All Chapters of The Alpha's Regret: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Ruby's POV I sat in the edge of the bed, arms crossed over my chest as my mind rolled back to what James had said.Something older and complex.After pressuring him for a few minutes a during the dinner we had in his private lounge, he had finally looked at me with so much seriousness I had never seen before. He told me the officials of Willowbrook, the council members and more than half of the city's elites weren't human either. He had kept a straight face when he told me threat something ancient ran through Willowbrook’s deadline and that whatever ran in their bloodline predated wolfpacks entirely. He had also told me that it wasn't easy to identify them because they masked and controlled their scents carefully and deliberately so that's instincts wouldn't run wild among a city full of powerful beings coexisting in close quarters.It should have genuinely terrified and scared the hell out of me but strangely it did. Instead something else settled in my chest. A light bulb came on i

Author's POVMarcus stood outside the small apartment building, his hands buried deep in his pockets as he kept staring at the third floor like it owed him something. He took a step forward and hesitated. The last time he was here, the curtain of the house was open and the house was empty. Today was quite different because the curtain was drawn shut and this made him unable to tell if she was inside or had gone out and had drawn it shut this time.He decided to climb the stairs anyway. He placed a knock on her door twice but there was no answer.“Ruby, it's Marcus.” He called through the door. “I'm not leaving until you talk to me.He knocked again and silence responded instead. He sighed and rubbed his hand over his face, turned and was about to go when he nearly bumped right into her.Ruby stood there with two grocery store hanging from herfest, he keys already between her fingers like she had anticipated this and was ready to defend herself when she looked closely and finally regis

Ethan's POV"Find us a house. We can't keep staying in the hotel. We need a base where we can work from," I said, crossing the room to sit at the edge of the bed."Oakhaven?” Marcus asked.I looked up sharply from across the room. "Oakhaven? What made you think about that? Ruby's in Willowbrook. That's where I saw her last, at the ballroom. I'm sure she's still within that city. Why should we base ourselves somewhere she isn't?""You know Willowbrook isn't cheap," Marcus said. "Their prices would bleed us dry within a month, and we still don't know how long we'll be staying away from the pack.""We can afford Willowbrook. You know that."“I know we can afford it but…” he drawled, looking up from his phone. “Just because we can afford it doesn't mean we should spend it there. We don't even know what's happening around us. Until we understand what we are actually dealing with, or how long we'll be in this mess, we can't spend recklessly.”“It still doesn't matter.” I frowned, unconvince

Ruby's POVThe smell hit my nose before I even opened my eyes. It was the smell of bacon and something buttery. I took in a deep breath, the smell of coffee wafting into my nose. I loved coffee so much but now that I am pregnant, I can't drink it anymore.I lay still on my bed, my eyes fixed on the ceiling above, the warmth of the morning sun tucking me to sleep as I tried to remember what happened. Finally the morning from last night settled in slowly. James had stayed over last night insisting that he didn't want to leave me while I handled the last packing alone. He had also said he had a feeling something might happen. I knew he was referring to Marcus. Although a part of me was happy he was staying back, another part of me felt offended that he would think about Ethan that way. Ethan would never send his beta to break into my house. I was pregnant with his child after all.James had said he would take the couch and I didn't argue that with him. I was too exhausted to even care a

Ruby's POVI have never seen him like this before. Since I knew James, he had always been this composed and resolved person. Deliberately reserved even during conversations but watching him grip the steering wheel like it would ease the panic in his mind and the way his jaw tightened the entire time. His eyes fixed on the road ahead, his eyelids barely blinking made me see a new version of him I had never seen.I had heard about his family before because he had mentioned it, in passing, the same way people mention things that they don't consider particularly significant but I didn't realize his family meant so much to him until there's very moment. Seeing the way he recklessly maneuvered through the street, I could tell that he loved his mom very well.“You are speeding so much James.” I said gently.“I know what I'm doing.”“James."“I said I know what I am doing, Ruby.”he said and exhaled sharply, easing his foot off the gas slightly. “I just need to get home and see my mom.”“Of co