Alpha’s Regret After Putting Me In Jail novel Chapter 148

Chapter 148: A Bitter Farewell

Chapter 148: A Bitter Farewell

(Celeste’s POV)

The wolfsbane continued to course through my veins, its poison making my limbs feel sluggish and my cheeks unnaturally warm. The cruel smirk I wore was a mask–not for them, certainly not for that family who had betrayed me over and over, but for myself.

“I’m tired,” I announced, my tone icy, slicing through the heavy silence in the room. My voice

did not tremble. It carried the sharpness of a blade, warning them to tread lightly. Even

through the haze of the wolfsbane, I refused to show any weakness. It was dangerous to bleed

in front of wolves like them.

Victoria and Scarlett both flinched as if I had struck them. Their wolves recoiled visibly at my

dismissal.

“Celeste…” Victoria stepped forward, her hand reaching for me as if her touch could erase all

the pain and betrayal they had inflicted. “Please, you don’t look well. We should-”

I stiffened and let a cold laugh escape my lips. The sound startled both women, their gazes

snapping to me as if I’d spoken a forbidden curse.

“You’re concerned?” My question was lethally polite, each word dipped in venom. I tilted my

head, watching their expressions carefully. “I wonder why.”

Understanding dawned on Victoria’s face, her green eyes widening. She remembered Lucas’s

confession about the drugged wine earlier, though she hadn’t had enough time to confront him

properly. Her claws retracted automatically, an instinctive submission born out of guilt.

Scarlett hesitated, glancing nervously between her mother and me. The bond between them

was paper–thin compared to the weight of what she feared I would say next.

“Mother,” Scarlett interrupted quickly, her voice shrill, yet coated with the kind of false urgency

she often used when feigning innocence. “Celeste needs rest! Look at her… she’s clearly

exhausted! We should let her recover before-”

I raised my hand, silencing her like an Alpha stopping an unruly wolf. Scarlett froze

immediately, her emerald eyes widening with genuine terror.

“You’re absolutely right, Scarlett,” I said coldly, the sarcasm dripping from each carefully measured syllable. “I do need rest. But first…”

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Scarlett’s wolf whimpered before I even finished my sentence. My gaze shifted deliberately to

the pack wolves stationed nearby.

“Bring Grace to my quarters,” I commanded, my voice firm and unyielding. “Now.”

Scarlett stiffened visibly, the mere mention of her personal beta making her shoulders

tremble. Her wolf whined pathetically as if it already knew what was coming.

“Celeste,” Scarlett started, taking a shaky step forward. Her emerald eyes pleaded with me

even as her lips trembled. “Please-”

“Don’t.” My voice cut through her weak protest like a blade through silk. “Don’t call me that.”

Victoria glanced between us with confusion etched on her face. She was still piecing together

the fragments of what had happened earlier–the drugged wine, Lucas’s schemes, Scarlett’s

alliance with Grace.

Scarlett’s panic was evident now. Her emerald eyes darted to the door, as if considering an escape. Her wolf radiated fear, but not for Grace. No, Scarlett’s fear was entirely selfish,

stemming from the possibility of exposure.

“Mother,” she said urgently, wrapping her hands around Victoria’s arm in a show of false

concern. “Grace is Celeste’s guard too. Let’s not cause unnecessary conflict. Celeste truly

needs rest… let’s not make things worse tonight.”

Victoria’s reluctant nod was all the submission Scarlett needed to drag her away. I watched,

my lips curling into a cruel but satisfied smile as Scarlett quickly turned her back on me,

fleeing the scene.

She didn’t even glance at the door as the pack wolves reappeared with Grace. She didn’t spare her personal beta–her so–called “beloved sister“-a single breath as she scurried into the

shadows.

The cowardice.

The betrayal.

It was almost laughable.

Grace, however, wasn’t smiling. The moment she was brought in, her knees buckled, and she

dropped to the floor in front of me. The sight would have made me pity her once, back when I

still cared about bonds of loyalty and kinship.

Now?

I only felt disgust.

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The pack wolves forced Grace to kneel properly, though she made no effort to resist. Her amber eyes filled with desperate tears as she gazed up at me. Her wolf trembled weakly, a stark contrast to her earlier bravado when she held me down for Lucas and Scarlett’s sick

scheme.

“Look at you,” I said softly, letting the venom seep into my tone like a slow–acting poison. My cruel smirk widened as I stepped closer, looking down on her with purpose. “Where’s your

beloved sister now? Hmm?”

Grace’s tears fell freely, her trembling lips struggling to form words.

“Celeste… no, Miss Celeste, please…” she finally choked, her voice cracking like a brittle branch under pressure. “I- I didn’t mean to- I-‘

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“That’s not what you called me earlier,” I interrupted, my voice as cold as the air in a Moon Shadow cell. I crouched slightly so she could see the wrath burning in my violet eyes more clearly. “What was it you said then? ‘Hold her down?‘ Or was it ‘Keep her legs still‘?”

Grace sobbed harder, and before I could even step closer, she lunged forward and wrapped her

arms desperately around my legs.

“You’re my true sister!” she wailed, her voice hoarse from the strain. “Not Scarlett! I was wrong, terribly wrong! Please, forgive me! I was just following orders. Lucas… he made me! He said it

was to protect you-”

Grace didn’t finish her pitiful excuse.

Nina was faster, surging forward in a blur of silver–gray fury. Her boot connected with Grace’s side, sending the beta sprawling across the floor like a discarded toy.

“Don’t you dare touch her!” Nina snarled, her silver–gray wolf bristling with anger and disgust. Her eyes glittered like steel as she stepped protectively in front of me. “After what you did, you have no right!”

Grace whimpered in agony, but her desperation wasn’t extinguished. She scrambled back upright and knelt again, lowering her head until her forehead touched the cold floor.

“I didn’t want to do it!” Grace sobbed, her shoulders shaking violently. “Lucas forced me! Scarlett begged me! I couldn’t- I didn’t-”

“Couldn’t resist an order, you mean,” I replied, cutting off her pathetic excuse again. My tone

carried the calm precision of a scalpel slicing through unnecessary noise. “And yet… somehow, here you are, kneeling before me, desperate enough to disobey orders now.”

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Grace shuddered as if my words physically wounded her. Her wolf’s humiliation was evident in

the subdued way she hunched further into submission.