Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 15 — It’s Seraphine’s doing

The doctor was not ignorant of the risks involved in giving Daisy human blood. He had known from the beginning, long before her wound ever reached his operating table.

But now that he finally saw her for who she truly was, he wasn’t going to give her the space to twist the truth or bury herself in excuses. Not when she was meant to honor the duties of a Luna.

Fortunately, the blood he had drained from her earlier hadn’t been discarded. It had been preserved, sealed, catalogued. Still, telling the Alpha exactly what had transpired would be dangerous.

The fact that Callum had not told him from the onset, playing along with Daisy until things got out of hand would automatically make him her accomplice.

Banishment would be his punishment and that was not an idle threat in centenary pack. It was a sentence that erased a life. With Ravyn’s influence extending across the city, he would not be able to work anywhere.

So Callum chose his words carefully. "I found some of Luna Seraphine’s blood in the blood bank," he said evenly. "From a previous reserve."

Daisy’s expression hardened almost imperceptibly, her eyes flashing with something sharp and warning. Callum ignored it. With Alpha Ravyn present, she couldn’t act openly, or so he thought.

"Ravyn," Daisy said smoothly, turning toward him with practiced gentleness. "You can go now. I’m sure you have more important matters to attend to."

Ravyn nodded, already half-turned toward the door. Corvine was no longer part of his pack, and the responsibility of appointing a new beta weighed heavily on him. It wasn’t as simple as it once had been.

Modern times had complicated everything. Every eligible candidate was established in the human world now, careers, families, lives rooted deep in the city.

meant sacrifice. It meant asking someone to

"You’re right..." Ravyn began.

but firm, "I’d

opened her mouth to object, but Callum continued before she could

something with you. I’ve been considering leaving the pack. I’d

together. Of course. He wanted out, wanted to escape

agreed to Daisy’s plan without informing the Alpha in advance. That single fact tied his

He didn’t like this at all. First

it take for you to

in sharply. "Ravyn, I need the blood transfusion first." She needed the interruption to think of a way to get out of the pit

arrange it," Callum

he had drained from Daisy days earlier. As

he said slowly. "Why does the label have Daisy’s name on

to change the label, never expecting

meant for Daisy," he explained. "We labeled it that way to prevent it from being

the bag for a moment longer, then nodded, letting the matter

he drained from her. He had given it

which was out of reach and the human blood

of fitting into Seraphine’s big shoes. Everyone, except Ravyn knew about how Seraphine carried the pack on

the hardworking one, portraying Seraphine as the lazy

had to force Seraphine to transfer Bryan’s upkeep to Daisy, telling her to focus