Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 436: You totally deserved it

Corvine knew better than almost anyone that Seraphine never saw problems the same way everybody else did. Her mind just worked on a whole different level.

While most people zeroed in on the most obvious fix, she had this incredible way of spotting paths nobody else had even dreamed of. And more often than not, her ideas ended up blowing everyone else’s out of the water.

That’s exactly why Voren was dying to hear what she was cooking up this time.

Corvine was just as hooked. He stayed quiet, watching her closely and waiting for her to lay it out.

Seraphine leaned against the yacht’s railing, her eyes following the gentle waves as they rolled across the endless ocean and softly crashed against the boat.

The peaceful rhythm almost made her jealous. How she wished real life could feel that simple and calm.

After a long moment, she finally broke the silence. "You know, Jasmine actually did an amazing job."

Both men listened without jumping in.

"She made Coco believe she’d finally found someone on the inside." A faint smile played across her lips. "That’s exactly what we needed."

Her expression turned serious again. "But if Jasmine never actually gives her anything useful, Coco’s gonna figure out she’s been played."

She let out a slow breath. "And the second that happens, she’ll start hunting for somebody else to spy on me."

Just thinking about it made everything feel way more complicated. Taking another deep breath, Seraphine kept her gaze fixed on the vast ocean. "Corvine, go get Jasmine for me."

Without asking a single question, Corvine headed over to another table where Jasmine was sitting with Madison, Einstein, and Esperanza. The four of them were chatting easily while Esperanza happily dug into yet another dessert.

Corvine leaned in close and whispered something in Jasmine’s ear. She looked surprised for a second but quickly stood up and followed him back.

The moment she arrived, Seraphine looked at her with calm confidence. "I need you to call Coco right now."

Jasmine looked at her, confused, until Seraphine laid out the plan.

"When she picks up, tell her I’ve been traveling nonstop lately but I’ll be back in a few days." Seraphine didn’t miss a beat. "Then let her know that as soon as I’m back, you’ll plant the camera in my office."

Jasmine blinked hard, a million questions flooding her mind. Wasn’t the whole point to shut Coco down? Why were they suddenly giving her hope instead?

Still, she trusted Seraphine completely, so she kept her mouth shut. If Sera had a plan, there had to be a good reason behind it.

Quietly pulling out her phone, Jasmine dialed Coco’s number and activated the speaker.

Coco answered almost instantly. "Jasmine," she said, her voice dripping with obvious excitement. "I knew you wouldn’t let me down."

Jasmine suddenly felt a wave of nerves hit her. Her fingers tightened around the phone so hard it almost hurt. For a split second she nearly tripped over her own words.

Seraphine noticed right away and gave her a reassuring nod. That small gesture was enough to steady her.

"I’ve been trying to find the perfect moment," Jasmine explained, sounding totally natural. "Sera’s been traveling like crazy these past few days, so I haven’t had a chance to get into her office."

She swallowed before continuing. "But she’ll be back in a few days. The second she does, I’ll plant the camera."

There was a short pause on the other end. Then Coco let out a soft, satisfied laugh. "Good."

She sounded completely pleased. "I wanted it done sooner, but I can wait a little longer." Her voice turned warmer, almost sweet. "And once it’s done, I’ll make you a star, Jasmine."

Jasmine scoffed internally before responding. "I understand."

The second the call ended, she dropped the phone like it was burning her hand.

did great." Pure

head back now," Seraphine told her gently, Jasmine nodded and

arms high overhead before letting out a big, sleepy yawn. "I’ll take

grin spreading across his face.

thinking, she snatched the closest thing, a tablet, and hurled it straight at

smack him. He looked down at the tablet and let out

head with an amused smile. "Seriously, be careful throwing stuff around. This thing’s got

hard.

was only telling the truth," he shot back, his

before turning to Corvine. "So this

clicked into place. At first Voren had figured Corvine was just interested in Jasmine romantically. Now he saw there’d been way more to it

expression grew more thoughtful. "She’s naturally pretty timid. I also think someone really messed with

make her own choices, she turns into a completely different person. Don’t get me wrong. She’s pretty, but her ambitions don’t

more impressed by the second. "I gotta admit..." He looked at Corvine with real respect shining in his eyes.

learned all those people skills from my Luna." His eyes drifted toward Seraphine with warmth. "My best friend.

genuine admiration. "She always sees things from an angle the rest of us completely miss. Because of that, she usually gets results nobody

to another familiar face. "Take Zane, for example." He shook his head with a smile. "I never thought I’d see the day

spiked immediately. "What

same moment, the loud thumping of helicopter blades sliced through the ocean air. Everyone looked

started climbing aboard one by one. Vladimir, Nessa, Desmond, Kylie, Humphrey, Olivia.

pulled in a deep breath. "Guess it’s our turn to get

her. For some reason she couldn’t shake, she kept imagining the worst, like something awful was waiting

say another word, two phones started ringing at the

at his

him, Seraphine looked down

- How could you do this to

his eyes narrowing the second he saw the name on

After everything that had gone down, he could already picture

answering, he shoved the phone back into his pocket

call and pressed the phone to her ear. "Damon? What’s

second. "Sera, tell me something first," he said, his voice unusually

surprise. "What makes

flying

quick glance at Voren before activating the

back some doctor with special powers. People are calling him Doctor Ash or something like

still don’t think there’s a better doctor than you, but Ravyn is over the moon. He actually believes this Doctor

quiet,

he’s going to contact Voren and ask him to bring Doctor Ash here to treat

turning ice cold. So that was Ravyn’s big plan. Good thing he hadn’t bothered answering

worst part," Damon added, sounding almost exhausted now. "Daisy caused another chemical

and wasn’t

you left behind is already completely used up." He sighed heavily. "The

then she embarrassed herself running around the pack like a maniac. People

Seraphine listened in silence.

Moon Festival." Damon sounded almost amused. "He thinks officially making Daisy his Luna will magically fix

help scoffing loudly. Ravyn was

for a moment

"Hm?"

to tell you

tone turned dead serious. "You have

"Voren and

end of the line for