Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0291

The boy that fifteen–year–old me had fallen in love with.

With trembling hands, I unfolded one of the letters, the paper soft and worn from years of reading and rereading.

“Dear Hannah,” it began. “My mom passed this morning I can’t thank you enough for what you did for me this summer. Taking me to see her in the hospital… I’ll never forget that. You gave me a chance to say goodbye, and I’ll always be grateful. I don’t know how would have gotten through it without you.”

I bit back tears as I read on. Noah wrote about his mother’s passing, his grief palpable even through the faded ink. He poured out his heart to me in a way he never did anymore.

“Sometimes I feel so alone,” he Itad written. “But then I remember you, and I don’t feel quite so lost. Thank you for being my friend, Hannah, I don’t know what I would do without you.”

It took all of my power to not crumple that letter in my hands.

What happened to that boy? When did he turn into this cold, controlling Alpha who seemed to view me as

nothing more than a broodmare and prisoner? The Noah who wrote these letters would never have locked me in a room, never have treated me like a possession.

But now…

Just like he had forgotten everything else

it to the box. Part of me wanted to show these to Noah,

wanted to save them for myself, if

put the box away, a small smile played on my lips. At least I had managed to outsmart him with those two–hour appointments. He would be too busy at work to

was a small victory, but right now, I would take whatever I

up on the coffee table. Finally, some alone time without Noah hovering

gotten through the first chapter when the front door

loosened and his jacket slung

said, hanging his jacket

dumbfounded that my book slipped from my fingers. “I thought you

between us. Clearly he knew that I

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