

What’s up? It’s all over

“What is?”

“Zoe’s back!”

I

you pissed

lied. “Are you?”

Noah let her come back, after everything that you’ve done for him? After everything that you’ve sacrificed for him?”

I don’t know what

were fated mates, Hannah. You know

forced myself to sigh, to maintain my calm

means. I’m not some

you more worried? Don’t you know what could happen now that she’s