Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 418 - Are you in love with Jasmine?

Olivia’s sobs suddenly cut off like someone had flipped a switch. She slowly raised her head, and even through her puffy, red-rimmed eyes, a spark of wild hope lit up inside her.

She wasn’t going to rot in this nightmare all by herself after all. Jasmine had just spilled her own guilt, which meant she was just as deep in the mess as Olivia was.

That realization wrapped around Olivia like some twisted kind of comfort, warming her from the inside out. At least she wouldn’t be the only rotten sinner standing in a crowd of people everyone else saw as perfect saints.

The corners of her mouth twitched, almost curving into a real smile.

But that sweet relief shattered almost instantly.

"Voren, do you mind if I say something?" Corvine’s voice cut through the heavy air, every single head on the deck snapped toward him.

Voren looked completely drained, like the weight of the whole damn world was crushing down on his shoulders, but he still managed a tired little nod.

"Go ahead."

Corvine’s fingers tightened around Olivia’s arm for a second before he let go. Just below the yacht’s deck sat that cramped little storage room he’d already picked out as her prison for the night.

But instead of dragging her down there right away, he turned to face the whole group, his expression dead serious.

"Jasmine is a victim in all of this."

His words hit like a bomb. The entire deck went dead silent, everyone stunned into shock.

she hid the truth because she used to dream about marrying Voren one day. I’m not gonna pretend that was righteous," he said, his gaze flicking to Jasmine for just a heartbeat before sweeping back over the others. "But the second Seraphine showed up, Jasmine buried those old

on her too hard because she’s nothing like her mother. She seized the opportunity to change and be better as soon

in an instant. She never in a million years thought Corvine would stand up

was, putting himself out there to defend her, and it left her completely

she would hold onto this moment forever. Someone had actually stood beside her when she was sure she’d be facing

Olivia stepped interrupted, her face twisted with

head hard. "My crimes are no different

locked

into helping me fake that attack so she could swoop in and play the hero who rescued me. She went along with it, which means she’s just as

from her cheeks, her shoulders slumping under

whispered, voice thick with

across his face before it twisted

all that to see if there was even a shred of remorse left in you," he growled, letting out a bitter,

narrowed into dangerous slits.

right back at him,

the hell can you even try to compare your sins to Jasmine’s?" His voice dropped even colder, slicing through the air. "You ruled a whole pack as Luna. You held real power over everyone. If Jasmine had told

finger toward Jasmine, his words hitting like

whose own mother walked away from the Grimroot pack

into

lies," he continued, jaw clenched so tight it looked painful. "Even if you don’t feel an ounce of guilt for all the horrible things

hard her nails bit into her palms, drawing tiny crescents of pain. She hated Corvine with every fiber of her being. She hated how he

her look more and more like a monster. But worst of all, she could practically see the storm raging in Vladimir’s eyes. And Voren... he wasn’t even

Neither of them was.