Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 25 – How did you let this happen?

Whoever left the pack in a fit of rage did so with no intention of ever returning, and Nicole was no exception. The finality of her decision hardened her spine and sharpened her tongue.

There was no need for restraint anymore, no reason to soften the truth for people she would never see again.

"Enjoy this little privilege while it lasts," she said coldly, her voice steady and precise. "And pray we never cross paths in the city. As for your son, you will never find a cure. Luna Seraphine completed part of the process alone, after we had already closed the procedure and left. If you understood even the basics of how the shifts work, you would know that."

She paused only long enough to inhale, watching with grim satisfaction as the color drained from Daisy’s face. Then she struck again, harder and far more deliberate.

"No one witnessed the entire process. No one. So if you truly want your son to live, you should go and beg Luna Seraphine to create another tether. Because according to her, there was never a cure to begin with."

Daisy snapped, her fury surged violently to the surface, and she swung again, desperation fueling the punch. This time, Nicole anticipated it. She stepped aside smoothly, the movement effortless, practiced.

"Is that all you’ve got?" Nicole sneered. "You’re nothing but a two-faced bitch."

The insult landed with brutal precision. Daisy trembled, rage and humiliation warring inside her chest. The doctors in the room averted their gazes, pretending to be occupied. They knew better than to intervene. This was no longer about medicine, but power, pride, and blood.

Daisy lifted her hand, instinctively preparing to mindlink Ravyn, but stopped.

If questions were asked, if the wrong people started digging, the truth would surface, especially concerning her lack of formal medical expertise, the corners she had cut, and the things she had pretended to understand but never truly mastered.

watched Nicole walk away without looking back, her footsteps echoing with permanence. Two doctors gone,

her nails bit into skin. Her teeth ground together as hatred

was hiding and put her firmly back in her place. The medical team

pack grounds for several days, restoring order, stabilizing the hierarchy, and addressing fractures that had begun to spread after

larger than the

city, wolves who had built successful, comfortable lives far from the brutality of pack politics, but one by

mercy. Pack life was unforgiving. One misstep, one perceived

were predictable, and secure. Still, a few days later,

though prosperous in the city, not bound

said, disbelief and relief mingling in his

something important. If we all abandon the pack... what becomes of our wolves? We need the pack just as much as it

a tension he hadn’t realized had settled so

is a

should begin charging successful pack members when they return for New Moon festivals. They refuse responsibility, yet still want the

way you think. I’ll walk you through pack affairs, but first, get

cleaned, scrubbed of any trace of its previous occupant. Luxurious, expansive, and eerily empty, it looked as though

Damon said.

maids prepare food.

paused. "Co-Luna?" he asked carefully. "Why not Luna? If Luna Seraphine is gone, shouldn’t someone

become Luna. That had always been the plan, but during his absence, she had failed to