Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever novel Chapter 238

Chapter 238: Chapter 238 – Better than Daddy

Chapter 238 – Better than Daddy

Voren kept his eyes anywhere but on Seraphine’s face, which was probably the most sensible thing he’d managed all morning. And for the first time since he’d arrived at the Centenary pack, he was genuinely grateful for Damon’s presence because Damon’s voice cut across the moment before it had a chance to fully ignite.

"Sera."

Seraphine scooped Bryan up in one clean motion, settled him against her hip like she used to do when she lived at the pack, and walked toward Damon with the unhurried authority of someone who had already made a decision and was simply letting the world catch up to it. "No matter what happens today," she said quietly, "you are driving me back to the hotel tonight."

"Not gonna happen," Voren said from somewhere behind them, his voice carrying the relaxed ease of a man with his back against the hood of his car and nothing particular to prove. Like he was reading something mildly interesting. Like this was a completely ordinary Tuesday morning.

Seraphine turned and looked at him. The look was precise. "I wasn’t talking to you."

"Neither was I." His eyes moved past her to Damon. "I was talking to him. Unless he can take me in the ring and actually win, he’s not driving you anywhere."

The arms Seraphine had around Bryan tightened before she caught herself, and she eased her hold before Bryan felt it, but the tension was real.

Something about Voren, the ease of it, the total absence of apology in the way he moved through every single space he entered, had started to feel less like confidence and more like something territorial.

Like he had quietly decided something without ever saying it out loud and was now just operating from that place, fully and without hesitation.

’Don’t be upset,’ Marsha said softly in Seraphine’s mind. ’His wolf genuinely likes us, and he’s nothing like his human.’

That was precisely the part Seraphine had no interest in hearing right now. ’I can’t let his wolf make decisions about my life.’

Bryan’s arms tightened around her neck, and something inside her unwound just slightly the way it always did when he was this close. She carried him through the doors and focused on his face. "How was your night, Bryan?"

"Bad. I had a nightmare." He looked at her with absolute seriousness. "Can you take me with you when you go back to the city?"

Something locked up tight inside her chest. She kept the smile exactly where it was. "I’d love nothing more, but you’re being trained to be an Alpha. Your place is here with your pack."

"What if I don’t want to be an Alpha?"

"You have to be, my little pup." She said it gently, without pulling away from it. "And one day, I genuinely believe this with everything I’ve got. You are going to be a great one."

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