Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever novel Chapter 231

Chapter 231: Chapter 231 - Luna Seraphine has protection

Sleep had become a stranger to Daisy.

She lay in the dark with her eyes open and her mind going at full speed, turning the same thoughts over and over, the way your tongue keeps finding a sore tooth even when you know it’s only going to hurt.

Damon’s report about Seraphine’s success in the city had hit her somewhere tender and deep, not because it surprised her exactly, but because success like that meant visibility. And visibility meant exposure. And exposure was the one thing Daisy absolutely could not afford.

What was really keeping her awake, though, was that Seraphine had been standing right in front of Ravyn and hadn’t said a word about everything she knew about Daisy. She’d had every reason to, even the perfect opening, and yet, she’d let it pass.

The more Daisy turned that over, the more certain she became that it wasn’t mercy. It wasn’t even restraint. It was patience. Seraphine was building toward something, arranging pieces in an order Daisy couldn’t quite see yet, and that patience was scarier than any explosion would’ve been.

There was only one conclusion. Seraphine had to be stopped before whatever she was building came together.

Daisy’s mind went quickly to a name, someone inside the pack, who owed her, and would move without too many questions. Quickly, she sent the mind link before she had time to second-guess herself, her claws lengthening slowly against the sheets.

’Contact rogue assassins. Seraphine has to be gone tonight.’

The response came back fast, and the hesitation inside it made her claws press harder. ’Tonight? Who treats the paralyzed pack members if she’s gone?’

’She already made the cure,’ Daisy said through mind link, flat, and final. The voice of someone who’d run the numbers. ’She’s served her purpose. Raymond can take it from where she stopped. But if you don’t do this, and the truth about that night comes out, you won’t just be watching me go down. You’ll be right there with me.’

She paused the mind link, letting everything sink in before adding, ’Banished. Everything gone.’

She let that sit exactly one beat before adding another reminder. ’And think about Bryan. Ravyn is training him for Alpha. You want that taken from him?’

The silence stretched out just long enough to feel real, and then it broke.

’No. We’ve been waiting for Bryan, just until he’s old enough, and then Ravyn’s role doesn’t matter anymore. I’ll handle Luna Seraphine. You have my word.’

The smile that moved across Daisy’s face was slow and deeply satisfied. She’d done it before, taken a situation that should have destroyed her and turned it into the very thing that had made Ravyn hate the woman he should’ve been protecting, and she was going to finish it, clean, and final.

What she hadn’t realized was Seraphine’s absolute refusal to ever be anywhere alone as soon as she returned, even if it was just for a short while.

Hours passed. The mind link she was waiting for finally came in, and it didn’t bring what she wanted.

’Luna Seraphine has protection. Both Alpha Voren and Alpha Ravyn. The first attempt failed. But I’ve reached the real contacts. The assassin rogues. They’ll find a window when she’s alone and it’ll be done before anyone knows.’

The news settled into Daisy’s chest like something she had to physically absorb. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

’Make sure none of these traces back to me,’ she said through mind link, firmer than she felt.

’They’ve been paid well enough that they’d rather go down than give us up. As long as they catch her alone, and I mean, away from those Alphas, there’s nothing either of them can do.’

’I have to go,’ she said, cutting the mindlink.

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