A Warrior's Second Chance (Faye and Alexander) novel Chapter 410

Chapter 410

FAYE

I didn’t realize when it happened.

One moment, I was still standing there–tense, guarded, holding onto my anger like it was the only thing keeping me steady.

And the next…

Something in me just… loosened.

It wasn’t dramatic.

It wasn’t sudden enough to name.

But I felt it.

The tight grip I had on everything–on my thoughts, my reactions, my need to fight back–started to slip, little by little, as Alexander’s words settled somewhere deeper than I expected them to.

I stayed quiet, but inside….

They were getting to me.

More than I wanted them to.

Because the worst part was-

He wasn’t wrong.

I had lost myself.

Somewhere along the way, between everything that had happened, everything I had been dealing with, everything I had been trying to carry without breaking… I had lost the part of me that used to stand firm no matter what.

I knew it.

I had known it for a while now.

And I had tried–goddess, I had tried–to find my way back to it.

To feel like myself again.

But it always felt just out of reach.

Like I could see it, almost touch it, but never fully get there.

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Something about the way he said it…

The way he looked at me when he said it…

It didn’t feel like empty encouragement.

It felt like he actually believed it… believed in me.

Nova stirred.

We can do this.

My breath caught slightly.

Because that…

That was something I hadn’t felt in a while either.

And before I could even process it fully-

Alexander smirked.

“She’s not wrong.”

For a second, I just blinked at him.

Confused.

Caught off guard.

Then a small laugh slipped out of me before I could stop it.

Soft at first.

Then a little more.

And somehow-

Tears followed.

I didn’t even know when they started.

They just… did.

Sliding down my face as I laughed again, shaking my head slightly at how ridiculous it must looked from the outside.

But I didn’t care.

Not right now.

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Before I could think too much about it, I stepped forward and wrapped my arms around him.

Tight.

It caught him off guard–I felt it—but only for a second.

Then he held me back.

And I let myself stay there.

Just for a moment.

“I love you,” I said, my voice quieter now, but steady.

His response came just as easily.

“I know. I love you too.”

That made me laugh again.

A little breathless this time as I pulled back, wiping at my face lightly before looking up at him.

Then-

My attention shifted.

Back to my hand.

To that spot.

I stared at it.

I kept staring at it for a second longer before I finally looked back up at him.

“What are we going to do?” I asked.

The question came out quieter than I expected.

Alexander didn’t hesitate.

“We’ll figure it out.”

That was all he said, like that was enough. I couldn’t blame him, because I knew no one had any real answer at the moment.

I let it be.

And the truth was-

I didn’t need him to say anything right now.

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Because I knew too.

There weren’t many ways this could go.

Not really.

I took a slow breath, letting it out carefully as I pushed that thought aside for now.

One thing at a time.

Then, almost instinctively, he shifted the conversation.

“You probably thought I was kidding when I said she was with me, right?”

He was talking about Helen.

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“Of course. How did you even get her to come here?” I asked, tilting my head slightly. “And actually listen to you about this?”

That… felt like a bigger mystery.

After everything.

After the distance.

After the way things had been between them.

Alexander’s expression didn’t change much.

He just said it.

“begged her.”

I blinked.

“What?”

There was no way I heard that right.

He gave a small, almost careless shrug.

“You should keep that information to yourself,” he added. “Inside and outside the territory.”

I stared at him.

Actually stared, then I laughed.

Trying to process the fact that he had just said that so casually.

“You… beg?”

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I raised an eyebrow in disbelief.

“Wow,” I said, shaking my head slightly.

He was trying not to laugh.

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“You’re right,” I added, a small smile forming despite everything. “That definitely cannot leave this room. That would be a full scandal.”

That got a reaction out of him.

A real one.

And just like that—

We were laughing.

Not because anything was funny. Nothing could be funny with the situation on the ground.

But for a moment, it gave us space.

Something lighter to hold onto.

Alexander exhaled softly and glanced toward the door.

“We should go out,” he said.

I nodded.

Yeah.

We probably should.

Before everything came crashing back in again.

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