A Warrior's Second Chance (Faye and Alexander) novel Chapter 483

Chapter 482

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The pain was no longer something I could wrap my head around properly.

It had stopped being sharp a long time ago.

Now it was just… everything.

Everything at once.

The stab wound in my side burned like it had been dipped in fire and left to rot inside me. Every breath I took felt like it was tearing something apart that I needed to survive. My lungs refused to cooperate properly, dragging in air that never felt like enough.

For a moment, I honestly thought this was it.

This was how it ended.

Not in glory.

Not in truth.

Not in revenge.

But in a forest, bleeding out like I was nothing more than an accident.

And the worst part?

I almost laughed at it.

Because the irony was almost too perfect to ignore.

I had just gotten my memory back.

Just gotten my wolf for the first time.

Just started to understand who I really was.

Only to be cut down by Darren, of all people.

Darren.

The name alone made something dark twist inside me even through the pain.

My fingers dug into the dirt beneath me as I tried to pull myself forward, but my body barely obeyed. It felt like every movement was happening through something heavier than flesh- like my bones were made of lead and my blood had turned against me.

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I sucked in a shaky breath and forced myself not to black out.

Not yet.

Not like this.

Because if I died here…

It wouldn’t just be my life ending.

It would mean something far worse.

Failure.

Absolute failure.

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I saw my parents again in my mind, and it hurt in a way the wound couldn’t compete with.

My mother’s face.

My father’s voice.

Everything Darren had taken from me.

Everything I had only just recovered in fragments.

If I died here, I wouldn’t just be another corpse in the forest.

I would be proof that everything Darren had done was right.

That I truly was weak.

Cursed.

Unworthy of the blood I carried.

My breathing hitched violently at the thought.

No.

No, I couldn’t let that happen.

I had already failed them once–when I couldn’t protect them, when I didn’t even understand what was happening. When I was an embarrassment.

I wouldn’t fail them again.

And then–Faye.

Her face cut through the chaos in my mind like something sharper than pain.

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I had seen her.

Just a glimpse earlier.

Lying on that altar.

My heart reacted painfully at the memory.

If I died here…

She would never wake up.

That realization hit me hard.

Because suddenly this wasn’t just about me anymore.

It was about her too.

And I didn’t even fully understand why that mattered so much, only that it did.

I gritted my teeth and forced my body to move.

One inch.

Then another.

Crawling.

Dragging myself through the dirt like something half–dead refusing to accept it.

Every movement was agony.

Every breath was a struggle.

But I kept going.

Because staying still meant surrendering.

And I refused to surrender.

Not to Darren.

Not to death.

Not to anything.

Then I felt it.

Movement ahead.

My entire body froze instantly.

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Slowly, I lifted my head.

A wolf stood in front of me.

I didn’t recognize its face–it was in its wolf form. But the scent hit me immediately.

Strong.

Familiar in a way I didn’t fully understand yet.

I had heard Alpha Alexander talking about those scents before.

A Stonevale wolf.

My instincts reacted before my mind fully caught up.

But something else stopped me from reacting violently.

The wolf wasn’t attacking.

Not yet.

It was watching me.

Studying me.

Confused.

And I realized I was doing the same thing.

Neither of us moved.

Neither of us breathed properly.

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For a brief moment, it almost felt like recognition without understanding.

Like it was wondering how I was here when I should be in exile. Like it knew this wasn’t supposed to be happening.

But before I could process it further-

A blur exploded from the side.

Fast.

Brutal.

The Stonevale wolf was slammed into the ground before it even had a chance to react.

The sound of impact echoed through the trees.

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Bones, snarls, and struggle.

My heart pounded violently as I watched the fight unfold in seconds rather than minutes

It wasn’t even close.

Whoever attacked didn’t hesitate.

Didn’t struggle.

Didn’t hold back.

It was over almost immediately.

The Stonevale wolf went still.

Dead.

My breathing turned shallow as I stared.

Then the attacker shifted.

Bone and muscle realigning.

Fur retracting.

Human form emerging.

And I recognized him immediately.

Alpha Alexander.

Relief hit me first.

Sharp and disorienting.

Then frustration followed right behind it.

Because I didn’t understand why he had done that.

“Why did you

kill him?” I managed to force out, my voice rough and barely stable.

Alexander looked down at me calmly.

Like nothing about this situation was unusual.

“He wasn’t attacking me,” I said weakly, trying to make sense of it.

Alpha Alexander didn’t hesitate.

“That was the point.”

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I frowned through the pain.

“What?”

He stepped closer, his expression neutral.

“He recognized you,” Alexander said flatly.

I blinked slowly.

“And?”

“And he would have reported it,” he continued. “To Darren, to the entire Stonevale. To everyone.”

My jaw tightened slightly as the meaning sank in.

“He was one wolf,” I muttered. “Not an entire army. You could have…”

Alpha Alexander’s eyes sharpened slightly.

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“One wolf is enough when the information spreads,” he said. “You’re injured and not ready for them to know you’re alive and active.”

I swallowed hard.

Because he wasn’t wrong.

Even I knew that much.

But still-

Something inside me resisted the idea of being treated like a liability.

Like something that needed to be hidden.

Before I could respond again, he bent down.

And lifted me.

The motion was immediate.

My body reacted instinctively at first, a weak jolt of protest, but it faded almost instantly because I simply didn’t have the strength left.

Pain flared sharply through my side again, and I exhaled through clenched teeth.

My head tilted slightly as I looked up at him, confused and still trying to process everything.

I didn’t know what was worse-

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The fact that I had just survived another near–death moment…

Or the fact that Darren escaped.

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