Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 109 - what the fuck has gotten into you?

Before Seraphine left for the Sovereign Circle meeting earlier that evening, Corvine had gone to meet with Emery with a few bodyguards, and the moment was something he had to tell Seraphine.

He had planned to tell her everything after the meeting ended, assuming she would come back that same night the way every club in Manhattan operated but that assumption slowly unraveled as the night stretched forward.

Corvine had stayed awake the entire time, moving between the living room and the front entrance more times than he could count while glancing occasionally at the quiet driveway outside as if expecting her car to appear at any moment.

Each passing hour made the silence inside the house feel heavier.

Eventually Corvine reached for his phone and dialed her number, expecting to hear her voice or at least receive a short explanation about why the meeting had taken so long.

Instead the call failed to connect.

The automated message informed him that the number was outside the coverage area.

At first he convinced himself that the venue must have poor signal, since the location where the Sovereign Circle held their meetings often stood far from the busier parts of the city.

He tried again later. This time the phone rang briefly before shutting off completely.

When he attempted to call hours later, the system informed him that the phone had been switched off.

That response made the quiet unease in his chest tighten further.

Seraphine rarely turned her phone off.

The thought lingered in his mind long enough that Corvine finally decided sitting around and waiting would accomplish nothing.

keys and drove straight to the location where the Sovereign Circle meeting had been scheduled, hoping that he

found instead unsettled him even

gates were locked, and the estate looked as

property while a slow

turned toward Leon. Seraphine had gone

that something might have happened between them began pressing against his mind in ways he could

with growing frustration that he had

moment because it left him with only one place to

hospital where Leon worked and asked

that day. That answer left Corvine with even fewer leads

to fade, and after leaving the hospital he finally pulled out his phone again and dialed his

call connected, Corvine

I can’t locate Sera," he said, his voice tight with tension. "What do you know about

the line, Desmond sounded confused by

qualified until now," his father replied thoughtfully. "If

close his eyes briefly while realizing his

financial level required to qualify for membership, and even that had happened largely because of Seraphine’s

to remain calm despite the anxiety pressing against his chest. "Seraphine went to their meeting tonight and I can’t reach

those words sank

admitted, sounding increasingly troubled. "What I do know is that they function under strict oaths of secrecy. Even if they were holding the meeting inside a member’s private home, only the members

had no way of finding out where the meeting had taken place

other options left, he returned

be far more

the same response every time, and with each failed attempt the worry

hours dragged forward until the sky outside