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

seconds ticked by before the door pushed open wider, revealing Jasmine fully under the hallway light. Her long red hair was all messy from sleep, tumbling wildly around her shoulders, and the thin nightgown she had on left almost nothing to the

instantly darkened

Corvine’s sleepy voice kept

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

can’t sleep." Another yawn cut through. "I’m barely functioning right now." Yet another yawn followed. "There’s so much work piled up for

of the tension in

The change was so abrupt that Voren almost

fine,"

Corvine’s

a little. "She’ll be at the office tomorrow, so don’t go making any extra problems for her before I get

half of that. The excitement had already taken over. "Wait—does that mean the remedy actually worked?" The questions started flying out one after another. "How did

the bridge of his

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

chuckle out of Voren. "Trust me, your parents already

suspicious. "What

it sounds like," Voren said

lasted two seconds. "Then why haven’t they told me?" The outrage in Corvine’s voice nearly made

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