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.

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 feelings deep. She faced reality,

her mother. She seized

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

way most days, acting like she was invisible. Now here he was, putting himself out there to

and called him crazy, she would hold onto this moment forever. Someone had actually stood beside her when she was sure

could jump in, Olivia stepped

head hard. "My crimes are no

locked onto her

could swoop in and play the hero who rescued me. She went along with it,

the tears from her cheeks, her shoulders slumping under

voice thick with emotion. "I deserve to

eyes shot straight to Olivia, disappointment flashing across his face before it twisted into

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

dangerous slits. "But you’ve shown there’s nothing

glared right back at

His voice dropped even colder, slicing through the air. "You ruled a whole pack as Luna.

a finger toward Jasmine, his words hitting

was vulnerable. A lone wolf. Just a young girl whose own mother walked away from the Grimroot pack just to

into a

"Even if you don’t feel an ounce of guilt for all the horrible things you’ve done, shouldn’t you

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

mouth made her look more and more like a monster. But worst of all, she could practically see

Neither of them was.