Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 149 – I need Sera’s help, you must talk to her for me

Ravyn moved through the room with a kind of restless urgency that made the air feel tight, grabbing the few things Bryan might need and stuffing them into a bag without caring whether anything was neatly arranged or not, because right now none of that mattered when the only thing that kept echoing in his mind was how weak the boy had become.

When he lifted Bryan into his arms, the difference in weight hit him harder than anything else had, the child feeling far too light, fragile in a way that made something cold settle deep in Ravyn’s chest, especially after everything he had tried had failed to get even a few bites of food into him.

Bryan had refused everything, and watching him grow weaker with each passing hour had pushed Ravyn into a quiet kind of panic he refused to show openly, though it kept pressing at him from the inside, growing heavier until it was almost suffocating, only easing slightly when Daisy finally showed up, even if her presence brought its own complications.

"Ravyn, please, let me go with you," Daisy said, her voice carrying both urgency and something softer underneath, something that might have sounded like sincerity if things between them hadn’t already been so strained.

Ravyn didn’t even hesitate, his expression hardening as he turned to her, his eyes cold, making it clear he had already made up his mind. "So you can sneak off to meet whoever it is you’ve been seeing behind my back," he shot back, his tone sharp enough to cut, "I still can’t believe I chose you over Seraphine."

The words landed exactly how they were meant to, and Daisy felt them sink deep, her throat tightening as she swallowed down the bitterness that rose instantly, because she couldn’t even deny that there had been a time when everything he was accusing her of had been true.

Back then, she had been convinced she had lost him for good the moment he married Seraphine, and believing his promises had felt pointless, almost laughable, so she had stopped trying to hold onto anything that tied her to him.

She had taken advantage of the freedom that came with it, especially after Ravyn had swapped Bryan, leaving her without the responsibilities that had once defined her life, and for a while she had leaned into that freedom completely, living however she wanted, doing whatever made her feel alive in the moment.

forever, though, because somewhere along the line, something between her and Ravyn had begun to grow again, slowly at first and then with enough weight that she had started to believe

been there in the background, his calls coming at the worst times, always about money, always demanding more, always reminding her of a past she couldn’t fully escape no matter

had that hold on her, and Daisy had been counting on the trip to the city as her chance to finally deal with him properly, to meet him in person, explain everything, and buy herself enough time to

phone, Zane might think she was being intentional and storm the

both without Ravyn ever finding out, but standing here now, with the way he looked at her, it was

she tried again, her voice softer this time, almost pleading as she forced herself to meet his gaze, "there’s no other man, I swear, I’ve just been talking to friends in the

too late for explanations, so stay here and take care of the pack while I figure out what’s wrong with Bryan, because right now it doesn’t even look like

her completely, placing Bryan carefully into the car as if he were handling something incredibly fragile, his movements much gentler now despite the anger that

could gather the words she needed to stop him, leaving her standing there with nothing but the fading sound of

was doomed. No, she had to find a way to leave the pack and

again and again to Bryan’s condition, to Daisy’s behavior, and to the

he had left, activating the Bluetooth connection and calling Voren, knowing exactly how this conversation was going to

said as soon as the call