A Warrior's Second Chance (Faye and Alexander) novel Chapter 353

ALEXANDER

Silence stretched for a moment after Mason’s accusation, thick and uncomfortable.

I didn’t take my eyes off him.

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I knew that look. The performance. The way his voice carried just enough fear to sound believable. I had seen it before–just not in front of this many witnesses.

But knowing and proving were two different things.

And right now, I had nothing.

I shifted my gaze slowly across the crowd. “Is what Mason said true?” I asked, my voice calm, but loud enough.

There was hesitation.

A flicker of unease.

Then-

“Yes, Alpha.”

“It’s true.”

“He just attacked.”

One after another, they echoed the same thing. No one stepped forward. No one contradicted it.

Not a single voice in Roman’s defense.

My jaw tightened slightly.

I didn’t miss the way Roman stiffened beside me, how his shoulders sank just a fraction. He didn’t argue.

Didn’t even try.

That alone told me more than anything they had just said.

I exhaled slowly, forcing my expression to remain neutral.

Roman hadn’t just lost control–he had never had control to begin with. His wolf had surfaced like this for

the first time, violently, without warning. Instinct had taken over. That much was obvious.

And yet…

I couldn’t stand here and openly take his side.

Not without proof that he was triggered.

Not when the entire pack was watching.

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I turned to him fully, my voice sharpening just enough. “Roman.”

He straightened immediately, even now.

“Go to my office,” I said. “Wait for me there.”

He didn’t hesitate.

Didn’t question.

n’t try to defend himself.

wed his head slightly. “Yes, Alpha.”

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turned and walked away, his sto steady, but I could see it–the weight in them. The shame. Th

sion.

atched him go for a minute lor

Mason stepped forward almos

“Alpha, this isn’t something t

attacked pack members. Th

I didn’t respond.

He took that as encour

“There need to be c

That was enough

cessary before I pulled my attention back to the rest of the

seizing the moment.

verlooked,” he said, his voice louder now, more confident. “Hi

hing we can just ignore.”

added. “Justice for what he did.”

I turned my he

“Be careful

Mason st

I ste

with a look that wiped the rest of his words clean out of his mouth.

ut edged. “You don’t tell me what needs to be done.”

hatever confidence he had faltering under the weight of it.

aze sweep across everyone present this time.

pened here,” I said, my voice rising just enough to carry clearly across the yard.

how this started.”

ntinued, more firmly now, “whoever is responsible will be punished accordingly.”

over them, watching as unease

expressions.

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Then I turned without another word.

By the time I got back to my office, my thoughts were already moving ahead of me.

I pushed the door open.

Roman was there.

Standing.

Exactly where I expected him to be.

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He was near the desk, posture straight and tense, like he had been waiting for a verdict rather than a conversation. His eyes flicked up the moment I walked in, and for a second, I caught it–he was bracing

himself.

For punishment.

For judgment.

For whatever came next.

I closed the door behind me quietly, letting the silence settle for a beat.

Then I walked past him.

“Sit.”

The word was simple.

Calm.

But it made him pause.

I saw it–the slight hesitation and confusion. He hadn’t expected that.

Still, he didn’t question it.

I held his gaze.

“And then you stopped. Why?”

Roman frowned, thinking.

Actually thinking.

“I…” he started, then shook his head slightly. “I don’t know.”

His confusion looked genuine.

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“I wasn’t… thinking,” he admitted. “Everything was just-” he exhaled sharply, searching for the words.”

Noise.”

His hands flexed slightly against his thighs.

“I couldn’t control who I went for,” he said. “Or who I didn’t.”

He looked back at me.

“So I don’t know why that happened.”

I held his gaze for a second longer.

Then I nodded once.

But it wasn’t the answer I was looking for.

Not really.

Because I knew what I saw.

That wasn’t random.

That wasn’t coincidence.

That was some kind of recognition.

Subtle… instinctive.

The kind that didn’t come from thought–but from something deeper.

I leaned back in my chair, my mind already moving through it.

I knew what it meant to lose control.

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But sometimes…even in that state… there were still lines. Still instincts that held.

There were people I wouldn’t touch.

People my wolf recognized.

My pack… even if it was outside the territory.

So why…

I stilled.

A thought forming before I could stop it.

Was it possible…?

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