Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 81 – We are so screwed

The woman standing in front of him in that midnight-blue gown looked like someone he had never known a day in his life.

The dress hugged her in a way that made heads turn without her even trying. The fabric shimmered every time she moved, catching the firelight and the glow from the overhead fixtures, making her look almost unreal.

During their entire seven years of marriage, she had never dressed like that for him. Not once. Not on anniversaries. Not at pack events. Not in private. Back then, she had been simple, understated, almost invisible beside him.

And now she stood there glowing like she had been saving this version of herself for somebody else.

It pissed him off more than it should have.

Ever since the last time he ran into her years ago, when he had sworn to himself that he would never cross paths with her again, he had treated her like a closed file in his life. Done. Finished. Irrelevant. He had convinced himself she would stay far away from his world.

Yet somehow she always found her way back into it.

Seraphine had actually planned to keep things calm tonight. She had told herself she would nod politely, act like she barely knew him, and move on.

When she looked around earlier, she had already spotted a few familiar faces. Powerful Alphas who understood their world and the politics that came with it. They would read between the lines without needing an explanation.

But there were humans here too. Men like Leon. Men who would never fully understand pack hierarchy, Alpha dominance, or the kind of history that could not be explained over wine and small talk.

She could not sit Leon down and casually say, "Oh by the way, my ex-husband is a powerful Alpha with control issues." That conversation would never go well.

And Ravyn, being Ravyn, just had to make a scene.

fact that she needed him financially stable right now, needed him to return to the pack long enough for Damon to push that DNA test between him and Bryan,

the means to do it, and she had thought about it more than once. But timing mattered, and she needed him secure for now. So instead of attacking his money, she would have

written across his forehead. He was terrified Seraphine would blow up Leon’s chances at

remembered how she had helped Tyler

side, his arm firm around

For a man who understood how much was at stake tonight, that kind of loyalty was bold. Maybe even stupid.

woman?" Ravyn repeated, letting out a dry

nearby conversations

involve him directly, smiled slightly. "If we didn’t all know about Mr. Walker’s wife, Daisy," he said smoothly, "I might’ve thought

smiled bitterly. Ravyn never saw her worthy of being by his side throughout their seven years

mistress was even known as his wife in the city. It wasn’t funny but

the hell, no," Ravyn snapped immediately,

his evil sister," Seraphine cut in,

air in a way that made it clear she meant something deeper than a

looked between them, confused. "I

intention of answering it. "She is not my sister,"

sharp enough to quiet the people closest to them. The escorts scattered around the room stared

basically in the same category, and

and dad?" Seraphine asked lightly, tilting her

That did it.

place for the people listening in. You could almost see it on their faces. Ravyn felt the embarrassment

word she spoke chipped at his image, and he hated losing

He stepped toward her.