Jealousy Alpha's Regret novel Chapter 180

Chapter 180

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“What are you all looking at?” I asked, leaning forward to peek at Jennifers screen.

Nothing important,‘ she replied, too quickly. She tilted her phone away, but not before I caught a glimpse of a notification from some werewolf group chat.

“Even though she’s from the Stone family,” I pressed on, raising my voice slightly, ‘I still think Iris deserves the benefit of the doubt. Don’t you

agree?”

My friends mumbled halfhearted agreements, barely paying attention to me. This was not how this evening was supposed to go. I was buying the drinks–they should be hanging on my every word!

She’s been living away from the Grey territory,” I continued, growing increasingly frustrated with their lack of engagement. “And I know we’ve had our differences, but I can’t imagine what she must be going through right now.”

Jennifer finally looked up at me, her expression almost… pitying? “Megan, have you checked the forums in the last hour?”

“No,” I replied, confused by her tone. “Why?”

More glances exchanged between my friends. They were keeping something from me.

“What is going on?” I demanded, my patience snapping. “What are you all looking at?”

Without waiting for permission, I snatched Jennifer’s phone from her hand. She protested but didn’t try to grab it back. I looked down at the screen, where a forum thread was open. The title made my heart stop.

“Official Statement from Lowell Family: Iris Stone is our blood relative, protected under ancient werewolf law”

“What the hell is this?” I whispered, my fingers suddenly trembling as I scrolled through the post.

There it was–a formal statement from Ethan Lowell: “Iris Stone is Lowell blood. Anyone spreading malicious rumors or attempting to damage her reputation will answer to me personally.”

Below that, another comment from Jack Lowell himself: “If anyone takes issue with this declaration, they are welcome to visit Lowell territory. I swear on my werewolf honor, you’ll regret questioning our blood ties.”

Similar statements appeared on human social media, carefully worded to avoid direct werewolf references but making the message clear.

My stomach twisted into a painful knot. The Lowells? One of North America’s oldest and most powerful pure–blooded werewolf families? How could Iris possibly be related to them?

When… when did they post this? I managed to ask, my voice barely audie

About forty minutes ago,” Jennifer replied, still watching me with that pitsing look. It’s all anyone’s talking about now.”

I scrolled down further, seeing dozens of werewolves who had previously even posting apologies. The Lowell family wasn’t just wealthy and powerful werewolf society, crossing them was suicide.

ticized Itis now backpedaling frantically, deleting their comments, they were ancient, their bloodline traced back centuries, in

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Chapter 180

“This can’t be happening,” I whispered, more to myself than anyone else. This has to be some kind of mistake.”

My hands shook so badly I nearly dropped Jennifer’s phone. She took it back gently, looking uncomfortable.

“You really didn’t know?” she asked.

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I couldn’t speak. My perfect plan was crumbling before my eyes. Instead of destroying Iris, I’d unwittingly provoked one of the most powerful werewolf families in North America. A family that now claimed her as their own blood.

If the Lowells discovered I was behind Catherine’s video… My blood ran cold at the thought. Werewolf justice could be brutal, especially when it came to protecting family.

“I need some air,” I gasped, standing so quickly my chair tipped backward. didn’t bother to pick it up as I stumbled toward the exit, ignoring the concerned calls from my friends.

Outside in the cool night air, I leaned against the wall, trying to catch my breath. My perfect evening, my perfect revenge–all ruined. Worse than ruined. I’d put myself in danger. If Ethan Lowell traced this back to me…

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