Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0246

Hannah

I sat on the edge of my hospital bed, watching Noah fidget uncomfortably in his. We had been placed in the same room for overnight observation. The tension between us was palpable, but I couldn’t deny the way that being close to him gave me a bit of relief.

The room was small, with two beds separated by a thin curtain that was currently pulled back. The walls were a pale green, and the only window offered a view of the dimly lit parking lot. The steady beep of monitors and the occasional squeak of shoes in the darkened hallway were the only sounds breaking the silence.

“I hate hospitals,” Noah muttered, annoyedly adjusting his arm sling white his eyes darted around the sterile room.

I was about to chide him for being fidgety when I suddenly remembered–his mother had died in a hospital much like this one, just days after we had snuck in to see her as teenagers. “I know,” I said with a soft sigh. “But it’s just for one night.”

Noah grunted in response, shifting restlessly in his bed. “We should just leave. I’m fine, you’re fine. We don’t need to be here.”

“The doctors want to make sure we’re okay,” I reminded him. “It’s standard procedure after what we’ve been through.”

Huffing, Noah sank a bit further down into his bed and grabbed the nearby television remote. I watched for a few minutes as he flipped through various channels, all of which were filled with nothing but the usual late–night trashy TV, before he shut it off again and tossed the remote aside.

that. I nuzzled down beneath my thin blanket, wishing I was back home–back with my

had gotten dislocated when he had grabbed the side of the cliff. They had popped it back into place, but he

my brow. “How did you keep holding on like that?”

quirked an eyebrow at me.

your shoulder, but you held onto both

said with a shrug. “Nothing could have

slightly as I thought back to tonight’s events. The image of him leaping after me had seared itself into my

saved me,” I whispered without really

mine, his green eyes flickering with something that

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I’d do it again in a heartbeat,” he

up with the right words. Then, as if on cue, Noah’s stomach let out a loud growl and broke the moment. He

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