Alpha's Regret After She Kneels

(Siena's POV)

The celebration hums around me, the energy electric, the room alive with laughter and congratulations.

For the first time in years, I feel a fragile sense of happiness, a flicker of hope that maybe, just maybe, this night marks the turning point I've longed for.

Windhowl has proven itself, and so have I. I can see it in the way people look at me now-not as Raiden's rejected Luna, but as a leader in my own right.

Butthen, as if by clock-work, tehre she stands.noveldrama

Lila.

Tear stained face.

Like a blade slicing through the moment, her voice cuts across the room.

"It's time the truth came out," she announces, her tone trembling just enough to sound like pain.

The room falls silent, all eyes turning to her. She stands near the center of the hall, her crimson dress pooling like blood around her feet, her face a mask of practiced anguish. I feel the first prickle of unease, Horace stirring uneasily in the back of my mind.

Lila holds up a stack ofphotos, her voice trembling with just the right balance of hurt and righteousness. "For too long, I've been silent, but I can't keep this secret anymore. The pack deserves to know."

My stomach twists as the words settle over the room. Something inside me knows -whatever she's about to say, it's aimed at me.

"Raiden," she says, turning toward him, her voice softening. "I'm sorry, but I have to do this."

Raiden stiffens beside me, his midnight eyes narrowing as he studies her. "What are you talking about, Lila?"

She steps forward, holding up the papers like a weapon. "I'm talking about this. About us. About the child we're expecting."

The words hit me like a physical blow, the air rushing from my lungs as if she's stolen it. Around us, gasps ripple through the crowd, the atmosphere shifting from celebratory to stunned.

"You your proof," Lila continues, her voice growing stronger. She

gestures to the pictures and papers in her hand. "Medical records

confirming my pregnancy.

Photographs from the n

Raiden

and I spent together. Testimonies from servants who saw us-who knew the truth all along."

Her voice carries, her eyes fall on mine.

The evidence is damning, the narrative compelling.

My mind races, trying to make sense of what I'm hearing, but I can't move, can't speak.

I can only stand there, frozen, as the jagged shards of humiliation pierce the fragile happiness I'd been clinging to.

Raiden's voice cuts through the chaos, sharp and angry. "This is ridiculous. I don't know what you're talking about!"

But there's a flicker of hesitation in his eyes, a moment of confusion that Lila pounces on.

"Don't lie, Raiden!" she says, her voice trembling as she steps closer to him. Don't you dare deny me, or our child! You were drunk that night-I didn't want to take advantage, but... things happened."

Her voice breaks, tears spilling down her cheeks. "And now, I'm carrying your child."

The room erupts into chaos, voices overlapping as people whisper and murmur, their gazes darting between Raiden, Lila, and me. Horace howls in my mind, a sound of grief and betrayal that echoes through my chest.

Raiden turns to me, his expression desperate. "Siena, I swear to you, I didn't—” But his words are drowned out by Lila's next bombshell.

"And that's not all," she says, her voice rising above the noise. "I've kept quiet about this for years, but Siena has been abusive toward me. She's lashed out, threatened me, even attacked me."

My breath catches in my throat as she continues, twisting innocent encounters into damning accusations.

"She once cornered me in the hallway, accusing me of things I didn't do. was terrified, but I stayed silent because I didn't want to cause trouble" Her voice cracks, her fears flowing freely now. "I just wanted to protect Raiden. To protect our child." Cóntent