Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever novel Chapter 109

Chapter 109: Chapter 109 - what the fuck has gotten into you?

Before Seraphine left for the Sovereign Circle meeting earlier that evening, Corvine had gone to meet with Emery with a few bodyguards, and the moment was something he had to tell Seraphine.

He had planned to tell her everything after the meeting ended, assuming she would come back that same night the way every club in Manhattan operated but that assumption slowly unraveled as the night stretched forward.

Corvine had stayed awake the entire time, moving between the living room and the front entrance more times than he could count while glancing occasionally at the quiet driveway outside as if expecting her car to appear at any moment.

Each passing hour made the silence inside the house feel heavier.

Eventually Corvine reached for his phone and dialed her number, expecting to hear her voice or at least receive a short explanation about why the meeting had taken so long.

Instead the call failed to connect.

The automated message informed him that the number was outside the coverage area.

At first he convinced himself that the venue must have poor signal, since the location where the Sovereign Circle held their meetings often stood far from the busier parts of the city.

He tried again later. This time the phone rang briefly before shutting off completely.

When he attempted to call hours later, the system informed him that the phone had been switched off.

That response made the quiet unease in his chest tighten further.

Seraphine rarely turned her phone off.

The thought lingered in his mind long enough that Corvine finally decided sitting around and waiting would accomplish nothing.

He grabbed his keys and drove straight to the location where the Sovereign Circle meeting had been scheduled, hoping that he would at least find someone there who could tell him whether the gathering had ended late.

What he found instead unsettled him even more.

The venue stood completely closed, the gates were locked, and the estate looked as though no one had been there at all.

Corvine stared at the silent property while a slow wave of dread crept through his chest.

His thoughts immediately turned toward Leon. Seraphine had gone to that meeting with Leon.

The possibility that something might have happened between them began pressing against his mind in ways he could not ignore.

Unfortunately, Corvine realized with growing frustration that he had never taken Leon’s number.

The oversight felt particularly irritating at that moment because it left him with only one place to search.

He drove to the hospital where Leon worked and asked around, hoping the man had reported for duty.

Instead, he learned that Leon was off duty that day. That answer left Corvine with even fewer leads than before.

The sense of unease building inside him refused to fade, and after leaving the hospital he finally pulled out his phone again and dialed his father’s number.

When the call connected, Corvine spoke immediately.

"Dad, I can’t locate Sera," he said, his voice tight with tension. "What do you know about the Sovereign Circle?"

On the other end of the line, Desmond sounded confused by the question.

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