Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 140 – Then I’ll make him help

Leon let out a long breath, like whatever he was about to say had been sitting heavy on his chest for a while now. "There are rumors," he said, his voice lower than usual, almost careful, "and I believe them because of the people I’ve treated. They come in broken, scared out of their minds, and none of them want to talk. They’re terrified of turning him in because Santiago watches everything. He keeps tabs on their families, their friends, anyone they care about."

He paused for a second, like even saying the next part out loud made his skin crawl. "Sera... they say he has a dungeon inside his mansion. A real one. He keeps people there... children, women, even men. And it’s not just captivity. It’s organ harvesting. Other things too. Things I don’t even want to imagine."

The words didn’t just land, they slammed into Seraphine, knocking the air right out of her lungs. Her chest tightened so hard it felt like something inside her was cracking under the pressure, and her thoughts went straight to one place, one fear she had been trying so hard to bury.

Her daughter.

What if whoever took her hadn’t just hidden her, hadn’t just kept her somewhere safe? What if she had been sold? What if her baby had ended up in the hands of someone like Santiago?

The thought was unbearable, and suffocating, curling around her heart and squeezing until she could barely breathe through it.

Something inside her hardened in that moment, snapping into place with a clarity she hadn’t felt in a long time. A resolve so strong it burned through the fear.

"Thanks for telling me," she said, her voice steady in a way that didn’t match the storm raging inside her. "I’ll see you tomorrow."

Corvine and Leon both noticed it immediately, that subtle but undeniable change in her. The way her eyes looked a little colder, a little more focused, like she had already made a decision she wasn’t planning to back down from.

Leon assumed it was exhaustion, that she had simply reached her limit for the day, but Corvine knew better.

until they were in the car before he finally spoke.

against the seat as she steadied herself, gathering her thoughts into something clear and actionable. "Hitting two

settling over his features as he glanced at her. "I

wanted to use against Zane," she said, watching his reaction as recognition dawned in his

He nodded. "Yeah?"

the same thing to hack Santiago," she continued, her voice gaining a quiet edge. "I have his private number. That’s all we need to

sank in. "Sera, are you sure about this?" he asked, his tone cautious, careful. "I don’t think there are any werewolves involved in what’s happening with his victims. And what if after all of this, your daughter

felt unnatural, like the

rushed to fix it. "I’m sorry," he added quickly. "I’m just trying to

he just keeps going?" she asked, her voice quiet but cutting. "He keeps doing whatever he wants to people until one

harder than anything else she had said,

even if my daughter isn’t there," she continued, her voice softer now but no less determined, "at least I’ll know I did something for her, wherever she

this time it

what happens, I’m with you. But Sera, if

"When it comes to skill, resources, power, he’s the one person who can

drifting toward the

of a smile curled her lips. "Then I’ll

question that for a second. If there was anyone who could push Voren into something he didn’t want to do, it

of strength that was hard to challenge. Ravyn was powerful too, no doubt about that, but from everything Corvine had

water run over her as if it could wash