Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0084

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“Mind your own business, bi- The man’s eyes widened as he finally registered who I was. “L–Luna Hannah,” he stammered, some of that drunken bravado fading. “1, uh-”

“You’re going to apologize to my friend here,” I cut him off sharply. “And then you’re going to go sleep it off before I have you thrown out of this establishment entirely.”

He opened his mouth–likely to protest–but I held up a hand to silence him, my glare boring daggers into his skull.

“Don’t make me repeat myself,” I said. “Apologize. Now

The man swallowed hard, then finally mumbled a halfhearted apology in James’s direction. I nodded curtly, satisfied for the moment, and turned to signal the bartender.

But before I could call out, I felt the stranger’s rough hand seize my arm in a bruising grip, whirling me back around with surprising force. “You know what?” he snarled, his words still slurred. “I don’t want to apologize. This ugly fucker tried to hit on my wife.”

Gasping, I stumbled, my back slamming hard into the edge of the bar as glasses toppled from the impact, shattering on the floor around me. James stepped forward, his fangs bared and ready to strike.

But before he could, a familiar deep voice cut through the din as a pair of strong hands clamped down on my assailant’s shoulders, wrenching him back. “Get your hands off of her!”

Drake.

in a defensive tance as he pushed the drunken man back so hard that he slammed into the bar and sent several lasses careening, shattering

murmured, casting me

to the drunken idiot who had dared to just manhandle me. Without hesitating, I reared back and nded a stinging slap across his cheek, the sound cracking through the sudden silence

at me in shock as he raised a hand to his reddened face. I could el the blood pounding

of here,” I bit out through gritted teeth. “If he

to assist in forcibly moving the drunken man from the premises. Drake laid a hand on my

ncern.

okay?” he asked, his eyes searching my face. He should

his grip and smoothing my hands over my rumpled clothes. Shoving hair

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tilting my chin up, “what the hell did you do to piss him

face.

couldn’t help but huff out a breathless laugh at that, some of the tension easing from my Take the rest of the night off,” I