Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 300 – Stay away from that woman

Chapter 300 – Stay away from that woman

"Back then? Oh yeah, by a pretty big margin," Voren said, like it was just a simple fact with no hurt pride showing in his voice at all.

"He was hands-down the strongest one in that whole group, and everybody knew it. But he was never mean about it, I’ll give him that much. When I was going through a really rough patch and the senior Alpha boys kept giving me a hard time, Ravyn stepped in and handled it."

"He fought them for me, and he even got pretty badly injured in the process. Once he healed up, he started training with me and showed me all kinds of techniques. He was a whole year younger than me, but he still had my back, even when it meant going up against our seniors."

A complicated look crossed his face as the old memories came back. "That’s how we got so close in the first place. That’s why for years I would’ve done anything for him. Because when I had nothing else going for me in that place, he still chose me as his friend."

Seraphine took all of it in quietly, turning the pieces around in her mind. It put a whole new light on something she’d always found confusing, that deep loyalty Voren had shown to a man she’d come to see as her biggest mistake. It wasn’t blind at all. It had real roots that went way back.

"And what about me?" she asked carefully.

The corner of Voren’s mouth twitched a little. "It was after we graduated from the cross-academy that I saw you for the first time when I visited Ravyn. You were always around him back then."

He pursed his lips bitterly. "But Ravyn had zero patience for you. He told me he liked your nanny’s daughter because she was soft and easygoing. Compared to you, he thought you were too wild and too outspoken for his taste."

"So, whenever you’d come looking for him and want to play or hang out, he’d put me in his spot instead. Literally. He’d have me wear the same colors and clothes as him and send me out to meet you."

hand over her face. Something had just hit her hard, and it was a painful realization as she remembered the pictures and videos

palm, "that half the time I thought I was hanging out with

me, you could tell the difference, and you started calling me by my name." "That’s when I began recording those videos, because

how it all started," he said, doing a pretty good job of not looking too pleased with

at that young age, like you’d already decided exactly who you were going to become, and the world just needed to hurry

your plans and all

Seraphine lowered her hand from her face.

you were on mine." Voren’s voice stayed careful. "He even congratulated me for lifting his burden, and that’s why it hurt so much when you went right back to him after everything. But

the way.

as Voren dropped

most of them, but the ones at my pack were filmed by my parents, and sometimes my childhood

it changed with the news. Seraphine pressed her palm against her face again.

reply, to say something comforting, when it

she hadn’t meant to make, and she doubled forward a little, her hand flying straight

"Ah—it’s here."

flash, the whole conversation dropping away

color had drained out of it fast, turning that