A Warrior's Second Chance (Faye and Alexander) novel Chapter 462

Chapter 462

If they let me walk freely around the pack right now, I honestly didn’t know what would happen if I shifted again. I might run off.

I couldn’t afford to do that to her.

I shook my head. It was weird how I was still concerned about her even how. Her safety came before my thirst for revenge.

I leaned my head back slowly against the wall behind me.

My breathing felt uneven again now.

Stonevale wolves spent years looking down on me.

Years.

Because I had no wolf.

Because I was considered defective.

Weak.

Unworthy of carrying Alpha blood.

I remembered the looks now.

The whispers, the pity, the mockery.

Even after my father died-no wonder they easily let Darren have his way. I was useless to them anyway. Nobody truly expected me to challenge for anything,

Not with Darren standing there.

Not with me being “cursed.”

A dry laugh nearly escaped me.

Cursed.

The word itself felt disgusting now.

My hands curled into fists instantly.

No wonder it was easy for them to believe I murdered my own parents. What else would a cursed wolf do?

Darren.

Just thinking his name made rage surge through me so violently that my breathing changed again.

I remembered his face.

His smirk, his voice.

Darren murdered them… my parents.

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Framed me for it.

Then altered my memories afterward so thoroughly that I couldn’t even mourn them.

That was the cruelest part

Not even the exile.

Not the humiliation.

Not being treated like trash afterward.

No.

The cruelest part was that they stole my grief too.

I couldn’t mourn people I didn’t remember.

Couldn’t properly hate the men who destroyed my life because they buried the truth so deeply inside my own head.

And now that everything had returned-

It felt like losing my parents all over again.

“Roman.”

I turned sharply as I heard Luna Faye’s voice.

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Chapter 462

Chapter 462

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The moment Roman heard me say his name, he turned.

For a second, neither of us moved.

The silence between us felt strange now.

Heavy.

It wasn’t that I suddenly believed all the horrible things the pack was already beginning to whisper about him upstairs.

But because something had changed.

Something huge.

And both of us knew it.

I slowly stepped closer to the cell.

Roman immediately pushed himself off the bench the moment I fully approached.

He still looked exhausted.

His hair was damp from sweat, his chest still rising unexenly beneath the dim light of the holding area.

But now that he was standing properly in front of me

I could see it more clearly.

The difference.

It wasn’t just the fact that he had shifted.

Or the fact that he was apparently an alpha… according to what Alexander was saying.

No.

Something about the way he carried himself had changed completely.

Like he was done being small.

Roman walked toward the bars slowly until only the cell door separated us.

For a moment, he just looked at me quietly.

Then he asked softly,

“What are you doing here, Luna?”

The question made me exhale faintly.

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Honestly?

twasn’t entirely sure myself.

I just knew I couldn’t sleep after everything that happened upstairs.

I couldn’t stop thinking about him

About everything.

About the look on his face in the compound.

And more than anything-

I couldn’t stop thinking about how silent he had been through all of it.

Roman always tried to explain himself before.

Always.

Even when nobody believed him.

Even when people mocked him.

Even when the elders insulted him openly.

Especially if Alexander was the one asking.

But tonight-

He accepted everything without defending himself once.

That unsettled me.

I stopped directly in front of the cell now.

“I came to hear from you,” I answered honestly.

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Roman held my gaze for another moment before letting out a quiet breath.

Then unexpectedly, he asked,

“What else do you want to know?”

His voice sounded calm.

“What if they’re right? Have you considered that?”

I frowned slightly.

Roman continued before I could speak.

“What if I truly am evil?”

The words made my stomach turn immediately

“What if I’ve been pretending all along?” he added quietly. “Pretending to be weak. Pretending not to remember anything”

His eyes stayed fixed on mine.

“What if I was waiting for the right moment to take Blood Crescent by surprise?”

Silence fell heavily after that.

I stared at him for a long moment.

Really stared at him.

And I understood exactly what he was doing.

Roman was trying to hand me an easier story.

A cleaner story.

A safer story.

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Because whatever the actual truth was clearly hurt more than whatever narrative the pack was building around him.

I could see it in his eyes.

This wasn’t a dangerous man trying to intimidate me.

This was someone trying desperately not to say something out loud.

I slowly shook my head.

“That might be what the pack thinks,” I said quietly

Roman remained silent.

“But even Alexander doesn’t believe that.”

At that, something flickered briefly across his face.

I continued carefully.

“The only reason he brought you here was to reassure the pack”

That was the truth.

As much as tonight rattled everyone, Alexander would never throw Roman into a cell purely because of suspicion

ad to maintain order.

before nodding once.

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The words came out soft.

Tired.

And for a moment, got a glimpse of the Roman had known for the past few weeks.

Another silence followed.

Then Roman looked back up at me again.

“What about you, Luna?”

Something about the question made me uneasy.

Roman watched me steadily now.

“What do you believe?”

For a second, I didn’t answer immediately.

Not because I didn’t know what to say.

But because I realized how important my answer was right now.

To him… to me.

To whatever this situation had become.

And honestly, if I was being truthful with myself, part of the was nervous too.

Because I didn’t actually

what the truth was anymore.

A few hours ago, Roman was just a clueless wolf who interfered with a binding ritual that almost got him killed because he was too weak to withstand the magic.

Now he was the wolf that shook an entire territory awake with just his howl.

Everything I thought I understood about him had shifted tonight.

But somehow…

Not my instinct toward him.

That part remained the same.

I inhaled quietly before finally speaking.

“I believe,” I said slowly, “that you would never lie to me.”

Roman’s expression changed slightly at that.

Very slightly.

But I saw it.

And suddenly my own nervousness deepened.

Because now this mattered even more,

1 swallowed once before continuing.

“So whatever you tell me now…” I said softly, “that’s the truth I’ll believe.”

Roman didn’t move.

Didn’t interrupt.

He simply watched me quietly.

We both realized there was no turning back from whatever answer came next.

I had come down here looking for the truth.

But now that I was standing here in front of him-

I wasn’t completely sure I was ready for it.

Still…

I forced myself to hold his gaze anyway.

I took a slow breath before finally speaking again.

“Honestly,” I admitted quietly, “I’m nervous.”

That seemed to surprise him slightly.

I gave a faint, dry smile.

“Because I don’t know what the truth is,” I confessed. “But I can handle it.”

Roman’s eyes stayed locked on mine.

But there was something else there too now.

Something heavier.

Like he already knew this moment was unavoidable

Like he had been expecting this question from the second I walked in.

And maybe he had.

I inhaled one more time slowly.

Then finally asked the question sitting heavily in my chest.

“Who are you?”

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