Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 2 - You’re not my mother

No one believed it. Six times, six separate divorce agreements had crossed Luna Seraphine’s hands, and six times she had refused to sign.

She had endured the humiliation of watching her former nanny’s daughter move freely through her home, issuing orders like she owned the place.

The pack had whispered, sneered, pitied her. To them, it all pointed to one thing, weakness.

So when the words finally left her lips, they landed like a blade dropped into silence.

"It can’t be true, right?" a pack member murmured from the crowd. "She’ll crawl back. She always does."

"Yes," another chimed in confidently. "Luna Seraphine can never leave Alpha Ravyn. She cares too much about her position."

Alpha Ravyn stood at the center of it all, tall and immaculate, his cream-colored suit tailored to perfection. For a brief moment, his hardened expression faltered.

This had to be another trick. He was the second most powerful Alpha in the entire community, second only in strength and wealth across all of New York.

With a single command, he could ruin her. Laws protected Lunas, yes, but laws could bend. And more than anything, this was humiliating, especially after everything he had said so publicly before her arrival.

This gathering had been carefully planned, invitations sent out ahead of time. Alphas had abandoned packed schedules and city obligations to witness this very moment.

Ravyn had been absolutely certain that Seraphine would give in again, just like before, but this sudden change in her attitude stunned him.

Most of the prominent Alphas were present. Only a few were absent. His closest friend, Alpha Voren Ashkael of the Grimroot Pack, for instance, had been unable to attend.

"You didn’t think this through," Ravyn said at last, his voice steady, confident. His gaze locked onto Seraphine, sharp and assessing. "You know divorcing an Alpha means you can never marry another Alpha again."

around them nodded in agreement, murmurs of approval

We don’t take each other’s exes.

He meant every word, but

hospital gown, her posture remained firm, her spine

had the first night she declared her love to him, back when she had stood on a hill

to the world,

had turned to him, waiting for his response. He had dismissed it casually. "Daisy

they had labeled her spoiled. A pampered

accused Seraphine of bullying, winning sympathy from the pack, and from Ravyn. Even from

for Daisy’s act. Seraphine hadn’t defended herself. She

calmly, her voice slicing cleanly through the murmurs, "that as a Luna I’m unaware of the

first time, Ravyn felt unsettled. There was no desperation like before, no pleading. Just a stillness that made

tricked me. You forced my parents into pressuring me to marry you, and now you stand here acting like

cut him off mid-sentence, extending her hand, with the signed papers

the ceremonial lights. Gold threads sparkled against the fabric, blending with her blonde hair until she looked radiant, like

smile tugged at her lips. "Luna Sera," Daisy said sweetly, her voice soft enough to sound sincere. "Alpha Ravyn only needed my help

her eyes remained distant. She wanted to speak, wanted to tear apart the lie right there. But

she looked around. "Where is Bryan?" Her heart tightened when she didn’t see

the academy," Ravyn answered,

after the divorce,"

and Daisy spoke at the same

expression composed. She didn’t need a crown or a title to prove her worth. Even dressed in a hospital gown, stripped of ceremony, she still

expect me to leave my son

glance with Daisy before

a scene," he hissed under his breath.