Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0290

Hannah

“Hannah, are you sure about this?” Noah whispered. “What if we get caught?”

I turned to him, placing one finger over my lips. Glancing over both shoulders to make sure no one was looking. I carefully pulled the side door open, taking care to not make a sound as we slipped inside the hospital.

Noah hesitated at the threshold, looking uncertain. But I didn’t give him a chance to turn back, to run away and claim that this was a bad idea. With my eyes flashing, I grabbed his hand and yanked him in after me.

I remembered how clammy his hand was, how cold and sweaty his palm felt against mine. But I never released my grip on him.

through a maze of dor

We slipped past the security guards, our hearts pounding in unison. I led Noah corridors, relying on the signs lining the walls to find the intensive care unit.

Finally, we reached his mother’s room. Noah took a deep breath, pausing outside the door.

is,” I whispered, finally

green eyes flicker with something in the dim light–something gentle and… grateful as he looked

a word, Noah

minutes turned into ten, then fifteen, then twenty. Eventually, I lost track of how long he stayed in that room,

was a peace

filled with sadness, but there his eyes that

we slipped back out of the hospital. It wasn’t until we were safely outside, in the parking lot lit by amber street lamps, that I

“How is she?”

swallowed hard. “Not good. But… I’m glad I got to see her. To say…

later and we were saying goodbye at the end of that summer. I was returning to Silvermoon for school, and I knew I wouldn’t see Noah for a long

write to you,” Noah promised, stuffing his hands into his pockets. “Every

threw my arms around him. He stiffened, tensing beneath my touch, before

“Every week,” I replied.

I waved to him through the bus window, I took it upon myself to memorize every detail of his face. It was only once the bus pulled