Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever novel Chapter 291

Chapter 291: Chapter 291 - Can you kiss me again?

Voren pulled the phone away from his ear after a minute.

"A spell?" The word came out flat, like he was testing whether saying it out loud would make it sound less insane. It didn’t. If anything, it sounded even crazier hanging in the air between them. "How is that even possible?"

He stood there another long second, clearly working through it all behind those dark eyes of his.

You could almost see the gears turning, trying to fit this new piece into a puzzle he thought he already understood.

Then something settled in him, not peace exactly, but more like a solid decision clicking into place. He lowered the phone to his side and walked straight toward Seraphine.

He stopped close. Close enough that she had to tilt her chin up a little just to keep holding his gaze.

Voren’s eyes moved over her face slowly, not with that usual sharp, measuring look he gave everyone else, but something rawer.

Guilt sat there. Confusion too. Both of them right on the surface where she could actually see them for once.

"Sera." His voice dropped low, almost rough around the edges. "Do you trust me?"

She didn’t hesitate, and that surprised her a little. The answer came out steady. "Yes."

Something flickered across his expression, just barely, just enough to notice. He gave one slow nod, like he was letting that sink in.

"Do you want to remember?"

"Yes." That one came out even faster, more feeling behind it than she’d meant to let show. It surprised her how badly she did want it, how much the hole in her head suddenly felt unbearable.

The corner of his mouth moved, not quite a full smile, but close. Soft in a way she wasn’t used to seeing from him at all. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"Then close your eyes."

Her mind threw up about four different questions right away, but she swallowed every single one of them and closed her eyes like he asked. The room felt quieter somehow, heavier with anticipation.

She heard him move before she felt him, his Alpha aura, the way the space around her changed, and then his hands found her waist and pulled her in. Steady. Sure. Like this was something normal, and her body, the traitor, leaned right into it before her brain could even start overthinking.

"Sera." His voice was right there above her now, low and intimate. "Try to remember. This would work better back at the pack but let’s give it a try here first."

She opened her mouth to ask why the pack would make any difference at all, but she never got the question out.

His lips came down on hers, and whatever she’d been about to say completely dissolved. She’d parted her lips to speak, and that small opening was all it took.

The kiss deepened on its own, unhurried, like he had nowhere else to be and no intention of rushing through this moment. For about three full seconds, her mind went blissfully quiet.

Then it started.

Images, fragments, began pushing their way up through the darkness behind her eyes. Blurry at the edges, colors slightly off like old photographs left too long in the sun.

A laugh she recognized as her own. Tall trees swaying overhead. His voice, younger and lighter. Her small hand wrapped in someone much bigger.

They came faster and faster, each one hitting harder, and with every flash came the pressure building behind her eyes, filling her skull until it wasn’t just pressure anymore.

It was pain, sharp and real, like something deep inside her head was being forced open after years of staying locked tight.

Her palm slammed against his chest, and she pushed hard.

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