A Warrior's Second Chance (Faye and Alexander) novel Chapter 381

And for a moment, I just sat there, breathing unevenly, the weight of everything I had just said settling around me.

He still hadn’t spoken.

I didn’t know what I expected.

Agreement?

Understanding?

Something softer?

I didn’t get any of it.

I suddenly felt tired of standing there, explaining myself like I was trying to convince him of something I wasn’t even fully sure of myself.

I looked away first.

My grip on the towel tightened slightly before I shifted, pushing myself off the bed.

The floor felt cold under my feet, but I barely noticed.

I just needed-

Space.

Something that didn’t feel like this.

I took a step forward.

Then another.

Behind me, I heard him shift slightly.

And then-

“Where are you going?”

I paused without looking at him. “I need air.”

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“No,” Alexander said.

I looked at him.

“No?” I repeated.

“You’re not walking away from this conversation… this is serious, Faye.”

I felt irritated immediately.

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I let out a short breath. “I’m not avoiding the conversation. I’m avoiding you. I can’t stand you right now.”

His jaw tightened.

“Really?”

I ignored him and tried to move on.

He stepped in front of me. “Faye, listen to me.”

I could hear my heart beating really fast now. “Move, Alexander.”

“We’re not done talking,” he said.

The room felt smaller.

“I said move.”

He caught my arm lightly, still trying to talk.

But the moment his hand closed around me, something flared–so fast.

My head tilted slightly, my gaze dropping to his hand like I didn’t recognize it there. His touch.

felt so wrong.

I looked back at him.

“Do you think I’m a child?” I asked.

His expression didn’t change.

“Right now? You’re acting like one.”

The words didn’t sit right with me.

Something surged through me–heat, pressure, something I couldn’t name–and it didn’t stop.

I couldn’t stop it. But I could walk away.

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I yanked my arm free harder than I needed to and turned away before it could turn into something worse.

I walked into the closet.

My hands moved without thinking, dragging clothes on. I couldn’t focus. Everything felt… loud. Inside my head, under my skin.

I needed out.

I stepped back into the room.

Alexander was still there.

Of course he was. I didn’t say a word to him. I didn’t even look at him.

I moved for the door.

“Faye-”

I didn’t answer.

I didn’t even slow down.

Then his hand caught my wrist again.

And this time-

I snapped completely.

There was no pause.

No thought.

My hand came up-

And the sound cracked through the room.

Sharp.

For a second, even I stilled.

I exhaled slowly through my nose, my hand lifting just slightly before dropping back to my side again, like the reaction had started but didn’t have anywhere to go.

Faye would never do that normally.

The way it happened.

The speed of it.

The way she didn’t hesitate.

It didn’t feel like anger alone.

I replayed it without meaning to.

The look in her eyes.

The way her hand came up-

Like she hadn’t thought about it at all.

That didn’t match anything I knew about Faye.

She didn’t lose control like that.

My gaze shifted toward the door she had just walked out of.

For a moment, I considered going after her.

The thought came naturally.

But it didn’t stay.

Because whatever that was-

Whatever just happened in this room-

Chasing her right now wouldn’t fix it.

It wouldn’t even touch it. If anything, it would push her further.

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And right now, she wasn’t just angry.

She was… something else.

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I ran my tongue briefly along the inside of my cheek, feeling the dull sting settling there now.

A quiet breath left me as I finally moved, my hand brushing once against my jaw before dropping again.

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