Alpha's Remorse After Her Death (Amber and Julian) novel Chapter 254

Chapter 254

Amber’s POV

I was a shocked for a moment, not just that Gloria was awake, but also that she recognized me. Immediately, I rushed forward to her bedside.

“Oh, Amber, it’s been too long,” Gloria said. “How is Julian? And he told me… you have a child?”

“Alice,” I told her.

Her lucidity was exciting, and I tried to answer her questions as quickly and clearly as I could, just in case it

wasn’t meant to last.

Everything else was pushed the side now, as my entire focus was her.

“Alice,” Gloria replied. “Such a lovely name.”

“She’s six now,” I said. “You have to stay with us for a while, and you will get to meet her. She’s been visiting you, and so has Julian. We are all back in the pack, visiting.”

“Visiting? Oh, no,” Gloria shook her head. “This is your home.”

This version of Julian’s mom was very surprising, and so much different from the woman even Uncle Peter described. Gloria didn’t seem torn about her son choosing me over Olivia. In fact, now that she was lucid, she

hadn’t mentioned Olivia once.

“But… uh… Amber. Where am I? What is this place?”

“You are in the hospital, Gloria,” I said. “Do you remember anything?”

“Some.” Lifting her hand, she rubbed at her forehead. Perhaps she had a headache coming on. I couldn’t blame her. With the poison slowly clearing, it would take some time for her to fully remember anything. As the information came to her, it would almost be too much.

I made a mental note to get a memory specialist in here as soon as possible to help.

“But I…” Gloria looked around, and for the first time, she noticed Tony. At once, her eyes went wide. The heart

monitor started to blare, as her heartbeat scurried forward at a quickening pace.

“Gloria, please, calm down,” I said, trying to keep my voice as level as possible, but her panic was making my

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own adrenaline flood through me.

“You have to get out of here, Amber. Get away from him!”

“From Tony?” I glanced back.

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Tony’s smile disappeared. He openly frowned now as he crossed his arms in a disapproving gesture. “Is that any way to great your beloved nephew, Aunt Gloria?”

Gloria looked at me again. Her hands snapped out, and she clutched my wrists in a surprisingly strong grip. “He’s trying to usurp Julian’s crown. He wants the pack for himself!”

“Don’t listen to her, Amber. You know how she’s been. She’s nuts,” Tony said.

Gloria hasn’t been of sound mind lately, but that didn’t mean she was wrong right now. Turning, I put my

attention on Tony.

If he was trying to convince me of his innocence, he wasn’t doing a very good job of it. His entire posture was tense, like a predator about to strike.

“I know what I’ve seen and heard,” Gloria said. “And for my knowledge, you attacked me. You muddled my mind, but I’m seeing things clearer now, Tony. I know what you did, you ungrateful whelp. After all that Julian had done for you, you still want to stab him in the back.”

“You don’t know what you are talking about,” Tony snapped. His good–humored façade was cracking now, showing the angry man underneath. The one no one took seriously before, perhaps. The little boy always underestimated, now grown up and filled with rage.

I’d seen people like him before at the clinics and hospitals I’d worked in. Usually they turned to drugs, but for some, anger itself was the drug of choice.

The rage pushed them into making decisions they wouldn’t normally make. But that was no excuse. There was no court in the entire continent that would excuse behavior like this – attacking, poisoning, murdering –

because of rage.

“Your inheritance won’t support you forever. Is that why you want the throne?” Gloria asked. “I can’t imagine

you actually want to rule?”

“I’d be a damn better ruler than Julian,” Tony snapped.

Just like that, the pretense fell entirely and only the angry man remained.

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“Amber,” Gloria said quickly. “Run!”

I tried to obey. Recognizing the danger, I turned toward the door, but Tony, with his quick speed, blocked it before I could make it through.

Gloria’s voice filled with fresh panic. “Don’t hurt her, Tony! The family will never forgive you!” I could hear the bed creak as she struggled to rise, but I knew she was too weak to help me now.

Tony squared his shoulders and stepped toward me.

I backed up a step, desperately glancing around for something to defend myself. There wasn’t much in the

room that could help me.

From his pocket, Tony revealed a syringe. Inside was a clear liquid.

I knew without proof that this was wolfsbane extract.

“You won’t get away with this,” I told him.

He huffed. “Who is going to stop me? Your useless husband?”

He lunged then. I tried to dodge, but he caught me by the arm. The needle from his syringe pressed into the side

of my neck.

Then, I collapsed into darkness.

Julian’s POV

I awoke with a start, my chest aching, my heart beating fast. I sat straight upward in the bed.

The room was still dark. The clock read 3:12am.

I tried to focus on the feeling that had woken me, but as my heart slowed, I couldn’t detect it again.

It had only lasted for one minute, one sharp spike of fear that immediately vanished.

Could it have been Amber?

It felt okay, but I was still uneasy.

Standing, I went to the hallway and then down to the room she had been staying it. It was empty.

She wasn’t home yet. Maybe she had decided to stay at the hospital overnight.

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But that didn’t explain that fear I had felt.

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