Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 449: Regrets II

Flashback Within a Flashback Continues

Noelle’s head snapped to the side as searing pain exploded across her cheek. She slowly lifted a trembling hand to her face.

Chuck glared at her with eyes burning with anger and deep regret. "You see?" His voice shook with frustration. "Even Ravyn already likes her."

Noelle’s chest tightened painfully. She had expected gratitude and excitement. Instead, every passing day only seemed to make her husband hate their decision more and more.

She even found herself thinking the impossible. Maybe she could still switch the babies back somehow. But reality quickly crushed that desperate hope. The two little girls looked nothing alike.

Seraphine’s striking blue eyes stood out immediately, and her dark hair made the difference even more obvious. Noelle’s biological daughter had inherited her own blonde hair. There was no way anyone would ever believe another switch.

The chance had already passed. She was now trapped forever by the very plan she had created.

Two years slipped by in a blur.

Day after day, Chuck’s resentment only grew stronger and colder. His distance became impossible to ignore.

The guilt inside Noelle slowly twisted and transformed into something darker.

Finally, Noelle broke the unbearable quiet. "I have another idea."

Chuck looked up at her, his face still clouded with deep regret. "What is it?"

She took a slow, steady breath, already completely convinced that this new plan would fix at least one of their massive problems. "Let’s hire Madison to be Seraphine’s nanny."

Chuck frowned but stayed quiet, letting her explain.

whole family to move into the packhouse." A cold, calculating look settled

object at all.

baby switch, this plan didn’t feel nearly as reckless. At the very least, he would finally get to see

that small comfort

gave a faint nod. "I agree with that one." Relief washed briefly across his face. "I can’t stand the thought

widened suddenly as something else hit him

turned toward

His heartbeat picked up speed. "The old shaman

gifted wolf..." His voice dropped noticeably lower. "Does that mean our own daughter is the Fenrir

fell into complete,

her head over and over, like denying it could somehow make the truth disappear. "No..." Her

around herself. "What did we ever do to deserve something like this?" Tears welled up

For the first time in their entire marriage, genuine fury flashed across his face when he looked at her. "Cursed?" He let out a

burned with raw disappointment. "Or maybe this

another step closer. "The Alpha and Luna spent their whole lives protecting this pack." His voice echoed through the room with intensity. "They were rewarded with the gifted wolf because of the goodness in

be a Fenrir..." his eyes locked onto Noelle’s without any mercy. "Then maybe it says everything about the evil inside

single word hit her harder

back. Instead, she stayed completely silent. Deep down, even she couldn’t fully dismiss the

had once filled their marriage slowly died away. Conversations became

under the same roof but felt like

Chuck carried only grew heavier and more

her ambitions. If anything, she became even more fiercely determined to protect the future she had

wolf. The Fenrir

inside her head. If she couldn’t escape the prophecy,

long after, she arranged a private meeting with Madison. The omega arrived looking nervous, her clothes neatly washed but clearly worn from years of hard use. She lowered her

wanted to see