Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 309: The only thing Voren cannot survive...

The easy warmth that had been sitting in his eyes dimmed. Just a little. Just enough. But even that shadow couldn’t hide the desire still blazing there.

"I know, and I can handle it," Voren said, but Seraphine found herself worrying for him, her hand instinctively reaching toward his chest.

She knew these Alphas could be ruthless with something like that and even as Voren was the strongest and wealthiest Alpha now, she still could not imagine him standing alone against all of them. The thought of him hurt made her heart squeeze painfully.

"That’s not really an answer."

He was quiet for a second, then reached for her fully. "I’ll take whatever punishment comes with going against it." His voice was steady and resolved, like a man who had already done the math and accepted whatever the number was, his fingers now tracing lightly up her arm, leaving trails of fire on her skin.

"And if the blood moon festival confirms what I desire, that you’re mine and I’m yours, then there’s nothing they can do about it anyway. The code can’t override a mate bond." His thumb brushed her wrist, feeling her racing pulse.

Seraphine looked at him, something soft and deeply romantic moving through her that she wasn’t quite ready to name, though her body was already responding, growing warm and slick with need.

"Then why not just wait?" she asked, and her voice came out gentle, not pushing, not challenging, just real. Her eyes were soft too, open in a way she didn’t open up for most people, inviting him closer.

and give us something

a long moment, and what crossed his face

different clothes, calling itself different names. Pure,

he didn’t say anything for a second, just held

you, Sera." His voice came out low and unguarded, nothing careful about it, thick

It’s made me

the curve of her breasts. "I’m just... I’m scared. Of losing you again before

raw desire. "I’ve already lost you once, and it almost destroyed me. I don’t want to

don’t care if I have to take a bullet, a knife, or whatever, I’m not afraid of any

then, thumb stroking her skin tenderly,

it’s taking everything in me not to pull you into my

in a way that made her chest feel full and tight all at once, and she would be lying if she said she felt nothing for

what she felt for him was something wild and consuming, nothing she had ever experienced before, not even with Ravyn, and that intensity made it scary as fuck to try and

recognized his in a

was mesmerizing, sending little sparks racing across her skin every time