All Chapters of The Alpha's Regretful Goodbye : Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Elowen Veyra's POVThe tinted window of the car came down slowly, and the face waiting on the other side made my chest tighten. I had spent three years pretending that I did not miss my family, pretending that I had chosen my new life and was perfectly fine with it. But the moment I saw my brother, I knew I had been lying to myself."Get in, little wolf."Rowan Veyra's dark eyes were filled with worry, but there was anger underneath it too. He opened the door before I could say anything, and the moment I climbed inside, I was surrounded by the familiar scent of cedar and wintergreen. It was nothing like Calden's cold pine scent. This smell belonged to my childhood, to long nights in the family house, to the brother who used to carry me home whenever I was too tired to walk.I barely had time to settle into the leather seat before everything I had been holding inside finally broke. I leaned toward him and rested my forehead against his thigh, just as I used to when I was a child and ha

Calden's POVThree years ago, Elowen Veyra had been nothing more than part of an arrangement.That was how I had seen her from the beginning. She was an Omega with a rare blood type, and Thessaly needed that blood to survive. Elowen needed money, protection, and a place in the pack. The Council had brought the two problems together and called the solution a marriage.At the time, I had not questioned it.Why would I?Elowen had agreed to the arrangement, and I had made it clear that my first responsibility was to Thessaly. She had accepted those conditions without complaint. As far as I was concerned, the agreement had worked exactly as planned.Until she walked away.I sat alone in my office with a glass of whiskey in my hand, staring at the report Beta Aldrin had placed on my desk.There was almost nothing in it.No confirmed destination. No travel record. No bank activity. No useful information about the vehicle that had taken her away. It was as if Elowen had simply disappeared fr