Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0034

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My heart gave a little flutter at the undisguised want and hunger in his eyes. This wasn’t like him, to want me outside of our intimacy nights. But something had changed lately.

Later that evening as I began dressing for the banquet, stood in front of the floor–length mirror in my chambers and stared at my gaunt reflection. Viona, wearing her own dark purple gown for the evening, was carefully laying out potential gown options on the bed behind me.

“I like this black one,” she said, pointing at a long black silk gown with one hand while she lifted a wine glass to her lips with the other. “It’s sexy, but refined.”

I turned around and picked up the dress, then held it up to myself in the mirror. She was right; it was suitable for tonight. “But I haven’t worn this dress in… I don’t even know how long.” I said absentmindedly as I turned this way and that.

“There’s no time better than the present,” Viona said.

Glancing down, I traced my hands over the hollows of my ribcage, the knobby protrusion of my hips. but there, just below my concave belly, was the tiniest swell. A gentle curve that caught the light, casting the faintest of shadows.

no–that wouldn’t begin to show for a

with food in it. Not

and valleys, the lush femininity I had forsaken

me

me open my eyes. Viona stood beside me, meeting my gaze in

“Hey. You’re doing great.”

quickly wiped my tears away before they could ruin my

shot me a small smile in the mirror and sat down on the settee at

into it. It went on smoothly and easily, hanging slightly loose on my

reached into her purse. “Actually,

she held it out to me. I took it from her and opened it to see details for a local support group–weekly meetings for women

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