All Chapters of Too Late for Regrets: Alpha Husband Rejects my Rejection: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Destiny's dress literally flows on the wind as she walks.Coren opens the door for her, only keeping it open for me as an afterthought.Once we're inside the restaurant, Destiny looks even more beautiful. The crystal chandelier casts a cool light that hits her just enough to make her look like she’s glowing, soft music floats from a live band suspended on a platform in the middle of the large restaurant, candles flicker against white linen tabletops and the sound of people talking somehow melds extremely well with the melody of strings and violins.Everything feels expensive, and romantic. It's perfect, and Destiny looks like she knew the theme before she walked in here tonight."I should go," Coren murmurs.I blink, turning to look at him but he's not looking at me. He's looking at Destiny.When he finally meets my gaze, there's obvious pain in his eyes.I immediately take my gaze away and search the restaurant for my own date. Colin waves from his table and I grip my purse tighter i

Destiny's pov. When I chose tonight to do this, I didn't check dates or think about what Valentine's Day might mean for anyone else.I only knew I didn't want this moment of my life swallowed up by pack politics and gossip. While sitting on my mother's couch after the council meeting, I realized the only way to prove my defiance to this pack was to show them I am not going to cower in shame or fear.On that couch, I decided my unborn child deserved something softer than the instant judgment it was getting, so I went to my wardrobe and picked a white dress, not because I was trying to prove anything but simply because it looked good on me. For once, I would be celebrating something, so I booked a table at a restaurant I liked, and picked out a piece of jewelry from the unopened sets I owned over the years...I wanted to be intentional about everything I was doing today so I planned it all, down to the last detail. The only thing I didn't expect today was that I would get to see Coren.

I resist the urge to slam a punch into Colin's face as I pass by him at the doors to the packhouse.There's only one person I'm here for today, and that's the only person I care about seeing.I try to reach out on the matebond again, try to feel for her the way I've been trying to feel for her over the past few months now, but there's nothing. I can't feel Lucy's presence, can't feel anything inside me since that day.The open gash in my soul feels similar to one thing I heard described to me a long time ago by my mother. Her words ring in my head right now, sad and sorrowful like a funeral call."It feels like there's a hole in my chest, Karl.The day your father died, it felt like the world was ending. The pain wasn't even the worst part. It was knowing that I would never feel whole again, and every day since has only confirmed that.It feels like my mate died, Karl. I feel like my mate died all the time, because he did."Those were her last words she said to me before she closed he

Karl's grip around my body tightens painfully as he demands in a low, dangerous voice, "Who are you?Are you a rogue? A spy? Who sent you to kill my mate and why are you here in the Silvercrest pack?"My lungs are being crushed against his rock of a body.When I wheeze out a response, the lack of air in my throat is real, not fake."No one sent me. Karl, you're crushing me."If I thought looking like I was in pain would make him let me go, I was wrong. His grip is as firm as ever as he continues, "If no one sent you then why are you here?"The answer to that flies to my mind immediately.Because Destiny stole my life. Because Coren and Jack were supposed to be mine... Because I refuse to let her win and I will not lose, not again.All these answers rest on the tip of my tongue but telling him would only give away who I truly am, and no one can know that. No one can know until I have all I want and no one can stop me.Karl lets me go as I refuse to speak, his arms around me going loose

Destiny's pov.The pack emergency alarms shatter whatever peace I built after Valentine's night.I'm in the middle of making lunch when I hear them. The pack bond floods with fear immediately and I feel Coren shut all communication down through the bond. A chill runs down my spine at that.Something's happened.That's the only reason the siren would be blaring from every pack-operated speaker.The pack alarms are only used in situations where there's a threat that affects the whole pack. For them to be blaring right now...My mind immediately shifts to one glaring concern. Jack's at school right now.Is he... Is he safe?I immediately abandon what I have in the oven and head to the door but the sound of the siren blaring through the air stops me from going out.It's pack law that whenever these alarms sound, the entire pack goes on lockdown. Anyone who violates the law is immediately put under suspicion of being a spy or a rogue agent.Right now, I just have to leave it up to the pack