All Chapters of The Alpha’s Bride Is Not the Luna: Chapter 11 - Chapter 14

The first few nights in this strange city were the hardest. Lying awake in the silence, surrounded by unfamiliar walls and a language I barely understood, I felt the weight of loneliness pressing in. Every shadow reminded me of home. Every silence reminded me of Robert.I remembered how, back in the pack, whenever a foreign tourist needed help, Robert would step forward effortlessly. His English was smooth, flawless. I’d just be standing there, fumbling, until he’d glance at me and say gently, “You don’t need to worry. You can always rely on me.”At the time, those words warmed me. But now, replaying them in my mind, they only left a hollow ache. Maybe that was always the problem—Robert never saw me as his equal. To him, I was someone fragile, someone to shield… but never someone strong enough to stand beside him.Here, thousands of miles away, I found someone who showed me a different answer.James had told me Albert was the Alpha of the Blood Fang Pack. But he didn’t act like an unto

The words on the screen glared back at me.I’ll find you.Once, a message like that would have sent my heart racing, kept me awake all night replaying the fantasy of what our reunion might look like. But now? It was just… noise. Empty words on a glowing screen.I shut the laptop with a soft click, exhaling the tension I didn’t even realize I’d been holding. When I turned, Albert was by the window, his tall frame bathed in the dim evening light. A bouquet of red roses rested in his hands, his knuckles pale from holding them too tightly.For years, he had been my constant. Through the silence, through the heartbreak, through the moments I thought I couldn’t take another step forward. He had never demanded answers. Never pressed me to give more than I could. He simply stayed. His patience had been the quiet balm my broken heart hadn’t even known it was searching for.“Barbara.”The way he said my name—low, steady, with a conviction that shook something deep inside me—made my chest tighten