Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever novel Chapter 374

Chapter 374: Chapter 374 - As long as we’re together, nothing else matters

What Oriana had left unsaid was that she and Vladimir had already met with the Alpha King in private long before any of this blew up. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

They’d sworn their full support for the marriage alliance and had planned to show up at Athaliah’s dinner party with Voren, and ready to find Jasmine a strong match, hoping it would make up for letting her down so badly.

Back then, everything had felt straightforward and easy to control. Voren would step up and do what was expected, the alliance would lock into place, and their family’s power and reputation would stay rock solid.

But nothing had played out the way they’d imagined. Voren had shut the whole thing down without a second thought, making it brutally clear that no one was going to map out his future for him.

Even after that hard rejection, Oriana and Vladimir had still clung to the hope that they could fix things through Jasmine. Then Seraphine walked in, and everything shattered.

Jasmine wasn’t the same. Voren wasn’t the same. All those careful plans they’d spent months weaving together started unraveling piece by painful piece.

Now Oriana felt completely trapped by the promises she’d made. As a Luna, she’d built her whole life around keeping her word. She didn’t throw promises around lightly, and the idea of breaking them filled her with deep shame.

Showing up at that dinner party just to admit that none of what she’d guaranteed was actually going to happen? The humiliation burned in her chest like acid.

That was the real reason accepting Seraphine had torn her up inside. It was never just about the girl herself. It was about all the secrets, the hidden schemes, and the commitments they’d made behind Voren’s back while thinking they were shielding him.

Even Kael had been kept completely in the dark because of how fiercely loyal he was to Voren.

Oriana knew her son better than anyone. Once Voren set his mind on something, the whole world could line up against him and he still wouldn’t budge an inch.

It was just as when he decided on dating that human girl. No amount of words could stop him until for whatever reason, he broke things off himself, only to return with a child from her.

Oriana’s eyes shimmered with raw disappointment as she stared at Seraphine, the weight of it all pressing down on her heart.

"You’ve already turned my son against me," she said, her voice thick with hurt. "Nothing I say even matters anymore."

The words hung heavy in the air between them. Her gaze lingered on Voren one final time, a flash of deep pain twisting across her face before she shoved it down.

"I hope she’s worth every bit of this sacrifice, Voren. Just like that human girl you almost married, Seraphine could also walk away from you tomorrow, run straight into another man’s arms after breaking you all over again... but you’re my only child."

Her fingers gripped the edge of her cloak so tightly the fabric bunched up. For a moment it looked like she might pour out even more of the storm raging inside her, but instead she pulled her hood up, hiding her face.

Without giving them any chance to respond, Oriana turned and walked out. The door clicked shut behind her, soft but final.

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