Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 158 – No, Mom, I want to stay here!

The corner of Seraphine’s lips lifted slowly, a knowing expression settling across her face as she leaned back, already certain of what Damon was about to say before he even got the words out. "Let me guess, it came back negative, right?"

There was a pause on the other end of the line, followed by Damon’s voice tightening with surprise. "You already knew?"

A soft, almost amused breath left her as she let her gaze drift toward the window, her tone calm but edged with quiet certainty. "Not exactly. I took an educated guess. After everything I’ve seen and everything I know about Daisy, it wasn’t hard to connect the dots, but I still needed confirmation before I moved forward."

Damon exhaled slowly, the weight of the revelation settling in. "Well, now you have it. So what happens next?" he asked, his voice sharpening slightly as he reminded her, "You said you’d tell me your plan once the results came in."

Seraphine’s expression hardened just a fraction, the softness fading as something colder replaced it. "Now that it’s confirmed, Bryan lives. That part is non-negotiable. As for Ravyn..." she trailed off briefly, a faint, humorless smile stretching her lips. "I’ll wait and see how he handles the truth. Imagine destroying your own child for someone else’s lie, someone else’s child."

Silence stretched between them for a moment before Damon spoke again, his tone carrying a mix of resignation and grim satisfaction. "I wouldn’t want to be in his position right now, not even for a second. And Daisy..." he scoffed lightly, "I don’t feel sorry for either of them. They walked straight into this. Whatever comes next is on them."

"Exactly," Seraphine replied without hesitation, her voice steady and controlled. "Just get me everything I asked for. Once that’s done, you can go back to running your company because things on my end are starting to pile up faster than I expected."

Another brief silence followed, heavier this time, before Damon spoke again, sounding slightly distracted. "I was actually about to call Ravyn before you picked up. There’s been another incident. Someone’s been hospitalized after a chemical attack."

drew together instantly, her thoughts snapping back to the past, to the nightmare that had once left her unable to move, trapped in her own body. If this was the same compound, then

I can handle, I might have to loop Ravyn in." He

"No. That’s not happening. I don’t have the time or the patience to play caretaker right now." Her

she still had her own child to find. "I’ll have the serum ready in a few days," she continued, shifting

a few rare components, and those were things Ravyn would have to secure himself. She

from the

and the phone. "Sera, what’s the next step? Are we going to see Voren now? What

call and slipped her phone aside before answering, her tone casual but purposeful. "I’ll give Bryan one more IV dose before he leaves. After that, everything else can be taken orally.

for was

she expected Bryan to leave quietly, maybe even reluctantly, but not like

cried, his small hands clutching at her

word hitting harder than she expected, before she gently but firmly shook her head, creating distance between

she said, keeping her tone light even as something tightened in