Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0429

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Chapter 0429

Hannah

The meeting location that Alpha David picked out was, indeed, in neutral territory.

And it was far less unsavory than the place where I had met Jen.

My eyes immediately locked onto David, who was sitting at a corner table of the upscale lounge with his own security detail surrounding him. The sight of him made my blood boil, memories of our encounter in the parking garage and my subsequent humiliation in his prison flooding back.

My hands clenched into fists at my sides, and I had to take a deep breath to steady myself. The taste of bile rose in my throat as I remembered the cold cell, the leering guards, the feeling of utter helplessness.

“You okay?” Viona whispered, her hand brushing mine as we walked into the lounge.

like this just reawakened those memories, and I still felt like a fool for letting his Beta and guards

could I have been so careless?

took me seriously as an

reading my thoughts, Viona squeezed my arm. “Hey. It wasn’t your fault, Hannah,” she murmured, her voice low enough that only I could hear. “You were only trying to protect Melody. And besides, we should have stopped it.” She gestured to herself and

down the lump in my throat. “Well, I still shouldn’t have gone with them so easily,” I muttered. “But I won’t make the same mistake twice. Whatever David wants,

playing at his lips. His eyes raked over me with no shame, and I felt my skin crawl. “Alpha Hannah, so good of you to join us. I was beginning to

bothering to sit down. I could feel the eyes of everyone in the lounge on us, but

across the polished table. “Please, have a seat. Can I offer you a drink? The whiskey here is

allow you to buy one.

a mask of indifference. “Always so dramatic. This is a business meeting, nothing more. But if you insist on standing,

to business,” I said, my voice sharp. “What is this

fingers steepled in front of him. He seemed to be savoring the moment drawing out the tension. Finally, he held out his hand toward his Beta,

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