Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 125 – I would never kill my own blood

Ravyn’s teeth pressed together so tightly that the muscles along his jaw stood out beneath his skin. A storm of frustration brewed inside him, because no matter how many times he replayed the situation in his mind, he still could not understand how something that started out so small had exploded into such a disaster.

The entire mess felt unreal, and the fact that Seraphine had pushed things this far left him both irritated and unsettled.

"How could I have known she would take something so trivial and turn it into this?" Ravyn finally snapped, his voice carrying a sharp edge as he leaned back in his chair. His fingers drummed restlessly against the desk while he tried to keep his temper under control.

"I honestly never expected her to be this unreasonable. She’s still alive, so why would you do something like that without telling me first? If you had said anything at all, I would have stopped you before things went this far."

He tried to guide the conversation away from himself, hoping the blame would settle somewhere else instead of landing squarely on his shoulders. Gray lowered his head slightly, the guilt in his expression impossible to miss even though he tried to hide it.

"I know," Gray admitted quietly, rubbing the back of his neck while regret crept across his face. "I acted without thinking about the consequences, and now everything we built is gone. She reported both of us to the council, and we already know what comes next. Within a few days our titles will be stripped away, and once that happens there will be nothing left to hold on to."

The heaviness in his voice filled the office like a thick cloud, and the hopelessness behind those words crushed the small amount of optimism Ravyn had been clinging to.

For a moment he stared at them in disbelief before shaking his head slowly. "Sera... how could she be so heartless?" he muttered, the name slipping from his lips almost automatically.

Despite everything that had happened between them, part of him still struggled to accept that she had become someone capable of destroying people so completely. After a brief pause he straightened his posture, a determined look appearing in his eyes. "Don’t worry about this anymore. I’ll go talk to her and sort it out."

Before he could continue, Riven raised a hand and stopped him immediately.

Riven said, his voice calm but heavy with resignation. "We already tried that. We called her earlier and begged her to reconsider, but she made her conditions very

slightly. "What

she would restore our companies and our titles

silence that followed

mixture of disbelief and sadness. "She always had a way of setting impossible conditions whenever someone crossed her, but I still cannot understand how she changed this much," he continued slowly.

glance with Riven before asking the question

Gray said carefully, "then why did

frowned instantly, his brows drawing together in irritation. "I told you already that I never cheated on her," he replied firmly. "Daisy has always been the

paused for a moment as the memories resurfaced, his expression

Festival, I had already planned to tell my parents the truth," he continued, his voice low and bitter. "Daisy was pregnant at the time, and I wanted to marry her properly so we could raise our child

leaned forward slightly, curiosity pulling him deeper into the story. "Then what

bitter laugh, "was that Seraphine

in shock as he continued

that night, and once my parents found out, they forced me into a marriage I never wanted," he explained, his voice thick

into labor early around the same time Daisy did, I made sure things worked out the way I needed

Riven both froze. "Sera delivered prematurely, so the timing made everything easier," Ravyn continued as though he were describing a business transaction rather than a crime. "I handed

"The only mistake I made was telling her the truth about what I did. I was angry during an argument, and the words slipped

him as though he had suddenly

every syllable. "No matter how much I might hate a woman, I would never