Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 458 - Fight for your man!

Those honest words settled something deep inside Voren. He searched her face hard, hunting for even the tiniest hint of deceit or manipulation, but there was none, just pure sincerity shining through.

’She’s harmless,’ Bloodfang’s deep voice rumbled inside his mind.’Let her.’

After a brief moment, Voren finally loosened up his guard a little. Athaliah slowly raised her hand again, and this time he didn’t stop her.

Her palm rested lightly against the left side of his hard chest, right over his heart. She closed her eyes, and the whole room got so quiet you could hear every single breath they took.

A few seconds later, her eyes opened slowly. She pulled her hand back without saying a word and returned to the sofa she’d been sitting on earlier.

For the first time since she’d walked into the room, that unbreakable confidence she always carried had vanished. In its place was this quiet, genuine admiration that lit up her expression.

"How..." She stared at Voren with real amazement sparkling in her eyes. "How have you held onto feelings that strong for so many years? It’s almost impossible."

She shook her head slowly, still blown away. "I’ve never sensed anything like it before." Her eyes softened with warmth. "I honestly want to meet the woman who managed to capture the heart of someone as powerful as you."

There wasn’t even a drop of jealousy in her voice, just pure respect that felt real. "She must be truly extraordinary." Not even her love wolf could capture Voren’s heart and yet, some mysterious she-wolf did it so easily.

The tension that had been knotted up in Voren’s shoulders gradually eased off, and that irritation he’d been carrying since the conversation started quietly melted away.

Bloodfang had been right. Athaliah wasn’t some kind of threat. There was nothing wrong with loving someone deeply.

something anyone could

she refused to accept it and kept pushing anyway. But she wasn’t

and had

real smile finally broke across Voren’s face, not forced this time. Kael’s words from

then he hadn’t cared enough to dig into it, but now it all made sense. She truly wasn’t anything like

voice carrying a warmth that had been missing the entire

deepened just a touch. "That is... if you pay close enough

by a knowing little smile. "So that’s your clue." She gave him a respectful nod.

"And... I’m sorry for taking up so much

roar stopped her cold. "What kind of nonsense is this?" King Jaron’s deep exploded through the room like

his feet, his face

heavy across Athaliah’s face as she

said, her words quiet but cutting deep. They didn’t need to be loud. Her calm strength spoke volumes. "I

than any anger ever could. "I’m smart.

step toward the door, eyes locked on her father. "I don’t need

like every other she-wolf... I

myself by chasing after a man whose heart already belongs to someone

for another word from him, she walked out of the room with her

through the pack house. Warriors rushed past the doorway yelling. "Move!" someone shouted from outside.

their feet at the exact same moment. Voren’s first thought wasn’t the

their mind link, his chest squeezing tight with a heavy wave