The Alpha's Regret Return Of The Betrayed Luna (Addison) novel Chapter 489

Chapter 489: Chapter 489 Being Understanding

Time there felt uncertain. It didn’t seem long, yet it didn’t feel short either. It was as if her sense of time had simply been erased.

Recalling it now, Addison drifted into a daze. She couldn’t tell whether it had been a dream or something else entirely. What she’d experienced felt important, achingly so, yet she couldn’t remember what she’d heard or what had truly happened. Only the lingering strangeness remained, which felt heavy and inexplicable.

"Addie?" Zion called her name again.

Only then did Addison come back to her senses. When she opened her eyes, she was met with three pairs of worried eyes fixed firmly on her.

"I’m fine now... I just feel a little drained," Addison explained, forcing a weak smile.

Instead of relaxing, their frowns only deepened. They even looked angry, no, upset. And as the fog in her mind cleared, Addison realized why. Her sudden collapse, the coma, the uncertainty of whether she would wake up at all, must have terrified them. Fear had likely twisted into anger, fueled by concern they didn’t know how to express. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Seeing them like this, Addison felt a quiet guilt settle in her chest. She already knew what was coming: a long lecture, sharp words, warnings about being reckless. She braced herself, ready to accept whatever they threw at her.

But instead of scolding her, Zion stepped forward and pulled her into a tight embrace.

"Addie... please, don’t carry everything on your own, okay?" Zion said softly. "We’re here. All of us. We’ll do everything we can to help you, just use us."

His voice trembled, then broke. "But don’t ever, ever, put yourself in that kind of danger again. I... I don’t think I could take it if something like that happened. I feel like I’d go mad..."

A faint sob slipped past his lips as his arms tightened around her.

Addison froze for a heartbeat, stunned by the rawness in his voice. Then her arms moved on their own, wrapping around him as she gently patted his back, offering what comfort she could.

She knew he was right. She had pushed herself too far, driven her body beyond its limits. And yet... if she were given another chance, she knew she would still do the same. She hadn’t seen another option.

But she couldn’t say that now, not when Zion was holding her like this, not when his emotions were already so close to spilling over. So she stayed silent, returning his embrace, choosing this moment to comfort him rather than defend herself.

When Addison looked up, she found Levi and Maxwell watching her closely. They didn’t say a word, yet their expressions mirrored Zion’s, stern, controlled, and heavy with unspoken agreement. Though their faces remained composed, the corners of their eyes were already red, as if they were holding their emotions back by sheer will alone.

Just seeing them like this was enough for Addison to know the truth. These three had already broken down when they believed she would be trapped in a coma for a long time. And she didn’t even want to imagine what had happened when Alphas and a Beta like them had lost control because of her.

"I’m sorry..." Addison murmured, gently patting Zion’s back.

Zion pulled away after a moment, and seeing how guilty she looked, as if she were afraid they might snap at her, he shot Levi a smug glance and teased, "See? Told you. My gut feeling was right."

Levi let out a quiet chuckle, the tension in his shoulders finally easing.

"Sounds to me like you just got lucky," he replied, turning toward the small table to ladle some soup for Addison.

"Just admit it," Zion grinned.

The atmosphere inside the tent gradually lightened.

"Seems to me it was just a stroke of luck," Maxwell added, joining in to tease Zion.

With Levi and Maxwell clearly teaming up against him, Zion scoffed, but Addison couldn’t help finding the scene a little amusing. Even though she didn’t fully understand what they were teasing him about, she knew they were doing it for her, to keep the atmosphere light and spare her from any awkwardness.

The realization warmed her chest. They really did care.

’Thank you...’ she whispered silently, smiling as the three of them began preparing the meal, each making sure she had a proper serving.

"Let me out. I’ll bite his head off," Shura snarled inside Zion’s mind. "He’s doing this on purpose, to ruin our image in front of our mate."

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