Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0279

Hannah

My mind that night was consumed by thoughts of Noah. I tossed and turned all night, unable to find sleep. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw his face, felt his hands on my body. Every time I flipped to one side or another, I imagined what it would be like to see him sleeping next to me, to feel his hands tug me closer against his body.

And no matter how hard I tried to push it away, no matter how much I tried to pretend that it hadn’t happened, that memory of our night together played on repeat in my head, mingling with the events of the summer hunt.

A release, he had said, pinning my wrists against the wall. For both of us.

When he had pulled his fingers out from between my thighs, they had been slick and shiny. I saw those fingers in my mind on repeat, flashing between slick, clear, and damp to deep red with blood–my lips, covered in the metallic taste of the deer’s flesh.

Something had awakened in me that night we had slept together, and it had grown in power since we had hunted down that deer together.

An outlet. Yes, that was what we needed.

My eyes kept darting to the locked bedroom door, and I couldn’t help but wonder… What if I unlocked it? Would Noah be waiting in the hallway, lurking in the shadows?

The thought sent a shiver down my spine, a heady mixture of fear and excitement. I imagined his eyes glowing in the darkness, predatory and hungry. I imagined him slipping through the unlocked door, sliding into bed with me, nipping at my neck…

The image brought an animalistic smile upon my face.

But I left the door locked.

By the time morning came, I was a wreck.

I dragged myself first to the kitchen for breakfast and coffee, then to my study, my eyes heavy and my mind foggy despite the caffeine now in my system. As sat at my desk, I rubbed at my weary eyes.

was how long I had slept last night; and to make matters worse, I had had a bout of morning sickness this morning, further weakening me. Any sane person

consider Noah’s proposition for what felt like

until then… Maybe I should take him

I had

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long after the divorce was… unappealing, to

like a recipe for disaster. And yet, it was

on the desk in front of me. But the words swam on the page, my mind too preoccupied with thoughts of Noah’s hands,

interrupted my thoughts. “Come in,”

surprise, Leonard walked in. I immediately tensed up from head to toe, remembering our confrontation at the

bothering

door behind him, then turned the lock. The sound made me sit up straighter, suddenly on edge. I eyed him suspiciously as he approached my desk, my

need to speak with you about something… sensitive, he said, his

“And that requires a locked door?” I asked, cocking my

oddly serious. “I believe you and

at him. Then, I threw my head back and burst out laughing. “What?” I managed between

pressed on. “You two have been awfully close

Friends

chair, the leather creaking under my weight. “The Luna Council, the charity gala… there is

preposterous?” I asked, stifling

he burst out, his eyes narrowing.” Nothing more than a pretty face to hang off of our Alpha’s arm at events. I find it

in paperwork, the mail in my inbox, the open laptop,