Lahat ng Kabanata ng Too Late, Alpha: The Mate He Never Wanted : Kabanata 121 - Kabanata 130

Iris’s POVShane hurried toward us with a tight frown. He must have heard Asher’s voice carry across the field.“What’s the meeting about?” he asked as soon as he reached us. “Did the Alpha say anything?”Asher's serious expression shifted instantly as he shook his head with a mischievous grin. “No way. I'm not saying anything. All I will do is pass the order along. That’s all.”“Oh, come on!” Jasmine groaned, while Shane rolled his eyes. Asher shrugged, still grinning. “You'll hear it like everyone else.”Jasmine sighed, glancing at me. “I really don't know the use of having the Beta as a friend when he won't give you the latest updates, instead, he'll make you ‘hear it like everyone else’” She scoffed.Shane gave her a pointed look. “Your brother is the Alpha. You can get the latest updates from him.”She deflated with a sigh. “My brother barely tells me anything about things like this. He knows how much it kills me to not know things, and he loves it.”She crossed her arms, watchi

Iris's POVThe moment the name left Rowan’s mouth, the world tilted.The name hit me like a slap.“…the Crescent Moon Pack has agreed to the alliance,” Rowan said, his voice was steady and firm.For a second, I thought I had misheard. But then he repeated it clearly. The Crescent Moon Pack.My stomach dropped. The air around me suddenly felt too tight, and the main hall suddenly felt too small, like the walls were closing in.Not possible. My old pack. My place of nightmare.My ears rang so loud I missed the rest of Rowan’s words.Beside me, Jasmine shifted. “Are you okay, Iris?”Her voice sounded distant, like she was speaking through water.“I—” My lips moved, but nothing came out. I forced a mumble that even I couldn’t make sense, but it sounded something like. “I’m…fine.”Jasmine frowned, but she didn’t press, giving me a sympathetic look instead. She probably thought I was still in shock from Rowan’s first announcement.No one here knew where I came from. They didn’t know my past

Eric's POV My hands still shook where Iris had torn hers out of mine.I could still feel the warmth of her skin on my palms, but she was already gone. She had stormed out of the hall without even glancing back once.I stared at the empty space she left behind. My chest felt like someone had slammed a fist into it.“Iris…” The name scraped out of my throat hoarsely.I spun toward the stage and met the sharp brown eyes of Alpha Rowan Bane. His face was hard as stone. My shock turned into anger before I could stop it.Heat surged through me.“How dare you?” The words came out low and rough.Murmurs of surprise echoed throughout the hall. Conversations that had just started died again as hundreds of eyes swung toward me.Rowan stepped forward slowly. “Watch your tone,” he said evenly.The tone of his voice made the warriors at the edges of the room straighten. I swallowed the urge to snap again.He was an alpha, and so was I. But everyone knew Rowan Bane’s reputation. He was ruthless, an

Iris's POVIt was Shane who broke the silence.“Your husband? Alpha Eric is your husband?”I shook my head. “No, he ‘was’. Not anymore. I signed the divorce papers before I left.”Jasmine furrowed her eyebrows. “Was it because of…Evie?”I nodded. “Yes.”Her eyes were wide, but she kept her voice soft. “Iris… how? How could he—how did Evie—”My throat burned. “She was sick. The Moonbane curse.”The words caught in my chest. I forced them out anyway.“That night she… she started seizing because she heard Eric say that she was a mistake. The emotional stress was too much for an eight year old.”Jasmine covered her mouth in horror.“I begged Eric to drive us to the clinic. He finally did, but halfway there Zara, his lover, called him. She said that her daughter, Tiffany, had fallen down the stairs and was bleeding.”I swallowed hard. “He stopped the car. He said Evie was faking the seizure, trying to manipulate him.” My voice cracked. “He turned the car around.”Jasmine gasped. Shane’s ja

Iris's POVThen I snapped back to my senses. Heat flared through me and I shot him a sharp glare, slamming the door hard.But Eric moved fast. He shot out his foot at the last second and the door banged against it. He winced, and released a hiss between his teeth.I felt a small, bitter satisfaction at that.“What the hell are you doing here?” I hissed. “Get out.”He stayed in the doorway, looking pale. “Please,” he said, voice rough. “Please, Iris. I just want to talk.”“No.” I shook my head and tried to shove the door closed again, but his foot held it firm. “I don’t want to talk. Leave.”“Iris, listen to me—”“Eric, move your foot or I’ll scream.” My voice shook from both anger and exhaustion.“I deserve that,” he said quickly. “I know I do. But give me five minutes. Just five. Then I’ll leave if you still want me to.”I stared at him, my whole body was tight. I wanted to keep slamming the door until his foot snapped, but my body ached from the long day and I was too tired for anot