Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth (Hannah and Noah) novel Chapter 166

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The arena was packed with people, their voices mingling into an intense din. The crowd mingled like a throng, excited attendees chattering about the next fight on tonight’s roster. The whole place smelled like sweat, beer, and cheap food.
Truth be told, I had never really thought much about the fight club. It was commonplace for werewolves to attend fights like this in our pack-in most packs, really-and was often considered one of the staples of pack life.
But I had never cared much for it. I still didn’t, really, and had really only accepted Drake’s invitation to pi** Noah off.
Although, I couldn’t completely deny the way that it got me so excited tonight. It raised my heart rate, made my pupils dilate. Every drop of blood on the ring floor made my veins seem to thrum with anticipation, my wolf bristling inside of me.
Blood. Maybe that was what I needed, Some good, old-fashioned, blood and sweat.
Zoe, of course, had immediately dropped her mask of excitement now that Noah and Drake were gone. She had taken her seat and started scrolling through her phone, tapping her foot on the cement floor, and hadn’t said much of anything to me.
I glanced at the time on my phone and realized that the next fight was about to begin, but on a cursory glance, the crowd was too thick for me to see Noah and Drake headed my way.
“They’ve been gone for some time,” I said, standing on my tiptoes to get a better look.
Zoe glanced up at me from her phone. “You think they got lost?”
I shrugged and tossed her a smirk. “Maybe. They are men, after all.”
To my surprise, Zoe smirked in response to my joke before she returned to her phone once more. Sighing. I stepped out of our box area and began pushing my way through the crowd in search of Noah and Drake.
A few minutes later, I found them standing beside a food stand. Noah was digging through his wallet for some crumpled bills and Drake was standing off to the side with a perturbed look on his face.
“There you guys are.”
Noah grunted something in response. It was as I drew closer, though, that I noticed that something was off-Drake’s brow was furrowed, the front of his shirt slightly rumpled in one spot. He glanced at me, then at Noah, and then over the top of the crowd with a clenched jaw
Strange. So unlike Drake-usually he was the jovial one
Before I could ask what was going on, Noah turned and suddenly thrust a soft pretzel and a cup of soda into my hands. “Thanks,” I muttered, taking a sip of the soda. It was cold and crisp, and the carbonated sweetness practically made my pupils dilate.
“Need anything else?” Noah asked. Drake was already grabbing his and Zoe’s beers and pretzels and disappearing into the crowd.
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I shook my head and held the cup up a bit. “This is diet, right?” I asked, taking another sip.
Noah pursed his lips. “You don’t need that diet crap. It’s not any better for you than the regular stuff.”
Shocked, I opened my mouth and then closed it again, had asked for diet soda, not r
regular. “But the sugar,” I protested, picking up my pace into a jog in order to catch up with Noah’s long strides as he began making his way back to our seats. “It’s too many calories.”
He shot me a withering look over his shoulder, his green eyes roving me up and down-and finally coming to linger on my thighs. My thighs, which, lately, had been a bit more fleshy and were even more pronounced tonight in my tight jeans.
F he was
Instantly, I felt my face redden to a tomato when Noah’s gaze lingered there. I couldn’t quite tell if he judging me or taking a big bite out of me with his eyes. Maybe both? Or neither?
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