Lahat ng Kabanata ng Too Late for Regret, Alpha!: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 9

Elara’s POVThe next evening, I stood at the entrance of the Moon Temple and watched Adrian renew his bond with Selene on the same day that was supposed to mark ten years of our chosen bond.The entire pack was there.Selene stood beside Adrian in a silver gown and around her neck hung my Luna necklace.The necklace I’d worn for five years. The necklace Adrian had given me when we chose each other.Rowan stood at Selene’s side, smiling proudly.When the priest raised his hand, Adrian reached for Selene’s, his eyes never left hers.“Before the Moon Goddess and our pack, I acknowledge Selene as my fated mate.”The words tore through me as the crowd erupted in cheers.Rowan was the loudest. “Mom! Mom!”Selene turned toward him and Rowan ran into her arms. She laughed and hugged him tightly while Adrian smiled at them.For one horrible second, they looked exactly like the family I’d spent five years trying to preserve.Then Adrian looked at me and his expression turned sour.“Why are you h

Elara’s POVMrs. Blackwood was smiling at the screen, her eyes filled with happiness.“I'm so glad you found your fated mate, Adrian. Take care of her.”Adrian smiled from the phone. “Don’t worry, Mom. I’ll take care of her.”I stood silently in the doorway.For ten years, Mrs. Blackwood had treated me like the daughter she never had but now she was already making room for Selene.“Elara?” Her smile disappeared when she noticed me.I forced one onto my face. “Don't mind me. I'm just passing through.”Before she could say anything, I turned and walked away.I went to the lake behind the old pack grounds—the place where Adrian had first kissed me.The place where we’d promised that no matter what happened, we’d always choose each other.At midnight, I sent the finalized bond dissolution to his phone.This is my final decision.His call came immediately. “You’ve lost your mind.”I stared at the water. “I'm tired of pretending, Adrian.”“I'm sick of this, Elara,” he snapped.“Then just end

Elara’s POVI never meant to become the Luna of another pack.For the first few weeks after my fake death, I barely left my room.My body was still recovering from the strain of the broken bond, and my wolf needed time to accept that Adrian was no longer her mate.Ash Thorn gave me that time.He was the Alpha of the Thorn Pack, one of the most powerful packs in the region.His territory was rich, his warriors were feared, and his resources rivaled Blackwood territory.Ash and Adrian had been rivals for years.Whenever Adrian expanded his territory, Ash expanded his. Whenever one of them acquired something valuable, the other found a way to acquire something better.They were always competing.Now I knew why Adrian had hated him so much.Ash had saved my life and he never once asked me to repay him.While I recovered, messages from Adrian began appearing on my phone.At first, they were angry.Where are you?Then suspicious.I know you’re hiding somewhere.A week later, they changed.El

Elara’s POVAsh kept showing up after that.Sometimes with breakfast. Sometimes with Rowan tucked under one arm after taking him to train with the younger wolves.Sometimes he simply appeared in my study, dropped a cup of tea beside me, and stayed until I finished whatever pack business I was handling.Somewhere along the way, Rowan stopped treating him like a stranger.He started waiting by the window whenever Ash went out.Three weeks after the incident at Blackfang Peak, Selene came to the Thorn Pack.She found me in the Luna’s office while I was reviewing pack reports.She looked different. Heavily pregnant, tired, but still wearing the confidence of a woman who believed she had already won.“I thought you were dead,” she said, lowering herself into the chair across from me.“So did everyone else.”Her fingers rested over her stomach. “Adrian hasn’t been himself since you came back.”I closed the file in front of me. “That isn’t my concern.”“He barely sleeps. He refuses to accept