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.

—

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!”

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