Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 291 - Can you kiss me again?

Voren pulled the phone away from his ear after a minute.

"A spell?" The word came out flat, like he was testing whether saying it out loud would make it sound less insane. It didn’t. If anything, it sounded even crazier hanging in the air between them. "How is that even possible?"

He stood there another long second, clearly working through it all behind those dark eyes of his.

You could almost see the gears turning, trying to fit this new piece into a puzzle he thought he already understood.

Then something settled in him, not peace exactly, but more like a solid decision clicking into place. He lowered the phone to his side and walked straight toward Seraphine.

He stopped close. Close enough that she had to tilt her chin up a little just to keep holding his gaze.

Voren’s eyes moved over her face slowly, not with that usual sharp, measuring look he gave everyone else, but something rawer.

Guilt sat there. Confusion too. Both of them right on the surface where she could actually see them for once.

"Sera." His voice dropped low, almost rough around the edges. "Do you trust me?"

She didn’t hesitate, and that surprised her a little. The answer came out steady. "Yes."

Something flickered across his expression, just barely, just enough to notice. He gave one slow nod, like he was letting that sink in.

"Do you want to remember?"

"Yes." That one came out even faster, more feeling behind it than she’d meant to let show. It surprised her how badly she did want it, how much the hole in her head suddenly felt unbearable.

his mouth moved, not quite a full smile, but close. Soft in

"Then close your eyes."

questions right away, but she swallowed every single one of them and closed her eyes like he asked. The

found her waist and

was right there above her now, low and intimate. "Try to remember. This would work better back at the pack but let’s give it a try here

her mouth to ask why the pack would make any difference at all, but she never got the

to say completely dissolved. She’d parted her lips to speak, and that small opening was all it

kiss deepened on its own, unhurried, like he had nowhere else to be and no intention of rushing through this moment. For about three full seconds, her mind

Then it started.

up through the darkness behind her eyes. Blurry at the edges, colors slightly off like old photographs left too

Tall trees swaying overhead. His voice, younger and lighter. Her small hand

came the pressure building behind her eyes, filling her skull until

was pain, sharp and real, like something deep inside her head was being forced

slammed against his

"Stop—"

all, just stopped completely. When

looked like she’d actually hit him. Not physically. Deeper than that. Like

she whispered, pressing her fingers tight against

hurts?" Confusion clouded his mind as

feels like someone’s throwing

The hurt didn’t disappear, but something tighter and more serious took

and brushed her hair back from her face with surprising gentleness, tucking

like this." He let his hand drop. "If you can make the time, I’ll take you to the pack. A

can’t the shaman just come

in the human world blocks it. Whatever power