Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 259 – Daisy is the problem. And you are the blind one

Nobody saw it coming. Not Damon, and not even Voren himself.

One second Voren was standing by the door, and the next his boot connected with Damon’s side with enough force to send him clean off his feet and onto the floor in a heap.

The sound of it was sharp and ugly in the quiet room. Voren stood over him, chest rising and falling, and there wasn’t a single flicker of apology anywhere on his face.

Damon lay there for a moment, letting the pain move through him in waves, giving his wolf just enough room to start working on it. He stared up at the ceiling and breathed. And then slowly, provokingly, he started to smile.

"So I hit a nerve ha?" He pushed himself up onto one elbow, his voice rough but steady. "Good to know." His eyes found Voren’s from the floor. "What, you gonna kill me now? Go ahead. Get it over with. Because I’m telling you right now, I’m not backing off."

Something moved in Voren’s eyes, the color bled out of them completely. That deep, absolute black that meant whatever filter he normally kept between instinct and action had gotten very, very thin. He moved —

’Stop.’

Bloodfang’s voice hit like a hand to the chest.

’He’s doing this on purpose. He wants her to hate us. Think about what happens if you put him in the hospital. Seraphine would stay to take care of him. She won’t go with you to the city. Is that what you want?’

Voren went completely still.

of Damon’s room with his hands at his sides and the blackness slowly, draining back out of his eyes,

One badly wounded Beta and Seraphine would dig her heels in and refuse to go anywhere until the man was on his feet. She was

he

once. Let the rest of

been a minor inconvenience. He looked down at Damon without expression. "And I’m right there beside

door closed behind

his teeth. The biggest coward in this whole situation was standing on the other side of that door and somehow

next plan. Voren would not get away with this. Either he confesses his love for Seraphine or give her the room

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The rain had stopped.

grounds, the smell of wet earth hanging thick

debris, gathering fallen leaves, putting the pack back together the way they always

railing with both hands resting on it, watching Daisy run the track below with the other four. His face was still. His mind

want

liked, and found Voren standing a few feet away. He hadn’t heard him coming. Hadn’t felt

Ravyn studied his face. "What happened? What did Damon

him, eyes going out over the grounds below. "Business stuff. Asking about connections." He inhaled

smiled.

Before I take Sera to eat, I need to track down those rogue assassins. I can’t leave this territory