A Warrior's Second Chance (Faye and Alexander) novel Chapter 401

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Chapter 401

Chapter 401

FAYE

Ethan lifted his head slightly.

“I was told by my mother that Alpha Alexander asked to see me today,” he said.

And for a second, I just blinked at him.

Then-

It clicked.

The council meeting.

Alexander telling Tessa to send Ethan to him.

Today.

Right.

My lips pressed together faintly as I glanced briefly at the office door, then back at Ethan.

Another thing Alexander had set in motion before leaving.

Another thing no one had followed up on.

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person left waiting without knowing what was going on.

ddenly notic

inking everything today.

held it back.

aid.

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added.

way to put it.

Mange much, but I saw the slight flicker of confusion in his eyes.

u can go,” I said. “And co

“Alright, Luna.”

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ts on the table, and right now, that someone was me.

files–reports, notes, things that had probably passed through could count. I picked one up, scanning through it, cross–checking

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details the way I’d seen him do it before.

But my focus didn’t hold.

Every few seconds, my eyes drifted up.

To Roman.

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He had been sitting quietly at first, doing nothing, saying nothing. Just… there. Then, after a while, he stood and walked toward the shelves lining the wall. His movements were slow, unhurried, like he had all the

time in the world.

He didn’t touch the books.

He just looked at them.

Like he was studying them. Or maybe thinking. It was hard to tell with him.

Then, casually–he spoke.

“Have you read all these, Luna Faye?”

blinked, my attention snapping fully to him for the first time in a while. I shook my head.

“No,” I said, adjusting slightly in the chair. “I’ve read a few. I mean… I’ve gone through most of them at

some point, but not really read them. Not properly.”

It sounded a little messy, even to my own ears, but it was the truth.

Roman nodded once, like that answer was enough, and then went back to whatever he had been doing-

which, from where I was sitting, looked like absolutely nothing.

I lowered my gaze to the document in front of me again.

Tried to focus.

But something about the situation started to itch at the back of my mind.

Slowly at first. Then louder.

This… didn’t feel normal.

My pen tapped lightly against the paper as the thought formed more clearly.

Roman wasn’t busy.

He wasn’t working.

He wasn’t even pretending to be doing something important.

e was just here.

lith me.

ollowing me around all day. Staying in the same spaces. Watching without making it obvious, but I knew

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details the way I’d seen him do it before.

But my focus didn’t hold.

Every few seconds, my eyes drifted up.

To Roman.

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He had been sitting quietly at first, doing nothing, saying nothing. Just… there. Then, after a while, he stood

and walked toward the shelves lining the wall. His movements were slow, unhurried, like he had all the

time in the world.

He didn’t touch the books.

He just looked at them.

Like he was studying them. Or maybe thinking. It was hard to tell with him.

Then, casually–he spoke.

“Have you read all these, Luna Faye?”

I blinked, my attention snapping fully to him for the first time in a while. I shook my head.

“No,” I said, adjusting slightly in the chair. “I’ve read a few. I mean… I’ve gone through most of them at

some point, but not really read them. Not properly.”

It sounded a little messy, even to my own ears, but it was the truth.

Roman nodded once, like that answer was enough, and then went back to whatever he had been doing-

which, from where I was sitting, looked like absolutely nothing.

I lowered my gaze to the document in front of me again.

Tried to focus.

But something about the situation started to itch at the back of my mind.

Slowly at first. Then louder.

This… didn’t feel normal.

My pen tapped lightly against the paper as the thought formed more clearly.

Roman wasn’t busy.

He wasn’t working.

He wasn’t even pretending to be doing something important.

He was just here.

With me.

Following me around all day. Staying in the same spaces. Watching without making it obvious, but I knew

est, heavy and uncomfortabble

s ridiculous assignment?00 was Roman himself trying to be funny?

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end in the entire pack house. The only person he followed regularly was

training thing But Alexander wasn’t home today.

todookkbback down at the document. The numbers blurred for a second

theabought away.

ticular line I had been trying to make sense of-

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ncentration, through the fragile calm I had been holding onto

and slightly raised like he’d just pulled it back.

1. t. It started like a spark. Small. Barely noticeable.

and suffocating. My fingers curled tighter around the pen in my hand, my

nd uncontrollable surged up from deep inside me

couldn’t help myself.

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I felt heavy as the reality of what had just happened settled in

sing. How do I begin?

thought about it.

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ded anyway, even though I wasn’t’s sure he was looking at me.

than before. It pressedd down on me, filling the space he had left

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be thought made my body feel heavy again.

re I could sink any deeper into it, my phone started ringing.

sound cut through everything–sharp, sudden, pulling me back.

ked, my head turning toward where I had left it on the table.

second, I just stared at it.

I reached for it, my movements slower than usual, like I was still catching up with myself.

ked it up.

yes dropped to the screen.

ander.

itated for just a second before answering.

I picked up.

ander’s voice came through almost immediately, steady, familiar–grounding in a way I hadn’t realized

ded.

are you doing?”

allowed lightly, straightening in the chair without thinking.

fine,” I said, keeping my tone even, casual. “I’m doing well.”

words came out easily.

hadn’t just lost control minutes ago. Like my hand hadn’t been clenched tight enough to turn red.

hadn’t thrown something at someone because I couldn’t stop myself.

ldn’t tell him that.

now.

when I knew him well enough to picture exactly what his day looked like right now–moving from one

ing to another, handling responsibilities that didn’t pause just because I was… like this.

dn’t need that added on top of everything else.

pushed it down.

id it.

it about you?” I asked, shifting the focus away from myself. “How are you doing?”

e was a brief pause on his end before he answered.

v” he said

ng about the way he said it made me pause slightly like there was more he father

ink too much into it, he continued

you a text now,” he added

ed faintly, my fingers tightening slightly around the phone

zed

said “Go through it I’ll explain everything later

y made my curiosity spike

nd of message needed that kind of introduction?

dn’t question it.

said.

as a brief pause.

eady on my way,” he said. “See you soon,” he added.

” I replied softly.

le call ended.

at the screen for a second after it went blank.

ht on cue-

message came in.

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