Chapter 168: Chapter 168 – So kind of charm that makes n fold
By the ti Seraphine got into the passenger seat, there was a lightness in her mood that hadn’t been there earlier, like so of the pressure weighing on her had finally eased, and the mont she told Corvine about Zane coming on board, his reaction ca fast and unfiltered.
"Do you have so kind of charm that makes n fold the second they see you, or is there sothing I’m missing here?" Corvine asked, glancing at her with a teasing grin that made it clear he wasn’t entirely joking.
He still couldn’t wrap his head around it, because soone like Zane wasn’t the type to bend easily, yet sohow, Seraphine had gotten him to agree to walk away from everything and start over, all because she saved his father.
Seraphine leaned back slightly, a knowing smile on her lips as she replied, "Isn’t that the sa reason you’re here with , or should I assu I used that sa charm on you too?"
Corvine let out a short laugh, shaking his head as the tension in the car faded into sothing more familiar and easy between them.
As the conversation settled, Seraphine pulled her laptop toward her and began going through the information Voren had ntioned about the bombs hidden within Santiago’s fortress, her focus sharpening as she worked through the details, because whenever Corvine was driving, she treated that ti as an opportunity to either get a quick rest or push through more work, and this ti, her mind refused to slow down.
She didn’t even notice how much ti had passed until the car ca to a stop, the subtle halt pulling her attention away from the screen.
"We’ve got company," Corvine said, Seraphine looked up imdiately.
Daisy’s parents, Einstein and Madison.
Seraphine closed her laptop without a word and handed it to Corvine before stepping out of the car, her movents calm but guarded as she faced them directly.
"How did you find my address?" she asked, her voice steady but edged with tension she wasn’t trying to hide.
She had always cared about them, had always seen them as more than just Daisy’s parents because of how Madison had treated her over the years, but after everything Daisy and Ravyn had done to her daughter, her emotions had beco complicated, tangled in a way she couldn’t easily sort through.
"It wasn’t easy," Madison admitted, her voice carrying both relief and exhaustion. "We had to reach out to Alpha Humphrey and practically beg before he agreed to give us your address."
She took a small step forward, her expression filled with regret as she continued, "Sera, I had no idea what Daisy had been doing all this ti until Alpha Ravyn contacted Einstein and told him everything."
Seraphine studied her for a mont, and slowly, so of the tightness in her chest eased, because nothing about Madison or Einstein seed different, and they still looked like the sa people she had known before, the sa warmth, the sa sincerity that had once made her feel like she belonged sowhere.
"It’s not your fault," Seraphine said after a brief pause, her voice softening just slightly. "I was hurt by everything Daisy did, and that’s why I—"
"You stopped sending the dicines and vitamins," Madison finished for her gently, her eyes glistening as she nodded. "And honestly, we understood, because anyone in your position would have done the sa."
She let out a quiet breath before adding, "But you still kept sending us money even after finding out everything, and we only realized that later when Kylie told us, which made it even harder to process."
Her voice broke slightly as she continued, emotion spilling through despite her effort to hold it together. "Sera, I still can’t believe that I gave birth to soone who could do sothing like that, and I am so sorry for everything she put you through, so please... forgive ."
Einstein stood firmly beside her, his presence steady as he spoke up with quiet resolve. "I already made it clear to Alpha Ravyn that we are cutting all ties with Daisy, because what she did is sothing we can never stand behind."
Seraphine’s brows drew together slightly at that, a flicker of sothing complicated passing through her eyes, because while her own mother had never given her the care she needed, Madison had filled that space in ways that still ant sothing to her, and yet, the reality remained that Daisy, their daughter, had been the one causing her pain all along.
"You don’t have to do that because of ," Seraphine said seriously, her gaze moving between them. "Daisy is still your daughter no matter what she’s done."
Einstein shook his head without hesitation, his voice firm as he responded, "And so are you, because we haven’t forgotten everything you did for her over the years."
His words carried weight as he continued, each detail bringing back mories Seraphine had long tried to bury.
"With her condition and her rare blood type, you were the one who kept donating blood to keep her alive, you were the one who stayed by her side through everything, you shared your life with her without holding anything back, and after all of that, she turns around and takes your ho from you, so no, we cannot support that no matter how we look at it."
For a mont, Seraphine found herself pulled back into those mories, the sacrifices she had made for Daisy rising to the surface in a way she hadn’t allowed herself to think about in a long ti, and if not for her parents standing there reminding her, she might have continued to ignore it entirely.
There had even been a ti when she wondered if they had known about Daisy’s actions all along, if they had silently supported it, but standing here now, it was clear that they hadn’t.
"I’m sorry I haven’t kept in touch," Seraphine said after a mont, her tone calr now, though still carrying a hint of the exhaustion she had been pushing through. "Things have been overwhelming lately, but we shouldn’t be standing out here like this, so let’s go inside and talk properly."
Madison, however, shook her head almost imdiately, stopping her from moving forward, and what she said next stirred sothing deep within Seraphine, sothing unexpected and quietly emotional that she wasn’t prepared for.
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