Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth
There was clearly something he had to tell us, and yet it seemed he was genuinely torn between spilling it or making a run for the hills.
Most of all, there was fear in his eyes.
“If I tell you,” he said hesitantly, “you have to promise not to tell him.”
Noah and I looked at each other in astonishment. “What—”
“Promise me,” the aging doctor insisted, his cheeks trembling with the words. “Please.”
Noah, despite Drake’s resistance, stood on slightly shaking legs—the poison still weakened him, although not as much as me. “Whatever you have to tell us, Doctor Patel, your secret is safe here.”