Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 19 – Can’t shoulder Luna responsibilities

It wasn’t long after Ravyn left that Daisy began to understand what pack management truly meant.

The first event to shatter the illusion shattered quietly was the arrival of a parcel at the manor, sealed with the Alpha crest and addressed to Ravyn.

Daisy barely hesitated. As co-Luna and soon-to-be Luna, she had every right to open it. That was what she told herself as she slit the seal and unfolded the papers inside.

Her fingers stilled as the words stared back at her like a verdict. Divorce Agreement.

The breath drained from her lungs, the room seemed to dim, the edges of her vision tightening as her eyes traced Seraphine’s name on the document.

A clean, final cut. Daisy had imagined something else entirely. Ravyn dragging Seraphine back to the pack in disgrace, her head bowed, her defiance broken.

She had already pictured it: the dungeon doors closing with Seraphine in it, the slow rot of humiliation. To her, that was the punishment Seraphine deserved for daring to walk away.

But Seraphine hadn’t come back but rather left properly.

Still, Daisy clung to one fragile hope. Perhaps Seraphine hadn’t yet received her own copy. Perhaps she would still be forced to return before the divorce was she found out the divorce had been finalized.

Daisy folded the papers carefully and slid them away, choosing not to inform Ravyn yet.

She barely had time to steady herself before the door opened again.

"Co-Luna," the pack doctor said, stepping inside with urgency etched across his face. Behind him stood the manager of the pack accounts, scrolls and tablets tucked under his arm. "The hospital needs approval to restock some critical drugs."

"Co-Luna," a warrior said sharply, fist to chest. "The warriors are

expectations overwhelmed her, coming at her from

done was easy when Seraphine had been there to actually do it. But now, faced with

forced herself to inhale slowly and turned to the doctor. "Purchase whatever drugs

didn’t move. Instead, he shook his head. "You don’t understand, Co-Luna. Those drugs aren’t purchased, they were produced here. Only Luna Seraphine had the

cut through Daisy. "Then you should know how she made them and

tightened, frustration bleeding into his voice. "Those medications were Luna Seraphine’s personal research, including your son

takes weeks for Luna Seraphine to produce a new batch, and that was only for him. Without the formulae..." He paused, letting the implication settle. "I’m

had been suppressing

wasn’t I told this before?" she demanded, her voice sharper

we had known," she thought

claimed it was a cure. It was

blow. "She took

she had cured their son. How could she admit now that everything she had claimed rested on

something," Daisy said stiffly.

room didn’t empty. The account

"The approval, Co-Luna."

Daisy replied tiredly. "Give it to

moment it touched the table, she picked up

disappointment evident in his eyes,

off. "Isn’t that what you needed?

say what he truly thought that the order was questionable, that he had initially declined it, that Seraphine would have reviewed it