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,

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

a word, Noah stepped

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 lost track of how long he stayed in that room, although I never left

a

hours, his face was filled with sadness, but there his eyes

wasn’t until we were safely outside, in the parking lot lit by amber street lamps,

“How is she?”

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

the end of that summer. I was returning to Silvermoon for school, and I knew I wouldn’t see Noah for a long time. We stood at the bus stop, the late summer sun casting

Noah promised, stuffing his hands into

arms around him. He stiffened, tensing beneath my

“Every week,” I replied.

the bus 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