Too Late Alpha The Mate He Never Wanted (Iris and Eric) novel Chapter 79

Chapter 79

My chest tightened.

I leaned closer to Jasmine and muttered, “Is it just me, or has the news already spread?”

Jasmine snorted, shaking her hair over her shoulder. “News like that? Please. It probably spread before we even left the mall.”

My stomach dropped. “Oh, great.”

“Relax,” Jasmine said easily, giving me a sideways grin. “Half the pack hates Chloe anyway. You just became their hero.”

Hero. That word didn’t sit right with me. I wasn’t trying to be anyone’s hero. I had just wanted her to stop taunting me.

I groaned again. “Half? So half of the pack likes her?”

“Most of them pretend to like her, because of the fear of being on the wrong side when she becomes Luna.” Jasmine added.

Before I could reply, Jasmine’s phone rang. She sighed, placing the bags on the floor before me to pick out the phone from her pocket.

She gave me a stern look, “Don’t go anywhere, and don’t punch anyone while I’m gone. At least wait till I’m there to witness the whole thing. I hate missing the fun all the time.”

Despite myself, I laughed at her words.

Then she pressed the phone to her ear, stepped aside to speak to whoever was on the other end.

I shifted uncomfortably. My hand throbbed painfully, reminding me that my broken hand had probably worsened.

Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw him.

Rowan.

I didn’t regret hitting Chloe. Not even a little. But the thought of Rowan being upset with me made me pause for a moment.

The thought made my chest feel heavy. I wasn’t sure I could survive reliving that cycle with another Alpha. I had swallowed the humiliation, forced myself to endure because I didn’t want Evie to suffer more than she already was. But now? There was no Evie to protect, there was no reason to let anyone walk over me again.

And still, part of me feared that Rowan would take Chloe’s side. That he would just show me that I was just repeating history.

My hand clenched instinctively, sending a fresh jolt of pain through my swollen knuckles.

I tried to prepare my mind for the inevitable. I was just a stranger to him, while he had probably known Chloe for several years, and they might probably get married.

My chest tightened as I realized something.

If he sided with her… I didn’t know if I had it in me to stay. No matter the danger outside the pack border.