Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

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Chapter 0349

Hannah

I jumped up from my vanity, the brush clattering to the floor with a loud thud that echoed in the suddenly

tense room.

“What do you mean you can’t come?” I demanded, my words coming out harsher than I intended. “You promised!”

Noah sat up in bed, the sheets pooling around his bare waist. Normally, I would have been entranced by the sight of the peaks and valleys of muscles strung across his body, but I was too upset in the moment to notice.

“I know, Hannah. I’m sorry. A sudden business meeting came up that I absolutely cannot miss.”

“A… business meeting?” I repeated incredulously, my hands clenching into fists at my sides. “A business meeting is what’s more important than our baby?”

Noah flinched as if my words physically pained him. The soft expression that he had been wearing more often lately was quickly clouded by his usual icy facade.

“It’s with a big business mogul who’s looking to open a branch here in Nightcrest. This deal could shape the future of our–my–pack,” he said, almost a growl. “If I cancel, he might find another pack to start negotiations with. We would lose out on a lot of money and jobs. I know you’re going back to Silvermoon, but you can’t tell me you don’t understand how important that is.”

I felt my heart sink, a cold feeling spreading through my chest. Logically, of course I understood the importance of such a meeting. But emotionally…

“But you promised,” I said again, my voice barely above a whisper, cracking slightly on the last word. I hated how small I sounded, how small I felt.

At that moment, the doctor’s words from our last appointment clanged through my mind. A long needle… Painful… I shuddered just at the thought. “I can’t go alone,” I croaked out.

“I know.” Noah looked away, a muscle ticking in his sharp jaw. “Look, I’m sorry, okay? I really am. If there was any way I could be in two places at once, I would.“D

send Scott to the meeting?”

look that was all the answer I needed. Scott was… not the most reliable. If he wasn’t Noah’s half–brother,

go,” was all

wall, the one I had been slowly letting down over the past few weeks, slam back into place with an almost audible thud. Without a word, I walked to the bed and threw back

distant. I grabbed my phone off the nightstand and sent a quick text to Viona before flopping down on

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my arm, his fingers

“Hannah-”

it’s fine,” I snapped, sliding into bed

the bed shift as he lay back down. But he didn’t try to touch me again, didn’t try to pull me close like he had been doing every night for weeks now. The space

inside me. Hurt, anger, and… loss. I had grown to

The terror of not having him beside me, his hand wrapped around

have to

alone, I reminded myself firmly. Viona would be there. And besides, I would have to get used to doing things without Noah

pang through my chest,

truthful with myself, I… didn’t want to get

as the new Alpha. The fate of my home pack could be dire if I didn’t step up. Alvin was a mess, a

tender moments, was just that to him–a contract. And if he

what I kept telling

a restless night, it felt like only minutes had passed before my

the bed was empty and cold, the indent where his body

was already gone. He couldn’t even be bothered to say goodbye or wish me

forcing myself to sit up. My hands shook slightly as’t got dressed, my body a bundle of nerves. I just wanted to get today over

light summer dress over my head, my phone rang. Viona’s name flashed on the screen, and