Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 100 - but I know she has to live

The voice belonged to Voren. Panic and anger filled his tone as he raised his head and shouted across the room with enough intensity to silence several nearby conversations instantly.

"If anything happens to her, every single one of you will answer for it."

The declaration shocked everyone who heard it.

Voren was widely known as Ravyn’s closest ally, and both men had spent most of the evening opposing Seraphine in ways that left no doubt about their hostility toward her ambitions.

Yet now Voren held her unconscious body with unmistakable protectiveness, his expression filled with urgency that no one present had ever seen directed toward her before.

Ignoring the stunned reactions surrounding him, Voren carried Seraphine quickly through the corridor that led toward the private suites reserved for elite guests.

Once inside one of the rooms, he placed her carefully on the bed before immediately crossing toward the medicine cabinet mounted against the wall.

The moment he stepped close enough to examine her condition properly, the scent confirmed what he had already suspected.

Wolfsbane poisoning.

His jaw tightened as he began searching through the cabinet for a specific vial stored among the emergency medical supplies.

earlier as a precaution for rare situations exactly like this one,

until the small

a fraction of a second before he rushed back

dramatically during those few

cold beneath his fingers. The bluish discoloration had spread further across her arms

tightly enough that

stage meant. It was the final phase

inside a werewolf pack territory where her wolf possessed full strength, the poison would have weakened her wolf first

her pack had already weakened that natural

would claim

should have been there, but the terrifying stillness beneath his touch made his chest tighten until it felt like something heavy had settled directly over his

the faintest trace of one, and the realization forced

still clutched tightly in his hand, the only fragile thread separating her from death, and he knew with absolute certainty that he had

muttered under his breath, his voice hoarse with anxiety as he crouched beside her

her jaw he realized something was terribly wrong because her teeth had locked together so tightly that

faster than the last as a terrifying thought pushed its way

in her body loosened on their own, then it

mean

he said under his breath, the words escaping him in a strained whisper that sounded almost desperate in the quiet room. "No...