Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 317: This ends now

Marigold thought about it for a second, then nodded. "She has long silver hair. But nobody sees her face."

Voren’s frown deepened. Nobody sees her face? He was about to ask more when Marigold stretched under the blanket and let out a long, dramatic yawn. "Daddy, I’m tired."

He knew that tone. Once she decided the conversation was done, it was done. No amount of questions, bribes, or promises would change that.

Sure enough, she rolled onto her side, closed her eyes, and within minutes her breathing had settled into that peaceful rhythm, like she hadn’t just dropped several bombshells that were gonna keep him up all night.

Voren watched her sleep for a while, the room feeling strangely quiet around him. Eventually he stood up and stepped away from the bed, his mind already racing. There was only one person he could think to call right now.

He pulled out his phone and dialed Corvine’s number. It rang once, twice, three times with no answer. He was about to hang up when the line finally clicked.

"Alpha Voren..." Corvine’s voice came through groggy, like he’d been yanked out of the deepest sleep possible. A yawn followed, then quick concern. "Did something happen to Sera?"

Voren opened his mouth to respond, but the words never made it out. His eyes locked onto the doorway instead. Every muscle in his body went tight. Someone was standing there—a shadowy figure, completely silent, just watching.

The sight triggered every Alpha instinct he had. Voren’s face hardened as he kept his gaze fixed on the dark silhouette. "Hold on," he said, his voice low, controlled, and dangerously calm.

Voren lowered the phone from his ear and fixed a cold, steady stare in that direction.

"Jasmine."

authority that made people straighten up without even thinking about

ticked by before the door pushed open wider, revealing Jasmine fully under the hallway light. Her long red hair was

instantly

Corvine’s sleepy voice kept drifting through

gaze away from Jasmine just long enough to bring the phone back to his ear.

a dramatic groan, the kind that made it crystal clear just how wiped out he was. "Please don’t tell me you’re calling ’cause you can’t sleep." Another yawn cut through.

of the tension in Voren’s shoulders.

was so abrupt that Voren almost chuckled. "What?

perfectly fine," Voren

through Corvine’s voice. "Thank the

so don’t

actually worked?" The questions started flying out one after another. "How did it work? What exactly

of his nose. He should’ve seen this

it." He laughed. "No, actually, don’t tell me. Tell me in person. I can save all the details for later."

of

suspicious.

like," Voren said casually. "Your parents know the

two seconds. "Then why haven’t they told me?" The outrage in Corvine’s voice nearly made Voren laugh and he finally understood why Seraphine was so fond

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