All Chapters of Alpha's Regret: A Love That Came Too Late: Chapter 11 - Chapter 17

Victoria's words died in her throat. She clutched her cheek, dumbfounded."Who gave you permission to touch Heather's things?" Claude questioned, his voice carrying a menacing chill. "Victoria, have I spoiled you so much that you think you can do whatever you want?"Victoria's tears came on cue. "But Heather's already—""Shut up!" Claude shot to his feet and swept the mug off the conference table.The crashing sound made Victoria shriek."Don't think I don't know about the dirty tricks you've been pulling! Out of respect for your father, I've let it slide. But try anything like this again, and I'll throw you out of the pack too!"Victoria gasped sharply.She had no idea how much Claude actually knew. Her eyes darted nervously as she scrambled for an explanation."And another thing." Claude's eyes burned crimson, his expression murderous. "Even if Heather is gone, her room is still off-limits to you! You have one hour to retrieve every single thing you threw out."If even a sin

On the weekend, I was at the stray animal rescue shelter where I'd signed up to volunteer.Perhaps it was the scent of a "fellow creature", but the stray dogs, usually so wary of humans, were always especially gentle around me."Careful! That's a newly arrived Mastiff mix. It's bitten three people already," Orlando Carey, the manager, shouted in alarm.Inside the metal cage, a fierce black dog was arching its back, a low growl rumbling from its throat.Instead of retreating, I quietly walked over. Then, I crouched down in front of the cage and looked directly into its eyes.There was no need to exert any dominance. Just the scent of having crawled through hell was enough to make this beast understand who the top-dog was.A few seconds later, the black dog let out a whimper and tucked its tail between its legs. Then, it lay down on the ground, exposing its belly.From behind came the sound of lazy applause."Bravo. Our great designer not only knows how to draw, but her animal ta

Around us, whispers began to stir as countless curious eyes darted back and forth.I didn't stand up. Instead, I just looked at him calmly."What's up?"Claude frowned, clearly displeased with my indifferent attitude.He waved his hand, signaling everyone else to get lost."All of you, out!"The executives, as if granted a pardon, hurriedly ushered the employees out of the design department.The vast office space emptied out, save for Claude and me.Claude pulled up a chair and sat down. In a softened tone, he said, "I know you've been wronged, but I've already locked Victoria up. Now that the truth is out, all the pack members know she set you up."He extended his hand toward me. "Come back with me. The Luna position is still yours, and command of the Defense Department will be yours too. As long as you return, I'll let bygones be bygones."Let bygones be bygones? I let out an exasperated laugh.There he went again with that tone, as if forgiving me was some great favor he

With a deafening crash, the other two vampires lunging at them were sent flying by a single kick from Mr. Wulfric. They hit the ground and didn't get up.He cast a brief glance at the scratch on Claude's arm, then pulled a small bottle of medicinal liquid from his pocket and poured it over his wound."This is the royal family's miracle medicine. It's specially formulated for minor injuries and won't leave any scars."It all happened too fast.Claude stood frozen in place.He looked at his instantly healed wound, then glanced at me standing beside him, completely unharmed. There wasn't even a wrinkle on my dress.There was no such thing as coincidences. Someone had orchestrated this.Claude's meticulously planned act of heroic rescue had only ended up benefiting someone else instead."Let's go, Heather." Mr. Wulfric took my hand, not sparing Claude another glance. "The air here is polluted. I get sick just smelling it."I looked at Claude one last time.He stood in the shadow