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

could see his green eyes flicker with something in the dim light–something gentle and…

without a word, Noah stepped

waited outside, fidgeting nervously, straining my ears for any sign of approaching staff. Thankfully, none came. Soon, the minutes turned into ten, then fifteen, then twenty. Eventually, I

was a

filled with sadness, but there his

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

“How is she?”

swallowed hard. “Not good. But… I’m glad I got to

and I knew I wouldn’t see Noah for a long time. We stood at the bus stop, the

promised, stuffing his hands into his pockets.

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

“Every week,” I replied.

window, I took it upon myself to memorize every detail of his face. It was only once the bus pulled out of Nightcrest territory that I finally realized with a start that I had