Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0397

Hannah

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I sat on the hard, cold bench in my cell, my mind spinning like a whirlwind. Hours had passed since Noah’s revelation, and yet his words still echoed in my ears on repeat.

Could it really be true? Had Zoe truly orchestrated such an elaborate deception?

My fingers closed around the small object in my palm, and I opened my hand to look at it. The little pink and blue seashell gleamed softly in the dim light of the cell, leather cord threaded through the hole at the top..

As I gazed at it, memories washed over me, as vivid and warm as the summer day they were born from.

I was back on that beach, the last day of my summer vacation with Lily.

It had been a blissful summer, not just with my sister, but with him. Noah. The boy who I had fallen head over heels for in a matter of weeks.

“Let’s go on a walk,” I had suggested, my heart pounding. “Just you and me.”

pink that reflected off the calm water. The sand was cool beneath my bare feet, and the salty breeze tousled my hair. I lifted my skirt and closed my eyes, tilting my head back to let the wind hit

Noah’s voice called out, pulling my attention to where he was crouched near the water’s

tanned skin. I blushed at the sight of his body. How badly I wanted to run my hands across those corded

jogged over, curious.

down, I carefully extracted it and rinsed it off in the

breathed, holding it up to catch the fading sunlight. “Isn’t

his dark hair rustling against the side of my face. I could taste

same shade as

to him, my eyes wide, and our noses touched. Forest green eyes stared back

distance and kiss him. But fear gripped me,

I pressed the seashell into his palm and curled his fingers

my voice nothing more than a whisper

flushed a

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Chapter 0397

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I transitioned from the warm, sun–drenched beach of my memories to the cold, stark reality of