Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0448

Hannah

My heart leaped into my throat, pounding so fiercely I was sure it echoed in the quiet night air.

Was Noah actually proposing? Here, now, in a hot tub under the stars, with nothing but the sound of bubbling water and the distant rustle of trees to bear witness?

I searched his face, my pulse quickening as I tried to decipher the emotions hiding in the dim light. His expression was calm, composed even, but there was something there–something deeper in the way his lips twitched at the corners, as if he was holding back some kind of secret.

But then I caught the mischievous glint in his eyes, that ever–present hint of playfulness, and my excitement crumbled. I felt the thrill in my chest deflate, like air leaking from a balloon.

“You’re teasing me,” I accused, narrowing my eyes at him as I splashed a handful of water his way, sending tiny droplets shimmering in the moonlit air.

Noah laughed and ducked to avoid the splash, his smile growing wider. “Maybe,” he admitted with a shrug, his tone unbothered. “But I’d be curious to know if you’d say yes.”

with a cock of his head,

wasn’t so easily dismissed this time. The question hung there once more, hovering between us like

lip, glancing away as I trailed my fingers through the warm water, watching the gentle ripples chase each other

on my tongue. “It’s complicated. You know

again,” he said softly. “We haven’t talked about it in so

more contemplative as I said, “Being a female Alpha is… hard. It’s exhausting, it really is, but I love it. The challenge, the responsibility, the way it

impossible to finish. How could I explain to

in that same quiet, understanding way

up your title. Even after all this time.

He’d hit the nail right on the

started to hold my own as an Alpha–only just started

without either of us losing our packs or our titles, I hope you know I would do it. In a heartbeat, I would do it a thousand times over. But as things stand right

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