Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 413 – I Never Begged for Your Love

Voren’s verdict hung heavy in the air, echoing across the deck like a death sentence. As the Alpha, his word was final. Nobody challenged him. Nobody even thought about it.

The last bit of strength drained from Olivia’s legs and she collapsed to her knees on the hard wooden deck, the rough surface scraping against her skin. Tears poured endlessly down her face as she stared up at Voren with desperate, pleading eyes.

"Voren... please," she begged, her voice trembling so badly it threatened to shatter. "I spent my whole life raising you." She pressed both hands hard against her chest, sobbing openly. "All the love I could never give my own daughter, I poured it into you instead."

Her shoulders shook violently as she crawled forward a little, her face twisted with raw desperation. "Please...don’t do this."

Voren didn’t move an inch. His expression stayed as cold and hard as stone while he looked at her the same way he would stare at an enemy who had destroyed everything he held dear.

"I never begged for your love," he said, his calm voice cutting deeper than any scream ever could. "Everything you ever did was for your own selfish reasons. You didn’t raise me because you loved me. You raised me because keeping me close protected all your lies."

His jaw tightened. "It would have been better if I had grown up knowing the truth. It would have been better knowing the sacrifice my real mother made for me than living this whole damn lie."

The rest of his words trailed off as his expression suddenly changed. His eyes lost focus while a terrifying new thought slammed into him. A heavy, suffocating weight settled deep inside his chest.

His mother... she had died giving birth to him.

and that kind of power didn’t just pass down naturally from parent to child like the white

change in him immediately, her concern washing away everything else. She gently turned until she was fully facing him, still comfortable on his lap. One arm slipped around the back

so gentle and full of

filled with deep worry. For a moment, the rest of the deck completely disappeared. He lowered his voice so only she could hear. "I need to know why my mother died giving birth to me. What if... what if

gifted wolf is inherited. But the black wolf... it doesn’t

fear right away. It wasn’t an unreasonable thought at all. But another explanation came to her just as quickly. She gently brushed a strand of

she said softly. "If she wasn’t strong enough to carry the pup of a black gifted wolf..." She let the thought finish itself. His mother may have simply been unable

him, warm and confident. "But I’m not an ordinary she-wolf. I’m different. I have

chased away the dark fear clouding his mind. Relief washed over Voren’s face. He gently rested his forehead against hers, breathing her

have to worry." A small smile finally broke through his lips, his hand found hers and held on tight. "If pregnancy would ever put your life in danger, I would never allow

don’t have to be afraid. My white

nodded. For the first time since that terrifying thought had hit him, he felt his heart

either of them could say anything more, Vladimir’s powerful voice thundered across the deck. "You will

turned toward him. His face was

"You will take me to the Season

eyes widened in pure horror. All the color drained from her face. "No!" she cried out so loudly that everyone flinched. "No... please! You can’t send me back to him!" Her breathing turned frantic and desperate. "He’ll kill

changed," he said, disgust filling his eyes. "Even now, you’re

something far more important to do. I must retrieve my late wife’s skeletal remains." Pain flashed