Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 255

Chapter 255 - No man leaves his phone with a hacker

’Now you’re being responsible,’ Bloodfang’s voice came through, low and steady inside Voren’s head.

The packhouse was close. Voren could already see the lights cutting through the grey curtain of rain, blurry and warm from this distance. His boots were soaked through, mud clinging to the sides, and every step felt heavier than the last.

’It’s the right thing to do,’ Voren answered back.

Bloodfang went quiet for half a second, like he was choosing his next words carefully. Then...’So let’s claim her.’

Voren almost missed a step.

’You’re out of your mind,’ he shot back, not even trying to hide the irritation threading through his thoughts.

’Am I?’

’She’s Ravyn’s ex-wife.’ Voren kept his eyes forward, jaw tight. ’We wait for our fated mate. That’s how it works. The Alpha code doesn’t bend for situations like this. Not even with a mate bond on the table.’

If he has to fight for the love of any woman, then it had to be his fated mate, nothing more, nothing less.

’But what if she is the one?’ Bloodfang pressed, his tone softer now, which somehow made it worse.

’She’s not.’

’You sound real sure for someone who tenses up every time she laughs.’

leaves overhead, against his shoulders, against the ground. Something dark passed through his eyes,

ran into him in the city,’ he finally said, his mental voice flat. ’And he was right. Sera is an incredible woman. She’s strong and she’s real and yeah, maybe she’s one

somewhere between a laugh and a snarl. ’You keep telling yourself that, Voren. Say it enough times maybe you’ll

’I mean it—’

sounded like grief, ’that you don’t wait so long you lose her. Because some things

nearly stumbled from the abruptness of it, the mental space between them going dead silent, the way a room feels after someone slams

rain soaking

out plenty of times over the years but being on the receiving end of it was something else

shook it off and

"Sera!"

packhouse entrance the moment they came through the tree line, and Seraphine

up fast, smoothing her hair back like she hadn’t just been riding

not

doors opened wider and a wave of cool, climate-controlled air rolled out and hit her full in the face and her whole body gave one of

her arms around herself and

between the two of them. "Can I use your

Damon opened his mouth.

first, easy and final, like the conversation was already

Voren. She knew about the room. Ravyn had kept a room reserved for Voren here at

asking him to, had done the same thing at Grimroot,

man could be cruel, and

herself back

said, and there was a pointed edge to it, her eyes on Voren’s face now, watching for something she could

move. Didn’t blink only his voice carried that authoritative stance. "I said use mine, and I’ll use

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