Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0458

Chapter 0458

The glass of wine I had just sipped nearly went down the wrong way. This again?

I coughed, blinking in disbelief as I set the glass down, my fingers gripping the stem a little too tightly.” Marcus, you must be joking,” I said, forcing my tone to remain even. “She has your son’s eyes, for Goddess ‘sake.”

Marcus set down his fork with exaggerated precision, his eyes sharp as they fixed on me once more.

“Oh, I know. But it just seems rather… convenient, that’s all,” he said, his voice maddeningly calm. “A child appearing at just the right moment, securing your position as Luna and ensuring the future of Nightcrest. Why, if I didn’t know better, I’d wonder how it all happened so… perfectly.”

“Alpha,” Noah corrected, setting aside his steak knife. “And Silvercrest. And it wasn’t ‘perfect‘; we dealt with a whole mess of shit to get to this point.”

Marcus’s lips curled into a tiny smirk. “Right. My apologies.”

I went to tell him to stuff his ‘apologies‘, but Noah’s hand slid under the table to find mine, his fingers wrapping around mine with a silent warning.

seemed to say. He just wants to piss us

I bit

she is not my granddaughter,” he said after taking a sip, “but you should expect that some people

you mean?” I

waving his hand dismissively. “Again, I don’t think this. But I have heard some rumors that the baby doesn’t belong to either

you my stretch marks to prove it, but

never ask such a thing.” Marcus tilted his head slightly, his eyes gleaming with something cold and unfeeling. He paused, his

went to extreme lengths to secure their position, though,” he said, as though the idea were perfectly reasonable. “After all, Hannah, you did have difficulty conceiving for many

was poisoned,” I said, wondering for a moment if maybe he simply didn’t know what had happened. “For years, someone was slipping contraceptives into my food.

evidence. Her cousin, Alvin, was trying to keep her from having an heir. Although we’re not entirely

Marcus’s eyes. Surprise?

Chapter 0458

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expression returned to its familiar,