Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 425 – A different kind of sacrifice

Everyone on the deck became even more attentive, leaning in slightly.

"The night I gave birth..." Her expression grew distant, lost in the memory. "I immediately knew something was wrong." She looked at Seraphine with deep emotion. "I noticed my baby had been switched."

Gasps spread across the deck like wildfire.

"I knew because of the moon mark." Her voice remained steady. "My daughter carried it. When I looked inside the crib, I found another baby." She smiled sadly. "A little girl who wasn’t mine."

Her eyes filled with warmth. "But she still needed someone to love her, so I named her Daisy. That’s the name I always wanted to give my Daughter because I love the Daisy flower."

Kylie frowned deeply, confusion covering her face. "I was there. I never left for long." She looked completely lost. "So how did Noelle manage to switch the babies?"

Madison slowly shook her head. "I honestly don’t know. I’ve wondered about that for years." She looked down briefly. "But something inside me kept telling me the truth. My daughter wasn’t safe with me." She glanced toward Seraphine. "She had inherited the bright blue eyes. The very eyes those creatures had been hunting for."

Madison’s voice became softer, full of pain and love. "Then... Noelle came to me two years later." Everyone watched her carefully. "She made me an offer." Madison smiled bitterly.

"She asked me to become her child’s nanny. She also told me to reduce Daisy’s age by one year. I never understood why." She sighed quietly. "But the moment I entered the pack house, I knew." Her voice became certain. "She was the one who had switched the babies."

her in disbelief. "You should’ve told me." Her voice carried both hurt and frustration. "I would’ve made

growing up as the Beta’s daughter. That life was much closer to what she was born into." She looked proudly at Seraphine. "She was raised with honor, with discipline, and leadership,

disappeared. "There were many days when Noelle insulted her. Many days when

word reminded me of one thing." She looked at Seraphine with nothing but pure, unbreakable love. "My daughter was safer pretending to be

one could argue with her heartbreaking reasoning. The sacrifices she had made were

at Madison. "If you knew all of this..." His voice

single person on the deck desperately wanted to hear

the deck, her gaze finally settling on Seraphine with deep emotion. A sad, tired smile appeared on her

position would’ve made the same choice." Her voice carried years of heavy guilt and regret. "I only agreed because the doctor assured me that

Her eyes softened with love.

what she would’ve done." Her shoulders slumped under the

her cheeks. "Please don’t misunderstand me." She looked directly into Seraphine’s eyes, her voice breaking. "I never enjoyed watching you suffer. As your mother, I would rather let my daughter endure a little pain

shaky. "I was terrified those creatures would find us again. I still don’t know what they wanted from our family." Her expression filled with frustration

furrowed. "You couldn’t..." His sharp eyes stayed locked

she had chosen the wrong words. A helpless smile appeared on her

spent almost my entire life hiding. Every single day, I lived in fear that those creatures would discover where I was." Her fingers tightened together anxiously. "I hardly ever allowed myself