Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Corvine reacted lightning fast, catching it smoothly before it could smack him. He looked down at the tablet and let out a dramatic sigh. ”You’re lucky I’ve got such fast reflexes.”

He held it up, shaking his head with an amused smile. ”Seriously, be careful throwing stuff around. This thing’s got priceless information on it.”

Seraphine rolled her eyes hard. ”You totally deserved it.”

”I was only telling the truth,” he shot back, his grin getting even bigger.

Voren couldn’t hold back a faint smile before turning to Corvine. ”So this is why you kept pushing me to give Jasmine another chance?”

Everything finally clicked into place. At first Voren had figured Corvine was just interested in Jasmine romantically. Now he saw there’d been way more to it the whole time.

Corvine nodded. ”I’ve been watching her for a while now.” His expression grew more thoughtful. ”She’s naturally pretty timid. I also think someone really messed with her head in the past.”

His voice softened. ”But when she’s free to make her own choices, she turns into a completely different person. Don’t get me wrong. She’s pretty, but her ambitions don’t match mine.”

Voren pressed his lips together, growing more impressed by the second. ”I gotta admit...” He looked at Corvine with real respect shining in his eyes. ”You’re very different from most guys I’ve met.”

Corvine chuckled. ”Don’t start complimenting me too soon.” He rubbed the back of his neck. ”I learned all those people skills from my Luna.” His eyes drifted toward Seraphine with warmth. ”My best friend. My sister, Sera.”

He continued, his voice full of genuine admiration. ”She always sees things from an angle the rest of us completely miss. Because of that, she usually gets results nobody expects.”

His thoughts wandered to another familiar face. ”Take Zane, for example.” He shook his head with a smile. ”I never thought I’d see the day when he’d actually be working with us.”

Voren’s curiosity spiked immediately. ”What happened?”

Corvine began to narrate Zane’s connection to Daisy and almost the exact same moment, the loud thumping of helicopter blades sliced through the ocean air. Everyone looked up. The chopper had arrived.

As it hovered into position, the first group started climbing aboard one by one. Vladimir, Nessa, Desmond, Kylie, Humphrey, Olivia. They boarded quickly.

Seraphine watched them go, then quietly pulled in a deep breath. ”Guess it’s our turn to get ready.”

The confidence in her voice couldn’t completely hide the uneasy feeling twisting inside her. For some reason she couldn’t shake, she kept imagining the worst, like something awful was waiting for them out there.

Before anyone could say another word, two phones started ringing at the exact same time.

Voren glanced at his screen. Ravyn.

Right beside him, Seraphine looked down at hers. Damon.

Chapter 437 - How could you do this to me?

Voren glanced down at his ringing phone, his eyes narrowing the second he saw the name on the screen. Ravyn.

He had zero interest in picking up that call. After everything that had gone down, he could already picture exactly what Ravyn wanted.

Instead of answering, he shoved the phone back into his pocket and turned his full attention to Seraphine.

She answered her own call and pressed the phone to her ear. ”Damon? What’s going on?”

Damon didn’t waste a single second. ”Sera, tell me something first,” he said, his voice unusually serious. ”Are you dating Voren?”

Seraphine blinked in surprise. ”What makes you ask that?”

”There are rumors flying all over the pack.”

She shot a quick glance at Voren before activating the speaker for him to have a good laugh

”They’re saying Voren brought back some doctor with special powers. People are calling him Doctor Ash or something like that.” Damon let out a small laugh.

”I still don’t think there’s a better doctor than you, but Ravyn is over the moon. He actually believes this Doctor Ash can save all the warriors affected by the chemical explosion.”

Seraphine stayed quiet, letting him continue.

”He’s been telling everyone he’s going to contact Voren and ask him to bring Doctor Ash here to treat them.”

Voren folded his arms, his face turning ice cold. So that was Ravyn’s big plan. Good thing he hadn’t bothered answering the damn call.

”Oh, and that’s not even the worst part,” Damon added, sounding almost exhausted now. ”Daisy caused another chemical explosion.”

Seraphine already knew that and wasn’t surprised at all.