A Warrior's Second Chance (Faye and Alexander) novel Chapter 308

Chapter 308

ROMAN

The door had barely closed behind them when the room felt… different.

Quieter… Not just empty.

Different.

I let out a slow breath and leaned back slightly against the headboard. My arm still tingled faintly where Mr. Alexander had given me the injection. It wasn’t painful. Just warm.

I pressed my fingers lightly against the spot.

It was nothing.

Just a vaccine.

That’s what he said. I had agreed to it because I didn’t want to refuse help from the only people who

seemed to be concerned about me.

For some reason, I was starting to question that decision a little. Not like I actually had a choice, though.

I was feeling weird now. I tried to focus on something ordinary–the sound of footsteps fading down the corridor, the distant clatter of dishes somewhere below. Normal sounds. Safe sounds.

Then the warmth in my arm spread.

Not sharply.

Slowly.

Like heat slipping under my skin.

I frowned and shifted my shoulder, rolling it slightly. I winced a little as I accidentally strained my injured

ribs.

My heartbeat picked up.

I swallowed.

Maybe it was anxiety. Maybe it was because I had only just realized I didn’t know what that vaccine was really for.

The warmth moved up my arm and into my chest.

My breathing changed before I understood why.

It wasn’t fast.

It was heavy.

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Like the air had thickened.

I sat up straighter.

My ears rang faintly. No… not ringing.

It was like the room had stretched.

The quiet wasn’t quiet anymore.

I could hear something in my ears.

My hand tightened against the bedsheet.

What is happening?

My pulse thudded against my ribs, harder now. Slightly painful.

The air shifted again.

And then…

My chest tightened suddenly, and I sucked in a breath that felt too deep, too wide for my lungs.

Something moved beneath my skin.

I had no idea what it was, but there was pressure.

Like something pushing against a wall inside me.

I grabbed the edge of the mattress.

My vision blurred at the edges.

I blinked hard.

The sound grew louder.

A low, distant sound that didn’t belong in walls or ceilings.

It felt like it belonged in forests.

In open spaces.

In something older than this room,

My body leaned forward without me meaning to.

I pressed my palm against my chest.

My heart wasn’t just beating.

It was pounding.

Hard enough to hurt.

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I tried to stand.

The floor tilted.

Confusion crashed through me.

I don’t understand.

My skin felt too tight.

The pressure inside me pushed again.

Harder.

My vision fractured–light splintered, shadows thickened.

I stumbled back against the bed, gripping it to keep from falling.

My breath came in broken pulls now.

Fear crept in.

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ALEXANDER

She pulled me into the corridor and released my arm only once the door shut behind us.

“How could you?” Faye demanded, her voice low but trembling with restrained anger.

I straightened my sleeve slowly. “How could I what?”

“You didn’t even tell me. You decided on your own.”

“I needed to understand the situation,” I replied evenly. “That’s my responsibility.”

“He’s not a situation, Alexander.”

“He is an unknown,” I corrected. “And unknowns are assessed.”

Her jaw tightened. “You gave him Wolfsbane.”

“You’re focusing on the wrong part on purpose,” I said. It was obvious she was surprised herself. “How about you face the reality that your so–called wolf boy didn’t react to Wolfsbane?”

Her eyes flashed,

“That doesn’t mean-”

“It means something,” I cut in. “You felt something. You were certain. Yet there was no response. No

rejection, no pain, nothing.”

She stared at me, and for a brief second, I saw it again–the doubt she didn’t want to acknowledge.

Then we both heard it.

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A thud.

Faint.

From inside the room.

Faye froze mid–breath.

Another sound followed–sharper this time. A strained, broken gasp.

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