All Chapters of After I Died, I Became The Alpha's Greatest Regret: Chapter 41 - Chapter 49

CHAPTER 41 DARIUS’S POV I cαme home broken αfter the long dαy‚ αnd I bαrely hαd time to tαke my shoes off before smαll footsteps cαme running down the hαllwαy. “Dαddy!” Aurorα collided with my legs‚ her αrms wrαpping tightly αround me‚ I bent down immediαtely‚ lifting her into my αrms without thinking‚ pressing my fαce briefly into her hαir. “You’re home lαte‚” she sαid‚ pulling bαck just enough to look αt my fαce‚ her eyes seαrching mine too closely for α child her αge. “I hαd to stop somewhere‚” I sαid quietly. Her hαnds cαme up to my cheeks‚ cupping my fαce softly‚ αnd my chest tightened instαntly. “Did you find Mommy?” she αsked. I swαllowed‚ my throαt suddenly too tight. “No‚” I sαid αfter α moment. “I didn’t.” She frowned. “You didn’t look for her?” “I did‚” I replied gently. “I reαlly did.” She shook her heαd immediαtely. “I sαw her‚ dαddy!” I forced myself to keep my voice steαdy. “Aurorα—” “I sαw Mommy todαy‚” she sαid αgαin‚ more firmly now‚ like

CHAPTER 43 DARIUS POV“Alpha Darius‚ you have to be calm. It may not actually be her because—”“I can't be calm‚” I cut in sharply‚ my hands already shaking as I left the room‚ almost towards my car. “Until I see her. I need to see her.”My Beta stepped directly into my path‚ blocking me like he’d done too many times these past months‚ his voice careful‚ almost pleading‚ like he was talking to someone that was almost insane. “Listen to me for one second. Just one. I’ve looked at the photos again. Closely. There are things that don’t add up.”“I don’t care‚” I snapped‚ my chest tight. “Move.”“She has a mole‚” he said quickly‚ lifting his phone again as if showing it would finally make me understand. “Right here. Under her left eye. Celeste never had that.”“That means nothing‚” I shot back immediately. “People change. Skin changes.”“She looks healthy‚” he continued‚ refusing to back down now‚ his voice firmer. “Too healthy. There’s no signs of trauma in the way she holds herself. Al

CHAPTER 45DARIUS POVShe was leaving.No.I couldn’t let her leave like that.I stepped in front of her before I even realized what I was doing‚ my body reacting faster than my thoughts that knew I was already crossing too many lines.“Excuse me‚” she said calmly‚ stopping short.“I’m not done‚” I said‚ my voice coming out rougher than I intended. “You can’t just walk away.”She tilted her head slightly‚ studying me the way someone looks at a stranger who’s suddenly behaving strangely. “I can‚” she replied evenly. “And I am.”People nearby slowed. I felt it immediately‚ the shift in the room and the way attention turned toward us.“You’re making a scene‚” she added‚ “Again.”My chest tightened. “Just—just wait.”She let out a soft sigh‚ like she was humoring a child who wouldn’t stop asking questions. “What now?”My eyes dropped to her neck.That small‚ dark mole.The one my Beta had pointed out.The one Celeste never had.My hand moved before my mind could catch up.“Don’t touch me‚

CHAPTER 47 DARIUS POV “…I heard Alpha Darius locked his late wife away.” What? I was standing a few steps away‚ looking at a painting I’d already seen twice‚ when I heard my name in the mouths of some women. My head snapped slightly in their direction. “Used her as a blood bank‚” another voice whispered. “That’s what people are saying now.” My chest tightened. I turned fully this time. “What did you just say?” They froze. Three women stood there‚ glasses in their hands‚ faces pale‚ like they’d been caught stealing. “I asked you a question‚” I said calmly. Too calmly. “Repeat it.” One of them swallowed. “Alpha… it’s… it’s just— we didn’t mean—” “Who said it?” I interrupted. “Now.” They exchanged glances. “No one important‚” another said quickly. “Just rumors.” I stepped closer‚ lowering my voice. “Do you know what happens to people who spread lies about the Alpha?” One of them flinched. “We—we didn’t start it.” “I didn’t ask who started it‚” I said ev

CHAPTER 49Celeste POVEverything happened too fast.One second Darius was standing there‚ shouting at the doctor‚ and the next his body gave out completely. He collapsed hard onto the floor‚ the sound echoing through the room and freezing everyone in place.For a moment‚ I forgot how to breathe.Fear rushed through me before I could stop it.“Alpha!” the doctor shouted‚ rushing forward.My hands tightened against the chair. I almost stood up immediately‚ almost moved toward him without thinking‚ but I forced myself to stay where I was.This wasn’t my concern.It shouldn’t be.Doctors surrounded him quickly‚ checking his pulse‚ calling for assistance‚ their voices overlapping in urgency.“He’s unconscious.”“Get a stretcher!”“Move carefully.”My chest felt tight as I watched them lift him. His face looked pale‚ nothing like the cold and powerful Alpha everyone feared. For the first time in years‚ he looked… fragile.And I hated that it affected me.I hated that my heart reacted at al