Todos los capítulos de The Alpha's Regret: Capítulo 101 - Capítulo 109

Ruby's POVTwo days trapped in a hospital bed was officially my limit.I don't care how luxurious the Whitefield medical wing was, or how plush the pillows were, or how many times Dr. Kathy poked her head in to tell me my vitals were practically glowing. Every second I spent staring at those four walls, listening to the hum of the heart monitor, felt like I was letting fear win.I refused to live like a caged animal. I refused to let some disgusting rogues in an alley trick me into hiding under a blanket for the rest of my pregnancy."You're sure you're feeling up for this?" James asked, glancing over at me from the driver's seat of his sedan."If I stay in that bed for another hour, James, I'm going to lose my mind," I said, smoothing down the front of my wrap dress. It draped comfortably over my belly, letting my small bump sit proud and visible without squeezing the life out of me. "Today is the grand opening. My name is on the front doors. I am not missing the ribbon cutting for m

Ethan's POVMy desk looked like a disaster zone. Folders, border patrol reports, financial audits, and council petitions were piled high, practically burying the surface. For the past forty-eight hours, I hadn't slept more than twenty minutes at a stretch. Every time I closed my eyes, my head spun with the fallout from Vivian's trial, the elders' endless whining, and the sickening memory of Ruby looking at me like I was dirt beneath her boots.I rubbed my temples, groaning as the sting along my ribs flared up again. The silver burn was slowly knitting together, but the toxic ache went straight down to the bone.The doors of the war room banged open without warning.Marcus marched in, his face dead pale, completely skipping the usual formalities. He tossed a tablet right onto the center of my desk, knocking over a stack of memos."Ethan, we have a massive problem," Marcus said, his voice clipped and breathless.I straightened up, my Alpha senses instantly on high alert. "What happened?

Ruby's POVThunder cracked right over the roof, so violently loud that the windows shuddered in their frames. A second later, heavy, freezing rain slammed against the glass, drumming with this weird, heavy rhythm that made my skin crawl.I hated days like this. Days where the sky looked bruised and ugly, churning in shades of dark charcoal and sickly green.I shifted on the examination bed, biting down on my bottom lip as another dull, dragging ache rolled through my lower abdomen. It had been like this since five this morning. Not sharp, but heavy. A dense, throbbing kind of pressure that felt like someone had tied a bag of wet sand right around my pelvis. Every time I tried to take a deep breath, the muscles across my belly pulled so tight I had to grip the edge of the mattress just to keep from groaning out loud."If you squeeze the bed frame any harder, you're gonna bend the steel, babe," Emily said from the armchair.She was casually peeling an orange, tossing the rinds into a cu

Ruby's POVAnother vicious cramp tore across my lower stomach, blinding. A choked gasp ripped out of my throat as my knees gave out, sending me sliding down the side of the hospital bed."Ruby!" Emily gasped, darting across the room to catch me under my arms."I'm okay, I'm okay," I wheezed through clenched teeth, pressing both hands flat against my belly.I wasn't okay. My body was shaking uncontrollably, drenched in a cold sweat. The terror flooding my bloodstream was throwing my uterus into full-blown panic mode, tightening like a vice around my baby boy. Every rapid beat of his little heart thudded in my ears, erratic and terrified.Right through the drywall, another deafening burst of gunfire erupted. The acoustic vibrations rattled the picture frames on the wall, raining plaster dust onto our hair."Help me move this! Now!" Emily yelled, her eyes wild with panic.She grabbed the edge of the steel examination bed, her boots skidding against the tiles as she shoved it with all her