Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 456: Chapter 456 - You won’t turn down an offer like this... will you?

A satisfied grin spread across Jaron’s face. "Let me finish this out." To anyone else, he looked exactly like the noble, respected ruler every pack looked up to. But to Voren, the whole conversation was already turning into this exhausting, draining ordeal that grated on his nerves.

"I have no plans to carry the title of Alpha King with me to my grave," Jaron went on, picking up his glass again and swirling that dark red wine slowly, almost dramatically. "You know the title wasn’t something I inherited. It was given to me out of pure respect from all the packs."

His eyes locked onto Voren’s. "When it comes to wealth and business, you’re already miles ahead of me." The compliment rolled off his tongue easy and natural. "But authority... the real authority that comes with being Alpha King blows everything else out of the water."

Voren stayed completely silent, because honestly, titles and crowns had never meant jack to him. Power wasn’t something he chased after like some desperate prize.

King Jaron must’ve taken that silence as a sign of interest, because he kept rolling. "My son Jasper claims to have already found a she-wolf who’s completely stolen his heart."

The corners of his mouth lifted in this proud-dad kind of way. "If he really decides to settle down with her, I won’t even wait for the Blood Moon Festival to name him the next Alpha of the Silver Moon Pack."

He took another sip of wine and set the glass down, letting the room get even quieter, the tension building thick in the air.

"However..." His eyes bored right into Voren’s, full of purpose. "The title of Alpha King won’t be going to Jasper."

For the first time since they’d started talking, a flicker of real curiosity crossed Voren’s face. Up until now, Jaron had been holding both titles at once. He was the Alpha of the Silver Moon Pack and the Alpha King that every other pack answered to.

Now he wanted to split them apart. It didn’t take a genius to figure out why. As much as he loved his son, he wasn’t about to leave his daughter Athaliah with nothing.

continued, his voice full of that quiet, rock-solid confidence, "I’m sure you get exactly where I’m coming from." His fingers rested lightly

Voren. "If I handed both titles over to Jasper, what

answer hung there, obvious

across Jaron’s face. "So I’ve already made up my mind on this." He straightened up proudly, chest out like he was making the biggest announcement of the year. "The man who marries Athaliah will be the one who inherits the title of Alpha

could ever dream of grabbing, the

as he studied Voren’s unreadable expression, searching for any crack. "You

icy coldness in his eyes stayed

he answered, his voice steady and even, "you should’ve figured out right then and there that I’ve got zero interest in your daughter, or

no hesitation, no sugarcoating,

Jaron frowned deeply, his face

than worthy of that

than impressed. "Maybe I am," he said with a careless shrug of his broad shoulders. "But with

heavy silence

Voren over the years, and every single one

ever dream of grabbing. It

around his wineglass, knuckles going a little white. "You haven’t even met

Voren, that confident look had slammed right back onto his face. "Trust me on this. The moment you

shook his head slowly,