A Warrior's Second Chance (Faye and Alexander) novel Chapter 433

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THIRD POV

Faye was the first to break the silence.

Not because she had everything figured out.

But because she couldn’t sit there any longer and let decisions about her life keep moving around her without her voice being part of it.

“No.”

The word came out quiet at first, but steady enough to pull both their attention back to her.

She shifted slightly in her seat, her hands coming together in her lap–not in weakness, not in fear, but in grounding. She needed to stay clear–headed. Needed to think, not just react.

“I’m not okay with that,” she added.

Helen watched her carefully.

“With what part?” she asked.

Faye let out a small breath, her gaze lifting fully to meet hers.

“With you dying for me,” she said plainly.

There was no hesitation in it.

No attempt to soften the statement.

“If the binding fails,” she continued, “you die. Just like that.”

Helen didn’t interrupt.

Faye shook her head slightly.

“I don’t want that,” she said. “I won’t accept that.”

Alexander’s eyes flicked toward her briefly, something unreadable passing through his expression before he looked back at Helen.

But Faye wasn’t done.

“And what about the person you bind me to?” she added, her tone sharpening slightly now.” You keep saying ‘anchor‘ like it’s just some role–but what does that actually mean?”

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Helen inhaled slowly.

Faye leaned forward just a little.

“What if something goes wrong on their end?” she pressed. “What if the strain is too much?

What if the connection breaks? What if they die too?”

The questions came one after the other.

Not panicked.

Because these were not small details.

These were lives.

Helen didn’t answer immediately.

And that alone made the tension rise again.

Faye caught it.

Her brows pulled together faintly.

“Exactly,” she murmured. “You don’t know for sure.”

“I know enough,” Helen replied calmly.

Faye let out a quiet, humorless breath.

“That’s not reassuring.”

Alexander stepped in then.

Not loudly.

But with presence.

“The strain of the binding,” he said, his voice measured now, grounded again in control, “what does it do to the anchor?”

Helen turned her attention to him.

“It depends on the strength of the bond and the resilience of the person,” she said. “There will be pain. There will be pressure. But if the anchor is strong enough-”

“If,” Faye cut in.

Helen didn’t flinch.

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“Yes,” she said. “If.”

That word sat wrong with both of them.

Faye leaned back slightly, shaking her head.

“This is not just about me anymore,” she said. “You’re talking about putting someone else in danger too.”

Her gaze moved between them.

“I won’t be the reason someone else dies.”

Alexander watched her for a moment longer than usual.

And something in his expression shifted again.

Not conflict this time.

Decision.

He stepped forward slightly.

“That won’t be a problem,” he said.

Faye frowned faintly, looking up at him.

“What does that mean?”

Alexander didn’t hesitate.

“I’ll be the anchor.”

The words landed clean.

And for a second-

No one spoke.

Faye blinked once, like her mind hadn’t caught up yet.

Then-

“No.”

This time, it wasn’t quiet.

It was immediate.

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Sharp.

Absolute.

“No,” she repeated, shaking her head as she stood up now. “No, that’s not happening.”

Alexander didn’t react to her tone.

Didn’t step back.

Didn’t reconsider.

“It makes the most sense,” he said calmly.

Faye stared at him.

“Sense?” she echoed. “You call that sense?”

“Yes,” he said. “I’m the strongest option available. The bond between us is already established. That increases the chances of the binding holding.”

“I don’t care about the chances,” Faye snapped.

Alexander’s gaze held hers.

“I do.”

That stopped her.

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Not because she agreed.

But because she understood what he meant.

And she hated it.

“You don’t get to just decide that,” she said, her voice lower now but no less intense. “This isn’t some strategy you can just take control of and execute like everything else.”

“It’s exactly that,” he replied.

“No, it’s not,” she shot back. “This is your life too.”

“And I’m choosing how to use it,” he said.

The room went still again.

Helen watched them both quietly.

She didn’t intervene.

Because this part-

This was not hers to control.

Faye took a step closer to him now, her frustration clear, but so was something else–fear,

buried under everything else she was trying to hold together.

“You said it yourself,” she said. “There’s no guarantee this works.”

“I know,” Alexander said.

“And if it doesn’t-”

“I know,” he repeated.

Her jaw tightened.

“Then why are you acting like this is nothing?” she demanded.

“I’m not,” Alexander said.

“Then act like it matters!” she snapped.

“It does,” he said firmly. “That’s why I’m doing this.”

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Faye let out a sharp breath, turning away from him briefly as she tried to steady herself.

“This is not something you sacrifice yourself for,” she said, quieter now.

Alexander didn’t move.

“It is when it’s you,” he replied.

That landed differently.

Faye’s eyes closed for a brief second, her hands clenching at her sides before she turned

back to him.

“You don’t get to make that decision for me,” she said.

“And you don’t get to take this risk with someone else’s life,” he countered.

“I’m not taking it with yours!”

“You don’t get a say in that,” he said.

Her head snapped slightly at that.

“Excuse me?”

“I’m not asking for permission,” Alexander said. “I’m telling you what’s going to happen.”

Faye stared at him like she couldn’t believe what she was hearing.

And maybe she couldn’t.

“Blind,” she said finally, her voice quieter now, but more dangerous for it. “You’re being completely blind right now.”

Alexander didn’t react to the word.

But he didn’t deny it either.

“If that’s what it takes,” he said.

Faye shook her head slowly, disbelief settling deeper into her expression.

“This is not strength,” she said. “This is recklessness.”

“No,” he replied. “This is control.”

Her laugh came out soft.

But there was no humor in it.

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“You think you can control this?” she asked.

“I will,” he said.

Helen finally moved then.

Just slightly.

Enough to shift the focus back to her.

“The bond will be stronger between mates,” she said calmly. “He’s right about that.”

Faye turned to her.

“That doesn’t make it right,” she said.

Helen met her gaze.

“No,” she agreed. “It doesn’t make it safe either.”

A pause.

“But it does make it possible.”

That was the part that mattered.

Faye exhaled slowly, her shoulders dropping just a fraction–not in surrender, but in the weight of what she was being forced to face.

Her gaze moved back to Alexander.

Now there was something else mixed in.

Understanding.

Even if she didn’t accept it.

“You’re not thinking this through,” she said one last time.

Alexander held her gaze.

“I am.”

And that was what made it worse.

Because he meant it.

Every word of it.

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And he wasn’t going to back down.

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