Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 210 – They said you were evil, so I stayed away

That caught Seraphine’s attention instantly, the tension in her body tightening just slightly before easing again, her expression softening in a way that felt almost disarming.

"I’m not here to hurt you," she said gently, her voice calm, almost reassuring despite the weight of the situation. "I just need to understand what happened that night. Someone drugged the Alpha, and I want to know who was behind it."

The girl hesitated, her lips pressing together as fear flickered across her face, but when she finally spoke, her words came out quieter, heavier. "It wasn’t just the Alpha... your drink was spiked too."

Seraphine’s brows pulled together, confusion settling in as she searched her memory and came up with nothing that matched that version of events. "No," she said slowly, shaking her head. "You must be mistaken. I’m talking about the moon festival seven years ago."

"We’re talking about the same night," the girl insisted quickly, her voice trembling now, desperation creeping in. "But you have to promise you won’t hurt me. I wanted to say something before, I really did, but I didn’t know how to reach you. Everyone in the pack... they said you were evil, so I stayed away."

The words landed harder than anything else.

Seraphine went still, her thoughts catching for a moment, her lips parting as if to respond, but no words came out.

Evil.

That was how they saw her.

A quiet, almost hollow feeling settled in her chest, but she didn’t let it show for long.

head slightly, her gaze steady on the girl. "Do I look evil to you?" she asked, her

worked at that inn my whole life, and the only time I ever stepped into a pack was when Alpha

fitting together

murmured, then leaned forward just slightly, her voice soft but purposeful. "Tell me

you’re not going to punish

the front before returning. "What would I gain from punishing you?" she asked simply, her tone grounded in

the small details. The tension in her shoulders, the faint signs of exhaustion written across her face. "You look hungry... and tired. Have they not been feeding you

lowered her gaze. "The working conditions aren’t

work for me," she said, her voice carrying

That did it.

The hesitation broke.

unsteady but no longer held back.

clearly still fresh in her mind. "She had those men cut out his tongue... just like that. She said he would expose her, even

pressing into her palms as something cold and heavy settled

happened right under her nose,

to me," the girl continued, her voice cracking now. "So I agreed. I didn’t have a

Seraphine didn’t interrupt.

to spike your drink," the girl said, her words coming faster now, like she just needed to get them out. "And then make sure you were taken to a

desperately for something, anything, to connect to that, but all she could remember was fragments, broken

forcing himself on me," she said slowly, her voice dropping, uncertainty threading through it. "I didn’t feel drunk. I thought... maybe it was just a nightmare. I tried to convince myself