Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 108 – She’s Not Feeling Well

Ravyn suddenly shook his head as if he had just heard something so ridiculous that he could not allow it to settle in his mind. The movement was sharp and impatient, his jaw tightening as irritation crept across his face.

"No," he said firmly, his voice carrying a dismissive edge that made it clear he had already decided what the truth was in his mind. "You don’t know her the way I do."

He let out a quiet scoff, the sound filled with scorn.

"All she wants is more money so she can start that stupid business of hers and prove that she’s better than me," he continued, his tone growing colder with every word as resentment bled through his voice. "Once they throw a few billion dollars at her, she’ll drop everything and walk away like nothing happened."

Ravyn believed that without the slightest doubt.

In his mind, Seraphine had always been desperate to prove her worth, desperate to show the world that she had value beyond the role she once played beside him, and he had convinced himself that she would accept anything if it helped her climb higher.

For the first time in a very long while, Voren found himself looking at Ravyn not as an ally, not as a fellow Alpha who stood beside him in the sovereign circle, but as a man who had completely lost the ability to see reality for what it was.

A fool.

The realization settled heavily in his chest as he studied Ravyn’s face.

"Is that so?" Voren asked quietly, his voice calm but carrying a weight that made the two Alphas glance in his direction.

His eyes hardened as he continued. "Then why did she refuse their investment money simply because of the way they disrespected women?"

The question landed like a stone dropping into still water.

Ravyn’s head slowly lowered as silence stretched between them, his thoughts clearly racing through his mind as he tried to find an explanation that could support the version of Seraphine he had built in his head.

Voren watched him closely before speaking again when it became obvious that Ravyn had no answer.

"Isn’t the rejection of your money the reason they are in this mess right now?" Voren asked, his voice losing the calm softness it carried before as frustration began to rise. "Because none of you could swallow your pride and treat her with basic respect?"

another step

you honestly believe you can buy her silence with a few

single one of

all knew he was

in a fair or honorable light, because

matter to me," Ravyn said finally, his voice lowering as

after them, she’ll have to

him for several long seconds, the silence

drew

only moments earlier, and without another word he lowered it before letting

he was finished,

to protect people who refused to acknowledge the damage they were causing,

tonight, whatever consequences came later, none of it could ever reach the outside world.

Voren said slowly, his voice heavy with disappointment. "This is the sovereign circle, Ravyn. We created it together, and we are the ones who wrote the rules that

across his expression as the weight of Voren’s words settled over

voice lacking its earlier arrogance. "But please... blame me for it. Just don’t

remained cold as he

each word leaving his mouth slowly

decision sat heavily in his chest as he turned away and began walking toward

believed that losing an arm would have been easier than dealing with the

by their own arrogance to recognize the danger they had created, Voren found that he

the one person who had played

waiter who had handed her

quiet corridor as he

is Francis?" Voren

standing there immediately lowered

the night," he replied

soft scoff, irritation flashing in his