Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 99 – Sera, stay awake, will you?

Voren experienced a quiet sense of relief when he realized that Ravyn had managed to walk away from the earlier confrontation with Seraphine without losing another massive fortune, although that relief did not lead him back to Ravyn’s side or tempt him to resume their earlier conversation.

The tension surrounding that entire situation had already drained enough of his patience for one evening and he preferred to keep his distance while the atmosphere inside the club remained thick with ambition and rivalry.

Instead of returning to Ravyn’s table, Voren spent the next stretch of time circulating through the private investors’ lounge, exchanging polite greetings and measured conversation with several powerful men whose influence stretched across multiple industries.

His attention never truly settled on any of the discussions because his instincts remained alert in the way they always did whenever Alpha Gray occupied the same room as him.

Gray possessed a reputation that had been built on manipulation, cruelty, and the kind of political maneuvering that allowed him to smile in public while quietly dismantling his enemies behind closed doors, which meant Voren trusted nothing about the man’s presence at a gathering like this.

That instinct proved correct the moment Voren overheard a low voice behind him.

"Make sure she drinks it in front of you."

The words were spoken quietly, almost casually, although the cold intention behind them caused every instinct in Voren’s body to tighten at once.

He recognized the voice immediately.

Alpha Gray.

Voren did not turn immediately, because reacting too quickly would only alert the speaker that someone had overheard him, although he slowly angled his body just enough to observe the reflection from the polished surface of a nearby glass cabinet.

In that reflection, he caught sight of a waiter moving away with a tray containing a single glass of dark liquor, while Gray remained standing beside Riven with a thin smile stretched across his face.

Gray leaned slightly toward Riven as though sharing an inside joke. "We’ll teach her that this isn’t her place."

meaning of those words settled heavily inside Voren’s

middle of the room almost felt unavoidable, although his instincts forced him to think

followed the

smoothly through the room, navigating past groups of investors and wealthy guests with professional ease while holding the

glass toward

drink was being offered

tables, her posture relaxed and her smile warm enough to convince anyone watching

that the softness on her face rarely revealed what she truly felt, because Seraphine possessed a remarkable ability to slip

scene looked perfectly harmless. Seraphine lifted the glass politely, and

was

Voren began walking toward them immediately, his pace quickening with every second because the unease inside his chest had grown into a sharp, urgent warning that refused to

a moment too late. Seraphine had already taken

noticed Voren approaching with obvious urgency, the man’s expression tightened with a flicker of panic before he swiftly reached forward, collected the glass from Seraphine’s hand despite the fact that she had not finished the drink, and

blinked in confusion as she watched

she murmured softly, clearly

had tasted strange when it touched her tongue, although she dismissed that thought almost immediately because she had never enjoyed expensive alcohol in the first place and most of

more of it. Then the first wave

quickly and violently

Wolfsbane.

painfully as the realization

alarming speed, turning every breath into a struggle while a crushing headache exploded

the timeline for her company’s launch, although his voice faltered when he noticed

certain the company will

sentence stopped halfway through when he saw the color draining from her

"Miss... are you alright?"