Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 311: The birthmark

Voren didn’t look away. Didn’t flinch from it either. His face stayed serious in a way that had nothing fake about it, just a man who had already sat with a hard decision by himself for a long time and made it with his whole heart on the line.

"I already know." There was no hesitation at all, his voice deep and steady like an oath carved in stone. "I’ll choose you every single time, Sera. That’s not something I even have to think about. You’re it for me. You’ve always been it."

"And as for the memory thing, I haven’t stopped thinking about it. Not for a second. I’m going to find out what happened to you. To both of us. Let me know your schedule, and we can plan a short trip to the Grimroot pack first. I want to dig into this with you, hold your hand through every dark corner until we get the truth."

Seraphine was excited about a trip to the Grimroot pack and readily agreed, a spark of hope and anticipation lighting up inside her chest at the thought of uncovering their past together. "Okay. I’ll confirm everything tomorrow. I can’t wait to finally start piecing us back together."

Voren pulled her into his arms then, strong and sure, wrapping her up against his broad chest so they could feel each other’s heartbeat thumping in sync.

It was calming and peaceful, yet underneath it all, that low, constant hum of desire simmered between them, his scent wrapping around her like a warm blanket, making her want to bury her face in his neck and breathe him in forever.

"The moon festival is where we get our answers," he said over the top of her head, his voice rumbling through his chest and vibrating against her. "All our parents will be there. Someone in that circle knows something and I’d bet my whole pack on it. We’ll face it side by side, baby. No more secrets tearing us apart."

Seraphine thought about that, her mind drifting while her body melted a little more into his embrace, loving the solid feel of his muscles under her cheek.

days packed with multiple events, the kind of big gathering where wolves from dozens of packs came together and old

confirmed everything, she would have to discuss with Leon to re-look at her schedule because she would need more time to spend with her daughter—precious moments she’d been robbed of for too long. Also, she’d want

him at first, her mind already

the hospital." She exhaled softly, her breath warming his skin. "I have to sit down and actually

locked on hers with such intensity

in and kissed her, slow and unhurried and warm, like a man with nothing to prove and nowhere else to be, his lips moving against hers with deep,

until her thoughts needed a second to pull themselves

rested against hers for a beat, breaths mingling. He turned to the nightstand and pulled open the top drawer with the ease of someone who had been planning this

with a pendant and a bracelet, both clearly expensive, the kind of beautiful craftsmanship that didn’t come from some mall or online store, the kind where you could feel

in a way that made Seraphine go still just looking at them, her heart swelling with

warm against her nape, brushing her hair aside tenderly and

her wrist and secured the bracelet, his touch lingering on her pulse point like he was savoring the

over the pieces with quiet satisfaction, like he was seeing them exactly where they had always been

asked for these once. A long time

couldn’t quite name, half grief for the lost years and half sweet recognition, like reaching for a word that was just out of

it from the video and even after everything, Voren had still kept it for her all this time. It made her feel guilty for a while, but with a spell twisting her memories, she could not blame herself too much. Instead, it only deepened the warm ache of love and desire she felt for