Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0249

His gentle words surprised me, and I felt my heart skip ever so slightly. “That would be nice,” I murmured.

The drive to the police station was tense and quiet. I drove, since Noah still had to wear his sling for one more day, my eyes fixed on the road. Noah stared out the window, not saying a word. I wondered what last night had been like for him before he found me, but I supposed that I would find out soon.

At the police station, we were led to a small interview room to give our statements. The walls were a dull beige, and the fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, adding to a headache that had started right before we left the hospital.

After a little while of waiting, the detective came in and introduced himself as Detective Johnson, a middle–aged man with kind eyes but also a no–nonsense demeanor.

“Luna Hannah,” he began, “can you tell me what happened yesterday?”

I took a deep breath, my fingers fidgeting with the hem of my shirt beneath the table. “I was at the vacation rental with my friends. We were having a girls‘ trip to help Amber get over her breakup with Jake.”

“Jake, as in the man who abducted you?” the detective asked for clarification. I nodded.

a bit at the thought, my hands

asked. “How many

to have been at least three or four men in the house, although the man from the restaurant was the only one

leg begin to shake under the table. Without a word, Noah placed his hand on my

I told the detective about the waterfall, about Jake’s plan to get a ransom and kill me, about Noah and Drake’s rescue. Noah also recounted his experience: seeing my text, driving to the rental, trying to find the trailhead that led to the

looking over at Noah as he spoke. His voice was so steady, his eyes so sharp, that it was clear that the fighting was nothing more than a

that, I

Noah was finished. “I think that’s all the information we need for now. We’ll be in

rope. The sun was already setting by now, casting long shadows across the parking lot,

as we reached the car, Noah turned to me, his expression serious. “After what happened,” he said firmly, “I don’t want you to leave

at him, surprised by the intensity in