A Warrior's Second Chance (Faye and Alexander) novel Chapter 384

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Chapter 384

ALEXANDER

“Blood…”

The word left my mouth before I realised it.

Roman was still standing there, waiting, but I wasn’t looking at him properly anymore.

Not really.

My thoughts had already pulled away.

Because what he had just said-

It didn’t feel new.

It felt familiar.

I leaned back slightly in my chair, my hand dragging once through my hair before dropping again as I tried to steady the direction my thoughts were taking.

I might be wrong.

I held onto that first.

I needed to be.

But even as I told myself that, the pieces were already forming in my head, whether I liked it

or not.

Faye’s blood.

A ritual.

The words didn’t belong together like that.

But they did.

And that was exactly what made my chest tighten.

Helen.

That was where my mind went first.

Everything she said that day came back.

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Enough for it to sit at the back of my mind now, resurfacing at the worst possible moment, aligning itself with what Roman was saying.

And then-

The Shadowfang wolf…

Different setting. Different circumstance.

But the same thread running underneath it.

Faye.

Her blood.

Something being done with it… a ritual.

Something she was tied to, whether she understood it or not.

My fingers pressed briefly against the arm of the chair, grounding myself as I forced the thoughts into something I could actually look at.

Was this really happening?

The question came without warning.

Because if Roman was right-

If what he was describing wasn’t just coincidence or a dream with no meaning-

Then this wasn’t just confusion anymore.

It wasn’t just coincidence stacked on coincidence.

It was connected.

And if it was connected…

Then it meant something I didn’t want to accept.

My jaw tightened.

… it meant Helen hadn’t been exaggerating.

It meant she had been right.

That Faye-

No matter what I had wanted to believe-

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Couldn’t simply step away from this.

Couldn’t avoid it.

Couldn’t outrun it.

Not if any of this was real.

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The thought sat heavily in my chest, refusing to shift, no matter how much I tried to push it aside.

I exhaled slowly through my nose, my gaze lowering for a moment as the weight of it settled fully into place.

Once I allowed the thought to form properly, there was no ignoring it anymore.

Helen.

I had avoided that direction for a reason.

But now-

Now it wasn’t something I could afford to avoid.

Not if Roman was right.

Not if even half of what he was saying connected to what I had already heard before.

Faye’s life might actually be in danger.

That thought anchored everything else.

Stripped away everything unnecessary.

And left only what mattered.

I leaned forward slightly, resting my forearms on my thighs.

There was no clean option here.

No comfortable one.

Just choices… and consequences.

Helen was the only one who had ever spoken about anything like this with certainty.

Too much certainty.

Things I didn’t want to believe then.

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Things I had pushed aside.

Helen was a necessary evil, whether I liked it or not.

The thought came sharply.

I let out a slow breath through my nose, the weight of that realization settling.

Helen wasn’t someone I could trust with this.

But she might be the only one who understood it.

That was the problem.

And the reason I hated the answer forming in my head.

I straightened slightly as I made the decision I didn’t want to make but couldn’t avoid

anymore.

I had to see her.

Roman’s voice pulled me out of my thoughts.

“Alpha Alexander… did I say something wrong?”

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ROMAN

I stayed where I was, waiting for whatever direction this conversation was about to take.

Alpha Alexander didn’t answer my question.

Instead, he leaned back slightly in his chair, his expression shifting into something more controlled–less reactive than before, but heavier in a way I couldn’t quite ignore.

Then he spoke.

“I have an assignment for you,” he said calmly.

I blinked once, caught slightly off guard.

An assignment.

I straightened without meaning to, my attention sharpening immediately.

“Yes, Alpha,” I replied.

He didn’t elaborate straight away, which made the pause feel longer than it actually was.

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Then he continued.

“I’ll be out of town tomorrow,” he said. “Possibly the entire day.”

My brows tightened just slightly, but I didn’t interrupt.

“I need someone to stay behind and watch over the Luna.”

That made me pause.

Just for a second.

Because I didn’t expect-

Me.

Of all people.

I hesitated before I could stop myself.

“Me?” I asked, though I already knew the answer.

His gaze lifted to me.

“Yes,” he said simply.

I was confused.

Because I wasn’t-

I wasn’t the obvious choice for something like that.

Not here.

Not in this pack.

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The Luna didn’t even need someone assigned specifically to watch her like that, and even if she did-

There were others.

Stronger.

More experienced.

People who actually knew what they were doing.

My thoughts must have shown on my face because I saw the shift in his expression before he even spoke again.

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“I would normally assign Cole,” he said.

That name made sense immediately.

Of course.

But then he continued.

“Cole is not available.”

A pause.

Then-

“In his absence, I trust you.”

That made me go still for a moment.

Because that wasn’t just about availability.

That was about judgment.

About trust.

My throat tightened slightly, and I became aware of how self–conscious I suddenly felt under his gaze.

I swallowed lightly, shifting my weight before nodding once.

“I understand,” I said.

It came out more steady than I felt.

Because on the inside, I was still trying to wrap my head around why me.

He studied me for a second longer, like he was confirming something only he could see.

Then he added, almost casually-

“Faye must not know you’ve been assigned to this.”

That made me blink.

“Understood,” I said quickly.

Because that part I understood immediately.

That was the easiest instruction so far.

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“She won’t find it funny,” Alpha Alexander added.

A faint warning hidden inside something that sounded almost neutral.

I nodded again.

“I won’t tell her,” I said.

He didn’t look like he needed further reassurance.

“You can go,” he said.

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