Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever novel Chapter 299

Chapter 299: Chapter 299 – Ravyn was stronger

"You’re wrong," Voren said after thinking it over for a second. The smile that crossed Seraphine’s face didn’t reach her eyes at all.

It was one of those fake smiles you give when something isn’t funny but you still have to nod along anyway. Like all the puzzle pieces finally clicking into place, leaving you with nothing but a quiet, unsurprising realization that you probably should’ve seen this coming from a mile away.

"I didn’t see any real chance between us until I came to get you from the pack," he continued. "The second Corvine told me you had gone there, I called Ravyn. Once he confirmed it, something inside me just couldn’t let you stay around him."

"Honestly, I didn’t even know what that feeling was until Bloodfang suddenly took a liking to your wolf. The moment we kissed, hope rushed through me again, but I was ready to take things slow."

"If you hadn’t been at the hospital taking care of Marigold that day, this whole situation would’ve dragged out even longer because you still weren’t letting me in."

Seraphine shook her head slowly. "Voren, what you’re asking for isn’t simple at all."

"Marigold loves you," Voren interrupted, like that one fact wrapped everything up perfectly. Like a five-year-old’s love was some kind of unbreakable contract that ended the whole conversation. "I honestly don’t understand what’s so complicated about it."

Seraphine swallowed hard. The whole thing felt heavy in her throat. Not because she didn’t love Marigold back, she did, in that scary, immediate way that didn’t make any logical sense, but because there were still things, she thought Voren didn’t know about.

Heavy things that sat right on her chest and made his clean, neatly packaged offer feel impossible to accept.

Becoming Marigold’s legal mother would automatically tie her even closer to Voren, and they had already crossed so many lines.

"Someone saved my life at the Bohemian Grove," she said quietly. "I owe him everything. My life, specifically."

Voren went completely still beside her on the bed.

Then he made this low sound in his throat, not quite a laugh, more like pure disbelief.

"You’re telling me that if this guy asked you to marry him, you’d just do it? Just like that? Because he saved your life?"

Seraphine looked at him steadily. "A life for a life. That’s how I’ve always handled things, and I’m not gonna pretend it’s any different now."

Something passed across Voren’s face. She watched him think it through, that sharp, calculating side of him that understood power plays and leverage perfectly.

If she had died from the wolfbane poisoning that night, would he even be here making this offer?

Voren turned fully toward her, and when he spoke again, every sharp edge had disappeared from his voice.

"Sera." He waited until she met his eyes. "I already took care of that night. Whatever debt you think you still owe anyone from the Bohemian Grove, you don’t owe that man anything anymore."

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