Semua Bab Alpha's Regret: Return of the Rejected Mate: Bab 181 - Bab 190

Penelope’0s POVMy muscles ached as I pushed through the facility doors. The advanced session had been brutal—three hours of intense combat drills that left me drained but oddly peaceful. Physical pain was simple, manageable.Unlike the complicated agony of my trial and the scrutiny.Someone sat on the front steps. I tensed automatically—reporters had been showing up at random times, hoping to catch me off guard, but as I got closer, I recognized Julian’s dark hair and relaxed posture.He wasn’t alone.A small gray tabby sat in his lap, purring loud enough that I could hear it from ten feet away. Julian was feeding her treats from a crumpled paper bag, speaking to her in low, gentle tones.“Don’t tell me you brought a date,” I said, stopping at the bottom of the steps.Julian looked up with that easy smile. “Found her about an hour ago, digging through the dumpster behind the building. She was so thin.”“So you went shopping?”He held up the empty pet store bag. “Guilty. She was starvi

Dominic’s POVI found Dad in Mom’s old sitting room, surrounded by photo albums and boxes of personal things. The sight stopped me cold. Each item spread across the coffee table told a story that made her absence feel fresh and raw.A silver hairbrush. Reading glasses with tiny scratches on the lenses. A journal with her handwriting filling every page. Things that had been part of her daily life just weeks ago.“She was so excited about having Debbie in her life,” Dad said without looking up. He held a photograph between his fingers. “Those few hours with Debbie before…everything changed. She kept talking about teaching her pack history and proper etiquette.”I walked closer and saw the photo he was holding. Mom and Debbie on the front steps, both smiling. Debbie wore the purple dress Mom had bought her. Her red curls looked like fire.“She would have been a good grandmother,” I said.“She was already a good grandmother. Just didn’t get enough time to show it.”Dad set the photo down c

Edward’s POVI stood before the detailed map marking pack territories, each location annotated with intelligence reports from my embedded operatives. Red pins showed active agents. Blue pins marked potential targets. Green pins indicated assets ready for activation.The network I’d built over months of patient planning was finally bearing fruit. Agents positioned throughout the political and social structures that held pack society together like termites in the foundation of a house.My phone buzzed with an encrypted message. Nicholas reporting from his new position inside Darkwood Pack administration. The text was brief but satisfying: “Access confirmed. Full integration complete.”Perfect. Nicholas had successfully infiltrated the council administration exactly as planned. His position gave me access to sensitive defensive planning and internal communications.More importantly, it gave me eyes and ears inside Dominic’s inner circle.The money Kelsey had stolen to pay him was an unexp

Penelope’s POVThe emergency council meeting felt like a tribunal designed to destroy me. Representatives from six major packs filled the chamber, their hostile faces turned toward me like I was fresh meat thrown to starving wolves. The attack on my facility had given them everything they needed to destroy me.Alpha Thomas slammed his fist on his table, making water glasses jump. “She can’t protect her own students! What makes anyone think she can defend our territories?”“My students fought off armed attackers,” I shot back. “Where were your precious traditional defenders when real violence struck?”“Your students got hurt because someone leaked your security plans!” Alpha Richard jabbed his finger at me like a weapon. “This mess traces back to your reckless methods!”The chamber erupted in angry voices. Accusations flew across the room like arrows. Dad rose from his seat, his face dark with rage.“My daughter’s program saved lives! Her women prevented a massacre while you cowards sat

Kelsey’s POVThe pack gathering felt like walking through a field of hidden explosives. Every conversation could detonate my lies. I watched Nick work the room like a master politician, his stylish suit and confident smile earning him admirers wherever he went.He was supposed to be my secret. Instead, he’d become the most popular man at the party.“Kelsey, darling, you’re absolutely glowing!” Martha gushed, appearing beside me with wine-flushed cheeks. “Pregnancy suits you beautifully.”“Thank you,” I replied, tracking Nick across the crowded hall. He was deep in conversation with Alpha Mark, gesturing animatedly. The older man hung on his every word.“And that new security advisor is quite something,” Martha continued, following my gaze. “Nicholas Barker, isn’t it? Such a sharp mind.”“Yes, he’s been…helpful.”Nick chose that moment to glance in my direction. His eyes found mine across the room, and that familiar smirk played at the corners of his mouth. The look was brief but loaded