Alpha’s Regret After His Pregnant Luna Left novel Chapter 11

(Audrey’s POV)

Arthur’s earlier words echoed endlessly in my head.

“I won’t be able to accompany you to the healer today.”

His tone was rushed and distracted, like he’d already moved on to whatever was more important than me.

He didn’t need to spell it out. I knew exactly where he was. His absence, his clipped apology, and his curt farewell all repeatedly pointed to one thing: Victoria.

I sat inside the car, gripping the wheel tightly, my knuckles whitening from the pressure. The familiar ache in my chest throbbed raw, a wound I had tried and failed to bandage over the years.

Keeping me waiting. Breaking promises. Choosing her over me, again and again.

I exhaled harshly, my free hand coming to rest gently on my stomach. “Maybe…” I whispered aloud through trembling lips. “Maybe this is for the best.”

The pups. My secret, my solace. Their growth inside me gave me strength despite the storm raging in my life.

But even that strength faltered now.

I blindly focused on the road ahead. The Neutral Zone’s treatment center was still an hour away, and I was driving there… alone. The loneliness clawed at the edges of my mind like an unwelcome invader.

He should have been here.

It wasn’t just about the promise he broke today-it was all the other ones. The subtle betrayals made not through harsh words but thoughtlessness. Every promise that went unfulfilled in the past three years had piled up behind me like shadows, haunting every breath.

A flash of fur darted into my path, dragging me from my swirling thoughts.

My gasp was sharp and instinctive. I slammed my foot down on the brakes.

The screech was deafening, tires skidding against asphalt. My heart pounded wildly, rattling in my chest like a trapped bird.

The car collided straight into something that felt solid and unyielding. My body jolted forward, the seatbelt biting into my chest and shoulder with brutal force. Pain shot through my body from the impact.

For one disoriented moment, the world blurred. My vision swam, and my pulse thundered loudly in my ears.

Clarity came in waves. A sharp ache engulfed me-especially my stomach. My fears suffocated me immediately.

“The pups,” I muttered weakly, panic crashing over me like icy water. “Oh, Goddess, no!”

I reached for my phone, fumbling with clumsy fingers to unlock it. My mind spun between shards of pain and frantic worry.

Through sheer will, I dialed Arthur’s number. My emergency contact. My mate.

Each ring felt endless.

“Pick up,” I begged, my voice trembling as hot tears slid down my cheeks. “Please, just pick up!”

After what felt like an eternity, the call connected. Relief surged… until a honeyed, familiar voice greeted me.

“Hello, Audrey,” Victoria cooed softly, her tone dripping in artificial sweetness.

My stomach plummeted further than I thought possible.

This couldn’t be happening. My wolf growled weakly inside me, Grace’s anger mirroring my devastation.

“Where’s Arthur?” My breathless voice cracked under the weight of my desperation.

“Oh…” Her words stretched, feigning a kind of false pity that pierced harder than she likely intended. “He’s… tied up at the moment. I could pass a message along if you’d like?”

Tied up? That phrase, coming from her, meant something different entirely because I knew. I knew how she occupied his time. The imagined scenes clawed cruelly at my chest.

“No…” The word escaped from trembling lips before my throat tightened completely.

The fear, the pain, and now this call broke me. I hung up before she could say another word, drowning under the weight of my emotions until unconsciousness finally consumed me.

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The next time I opened my eyes, blindingly white light greeted me. The sterile air pricked at my senses, cold and unwelcoming.

Confusion and fear gripped me immediately. “The pups,” I whispered weakly, my hands trembling as I tried to move instinctively toward my stomach.

“Don’t move!”

Sarah froze, clearly caught off guard. Her lips parted slightly as her sharp gaze drilled into mine. “You can’t be serious…”

“I am.”

She shifted closer, her tone now filled with desperation. “Are you absolutely sure, Audrey? This isn’t just a spur-of-the-moment decision you’ll regret later?”

“No,” I said firmly, my voice hardening with resolve. “Three years, Sarah. Three years of being second to Victoria. Three years of playing his perfect Luna while he…”

My voice cracked but didn’t falter. “… while he made me feel like nothing. Every time.”

Sarah leaned back slightly, her narrowed eyes studying me carefully. Her fierce expression cracked just slightly under the weight of my words.

Then, to my surprise, she smiled faintly. It wasn’t happiness-it was grim satisfaction.

“Good,” she said quietly, her smile sharpening into something almost feral. “About damn time.”

I stared at her, stunned, but she nodded firmly.

“Do you have any idea how long I’ve waited for you to say that?” she asked, her voice steady and sure. “Audrey, I have been screaming in my head for years while watching you give everything to a man who doesn’t even realize what he has. If this is what you need to do, then I support you completely.”

Her words struck like thunder, breaking through the clouds of doubt lingering in my mind.

“We’ll figure this out,” she promised, gripping my hand tightly. “You won’t be alone in this.”

I swallowed hard, my voice breaking as I muttered, “The pups…”

Her expression softened instantly.

“What about them?” she asked gently. “He doesn’t even know, does he?”

The weight of the truth struck me like a hammer.

I shook my head slowly, guilt flickering across my face. “I was… I was going to tell him today.”