All Chapters of The Alpha's Regret: Chapter 121 - Chapter 124

Ruby's POVThe midday sun broke through the autumn clouds, spilling pale gold light across the flags of the courtyard pavilion. For the first time in days, the air didn't smell like cordite or hospital bleach. It smelled like damp earth and falling leaves.Spread out across the table were fabric swatches and paint palettes."Look at this one," Emily said, holding up a small square of sage-green velvet against a textured beige wallpaper sample. "It's neutral, it's elegant, and it doesn't scream 'werewolf heir.' It screams 'sophisticated baby who will eventually sue people for a living.'"A soft laugh slipped past my lips as I smoothed a hand over my stomach. The baby shifted beneath my palm, giving a gentle, rhythmic roll that felt like a quiet sigh of agreement."I like the sage," I murmured, resting my chin on my other hand. "It'll look bright in the Oakhaven townhouse. Once the contractors finish the drywall, we can paint the south nursery before the first snowfall."Emily lowered t

Ruby's POVThe first thing I registered was warmth.A thick, radiating heat that wrapped around me like a velvet blanket, chasing away the cold morning chill. Underneath my cheek, a steady, powerful rhythm was drumming with slow, hypnotic precision.Thump-thump. Thump-thump.It was the most peaceful sensation I had felt in months. I let out a soft, content sigh, burying my nose deeper into the soft cotton fabric beneath me, inhaling that intoxicating, familiar scent of dark cedar and crushed pine needles.For two blissful, half-asleep seconds, the past three months of hell simply ceased to exist. There were no divorce papers. No smirking Vivian in silk robes. No screaming in a puddle of blood while rogues kicked through a clinic door. There was only this safe, unbreakable haven where nothing could touch me.Then my eyes fluttered open.My gaze locked onto the dark collarbone two inches from my nose. Then to the thick white gauze taped across the left shoulder. Then to the massive, mus