Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Alpha's Regret: Chasing Back His Rejected Luna: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

~ JOCELYN ~Tonight is going to be the most important night of my life.Tonight is the night I become Luna of the Nightfall Pack.Tonight is the night I marry the love of my life, Alpha Caspian King.Tonight is going to be awesome.Staring at my beautiful reflection in the floor-length mirror, I keep reciting those four sentences and holding my breath while adjusting the invisible fringes of my white wedding dress. The dress is a lovely dream that is snug around my curves and purposefully designed with white gemstones in order to sparkle when I walk into the gardens and towards the altar.Long story short, I should feel beautiful. I should feel ready.But all I feel is this strange discomfort pinching inside my chest.“You look beautiful.”Mara, one of the elder seamstresses in the room, whispers to me with a smile. She has been fussing over me and my gown since afternoon, and she also helped me get dressed and did my makeup.I manage to flash her a quick smile, “Thank you, Mara.”Her

~ JOCELYN~“You're not Luna material. You never were.”My knees weaken as those poisonous words stab straight into my heart and steal every ounce of oxygen from my lungs.More gasps and loud whispers fill the air.Did he really say that?Did Caspian, my mate, my best friend, my love, my future, just say that to me?In front of everyone?The whispers from the crowd are not helping. I feel like fainting, but I don't give in.I won’t embarrass myself further. I… I just want to understand why Caspian is doing this to me. To us.“Caspian, I-I don't understand.” I stutter in a whisper, “Are you nervous? I am too, but… but I understand. So what's going on? Is this some kind of prank?”He swallows, not saying anything. I hate the way he is looking at me like I am an embarrassment to him.“Answer me!” I yell, my voice cracking. “Caspian, why—”“I have to do what is best for the pack,” he cuts me off coldly, “And you’re not the best, Jocelyn Valdez.”No!This isn't my Caspian. He is speaking to

~ CASPIAN ~ What have I done? The question drips into my mind like poison. I can still hear the gasps. The whispers. The silence that followed when I spoke those cruel words. "You’re not Luna material. You never were.” Those words keep replaying in my head like a broken song. The Luna Ceremony ended hours ago, but it still feels like I am standing there, on the altar, staring into her eyes as I destroyed everything between us. Outside my windows, the night is still. I am sitting alone in my office. In the darkness. The fire in the hearth has long gone cold. Shadows stretch across the room, only dispelled by the few spills of moonlight shining through the windows. I am alone. Completely isolated. My back aches from sitting too long, and my hand keeps rubbing the middle of my chest to stop the sharp, painful swelling I feel under my shirt. The pain of rejecting her. Also, there is something else going on inside me. For about two months now, I have been having serious chest pain

~ JOCELYN ~“I’m guessing you’ve been through a lot.”His concern has me thinking back to Caspian again and what he did to me. The pain comes like a flood rushing through my veins, but now is not the time to dwell on it.Instead, I focus on the two men, exchanging my glances between them. “Why did you guys bring me here?” Declan chuckles. “You prefer dying out there in the wild?”His question definitely has an answer that quickly rings inside my head—I don't prefer dying, especially dying out in the wild like I have no one in the world who cares about me. Being rejected by Caspian broke me, but I won't accept dying like a discarded loner and forgotten like I never even existed.“Elian said I've been here for two days.” I turn towards Elian, who is the only one I feel more comfortable speaking with at the moment.“He is right.” Declan’s voice pulls my attention back to him. “You went off-earth for two freaking days, Jocelyn. You were completely out. We weren’t sure when you’d wake up.

~ JOCELYN ~I can't remember the exact moment when I finally fell asleep, but right now, I feel like my body is being attacked and paralyzed.I'm having a dream. And I can already tell it's not a good one.The dream feels so dark and so real, as if I am actually experiencing it. I’m running through what seems like a bushy path filled with trees and weeds on both sides of the rocky road. I'm gasping for breath. Trees blur past me, and because of the darkness, I can’t see where I’m going.There is no moon.All of a sudden, my legs lift off the ground without anything physically touching me.Before I can blink, I am already feeling a tight grip around my throat.I can’t breathe. I can't scream. I can't—My body is dropped to the ground before I can even process my next thought. There is something in the darkness, and I felt its grip trying to crack my neck. I even try to scream and continue running, but my body won't move.“You cannot hide from me, Chosen One.”The sudden voice is like a