Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 216 – You need someone who can tame him

Voren stopped pacing the moment Ravyn’s question settled between them, as his gaze locked onto him, sharp and guarded, because whatever had just happened in that lab was not something he was willing to unpack so easily, not when even he didn’t fully understand it himself.

"I don’t know what you’re talking about," he said, his tone controlled, though there was a stiffness to it that gave him away more than the words did.

Ravyn didn’t react immediately.

Instead, he drew in a slow breath, steadying himself before asking again, this time sounding far more composed, as though he had chosen to approach the matter carefully rather than push too hard.

"Your wolf lost control," he said, his eyes fixed on Voren with quiet intensity. "What is your shaman saying about bringing back the mate bond?"

That question landed differently. Voren’s fingers curled into fists at his sides, tension threading through him as he held back his response, but the silence didn’t last long.

Ravyn continued, his tone evolving into something more concerned than before.

"You can’t keep going like this, Voren," he said, his voice lower now, carrying the weight of both warning and worry. "One day, Bloodfang is going to push too far, and when that happens..." he trailed off briefly before finishing, "death will be you only means of escape. And running from your pack isn’t solving anything either. You need someone who can tame him."

"I don’t want to hear it," Voren snapped, the irritation finally breaking through, his voice edged with anger that had been building under the surface.

how this struggle tore at Voren piece by piece, but knowing that didn’t make it any easier to watch, especially when it only got worse

wasn’t just

the longing for his mate took over, it demanded an outlet - blood, and whenever Voren failed to hold that line, it was always

thing,"

restore the mate bond...

That made everything clearer.

bring comfort with it, because the blood moon wasn’t something you

only a few times a year, unpredictable,

toward solutions. "If anyone can determine when the next blood moon

but it didn’t reach his eyes, because if only it were that simple, he wouldn’t still be standing here dealing with

are... conditions," he

flickering across his face. "Conditions you

moment, "she already explained part of it. Every pack member has to agree to the ritual, every single one. Not just within Grimroot, but

from Ravyn’s face almost

this would be possible, that he might get to experience what the mate bond truly felt like, even if he

be to feel the bond

happens if they don’t all agree?" he asked,