All Chapters of The Alpha's Greatest Regret: Chapter 51 - Chapter 54

Chapter 51. The Voice in the WallThe west wing was colder than the rest of the house. Nobody had lit a fire down here in years. Soren walked it barefoot. He'd left his boots by the bed side. The boards were old. Some of them creaked. His wolf knew which ones before he did and kept his weight on the joists.The phone stayed against his ear. She was breathing quick and shallow, the way you breathe when you're holding still in the dark, listening for feet. He made sure she didn't hear his.The corridor bent left. At the end of it was the study door, with candlelight under it. He stopped three steps away. Every part of him wanted the latch. He didn't touch it.In the bakery alley she had knelt on the cobbles with her hands out and waited. She hadn't grabbed. She'd let the child come to her. If he went through that door now, she'd be gone before he got it open. So he stood in the cold in his shirtsleeves, three steps away, and listened. Through the phone came a long brea

Chapter 53: Rowena Hears of the ChildPeter's study door was shut. Rowena stood outside it with her hand raised, the words ready. Peter, I'm frightened. Callie's hiding something in the old wing, and I think it's to do with Mother. She heard him inside. Pen scratching. The creak of his chair.That was what he'd said at the foot of the loft ladder, without even turning round. One word, flat, the way he said it to the dogs. Rowena lowered her hand. If she knocked, he'd say it again. And then she'd have asked, and been refused, and he'd remember that the next time. She went back down the corridor.Fenna was waiting at the turn of the servants' stair, twisting her apron. "Miss. I've found it out. What she's got up there." Rowena drew her into the linen alcove and pulled the curtain."Tell me.""The scullery girl saw her. Last night, late. Miss Callie went up the old wing ladder with a bowl of soup and a candle. And she heard talking up there after. Little voice." Fen