Lahat ng Kabanata ng Alpha’s Regret: The Return Of The Betrayed Luna : Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

LexiMy things sit in a duffel bag on the bed—clothes, a toothbrush, the little wolf charm Manny gave me two summers ago. It’s all I’ve got left, and it’s not enough to fill the hole he’s ripped through me. I stare at the bag, my chest hollow, my body aching from birth and betrayal. He promised me forever but he never mentioned what kind of forever. I can’t believe I’m a rogue again, discarded like trash after giving him our twins. The pain gnaws deeper, a jagged blade twisting with every memory of his smile, his touch, his lies.Suddenly, a heave rises inside me and I race into the bathroom. Leaning over the toilet, I dry-retch repeatedly until it feels like my guts are going to fall out of me. Exhausted, I sit on the damp, cold floor to think things over again. I could fight this, fight for custody of my babies. But the fight in me was lost a long time ago. Manny loved the feral fight of a rogue out of me. The door swings open as I shuffle into the bedroom again, and two pack gu

LexiI sit at the head of the polished oak table, the boardroom’s glass walls reflect the sharp lines of my charcoal suit. My spine is straight, my dark hair swept into a tight chignon with that silver streak glinting like a scar. Seven years since that cliff, and I’ve turned the wild rogue into something else— someone else. “Alright, people,” I call out, leaning back in my high backed chair, “hit me.” I listen with pride as each member—rogue wolves—of my team rises to his or her feet to reel out their progress or success on our different projects. The team buzzes around me, voices steady as they deliver their reports. I listen, chin lifted, exuding the quiet command I’ve honed running Rogue Haven.“—this quarter, we funded scholarships for thirty-two rogue wolves across three packs,” Maris says, tapping her tablet. “Eighteen enrolled in trade programs, the rest head to university next fall. Shelter intake rises too— forty families settled into the new foothills facility last mon

LexiI pace the sterile linoleum floor of the hospital corridor, the antiseptic stench clawing at my nose as machines beep faintly behind the door to Dexter’s room.My heels click against the tile, a sharp rhythm against the chaos brewing in my heart. They rushed him here hours ago, my boy, his small body limp in my arms, blood still staining his shirt.The doctors swarm him—tests, scans, needles piercing his fragile skin—but they find nothing. Almost two hours later, a white haired doctor comes out of the room.“We're doing the best we can,” he says when I asked if Dexter is alright now. He didn't seem confident.Then he added, “There's no sign of infection, no rupture, no reason for the coughing, the blood, ma'am.”“What does this mean?” I ask, more alarmed than I was when I brought him in.“It means, whatever is making your son bring up blood anytime he coughs isn't—”“No, doctor—you can't be serious.”The doctor sighs. “Ms. Rex, I'm afraid we've run out of options. Your son's cond

CAPTUREDLEXI’S POVThe gates slammed shut behind me as the guards pushed me in.I looked around, taking it all in. I was really back here, I realized, remembering how the pack used to look back then. “Walk faster!” one of the guards shouted, shoving me forward with the hilt of his sword.Dexter shifted uncomfortably and my defensive instincts kicked in immediately. “Don’t touch me!” I snapped at the guard.He only scoffed. “I don’t think you know how much things have changed around here. You are a traitor to this pack, you are lucky that Alpha Manny wants to kill you himself!”I smirked coldly, refusing to be intimidated. “And you are lucky that I am holding my child right now, unless your sword would not protect you.”The guard’s eyes widened in anger and he raised his sword, like he was going to strike me down when the other guard stopped him.“Control yourself,” the guard cautioned him in a whisper.Around us, other wolves started to gather through the pack grounds. I could feel

LUNA TROUBLESLEXI’S POVSophia stepped into the room with a frown.“Miss you?” she scoffed, looking down at me. “You are nothing but an irritating bug that refuses to die. I am only concerned about why you are back in my son’s life again.”“Why?” I asked with a smile. “Are you worried that he will fall in love with me again and make me his Luna?”Sophia laughed at my words. “Fall in love with you? Make you his Luna? Are you that confident or just plain stupid?”“Manny can never make you his Luna again, the only reason you are still alive is because you had the sense to bring his son back to him,” she spat at me as I stood up to face her. “You are nothing to him.”Now it was my turn to laugh, “It is crazy that you think that I am back here for Manny, I came here for my son so why should I care if I am anything to him?” Sophia stared at me with her eyes narrowed suspiciously. “You have changed.”“Why do you say so?” I asked, folding my arms. “Is it because I am no longer that gullible