A Warrior's Second Chance (Faye and Alexander) novel Chapter 489

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ALEXANDER

A strange silence settled over the room the moment Kyle left and the door shut behind hi

Not normal silence.

The kind that came before something dangerous.

I stayed where Helen instructed me, lying inside the markings she had drawn on the floor, while Roman remained unconscious a short distance away from me and Faye lay comple still across from us.

The sight of her made my chest ache again.

Every instinct inside me hated this.

Seeing her motionless like that.

Cold.

It didn’t look real.

It looked wrong.

My eyes lingered on her for a second longer before Helen’s movement pulled my attention away.

She had already begun preparing.

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Her expression was sharp now, fully focused, all traces of earlier emotion buried beneath concentration. The room itself had changed too. The symbols around us seemed darker somehow under the moonlight spilling faintly through the windows.

Helen moved around the markings carefully before kneeling near the edge of the formation.

Then she began chanting.

Immediately, the atmosphere shifted.

The air became heavier.

Pressure settled against my chest almost instantly, like invisible weight had suddenly filled the room.

inhaled slowly.

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And then I felt it.

Roman.

The connection hit me so suddenly that my body jerked slightly against the floor.

Pain.

Raw, violent pain.

Not mine.

His.

My jaw clenched immediately as the sensation ripped through me without warning.

It felt like someone had shoved molten silver directly into my side.

I sucked in a sharp breath through my teeth.

“Damn it,” I muttered instinctively.

Helen didn’t stop chanting.

Her voice remained steady, controlled, flowing through the room while the markings beneath us slowly began to glow faintly.

At first, it was subtle.

Thin silver lines beneath the floor.

Then brighter.

The symbols pulsed once.

Twice.

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And suddenly the connection between Roman and me deepened violently.

My vision blurred for half a second.

Then emotions slammed into me next.

Rage, grief, confusion.

Fear.

The intensity of it almost made me lose focus entirely.

could feel him.

Chapte

Not physically.

Deeper than that.

His instability.

His wolf.

Everything inside Roman felt chaotic.

Wild.

Like standing too close to a storm that had no direction.

My breathing changed immediately as the energy continued forcing itself through the connection.

Across from me, Roman suddenly jerked violently.

A strained sound tore out of him as his body arched slightly off the floor.

The silver wound reacted instantly.

Dark veins spread faintly around the injury while his muscles tightened hard enough to mal it obvious he was in agony, even unconscious.

Helen’s chanting became sharper.

Faster.

The markings beneath Roman glowed brighter in response.

Then I felt it again.

Resistance from Roman.

No… not him.

His wolf.

The realization hit me immediately afterward because suddenly the energy flowing between us became something else.

Violent.

The connection snapped hard against my chest like something was trying to shove me away from inside Roman himself.

My body tensed instantly.

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A growl nearly escaped my throat involuntarily as another violent pulse of energy hit

Roman jerked again.

This time harder.

The markings flashed bright silver beneath him.

Helen looked up sharply.

“Hold the connection!” she snapped.

“I am,” I said immediately, though my voice came out rougher than intended.

sure inside the room intensified again.

emotions crashed through me so violently that my head spun for a second.

Weed for revenge.

was overwhelming.

And beneath all of that-

Something else growled

His wolf.

The presence insid eventually synch

Roman had

His wol

stable in a way I had never experienced before. Most wolv heir instincts after shifting.

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But

ting aggressively to my energy inside him.

gasped sharply.

ely even sounded human.

ws partially extended involuntarily as his body tensed again.

wound pulsed darkly.

bard as another wave of his pain hit me through the connection.

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The markings beneath me flared suddenly.

Then dimmed.

Then flared again erratically.

Helen’s chanting finally stopped.

The silence afterward felt almost violent.

Roman jerked again immediately after.

And that was when Helen realized it.

saw the understanding cross her face instantly.

er eyes narrowed sharply as she stared at Roman.

Then at me.

Oh no,” she muttered.

“What?” I demanded immediately.

Helen stood abruptly, breathing unevenly now as she stared down at the markings

“It’s not the ritual failing,” she said quickly.

Another violent pulse hit the connection between Roman and me.

I clenched my fists instantly against the floor.

Roman’s body arched again with a strained sound.

Helen pointed sharply toward him.

“His wolf is fighting you.”

I already knew that. I frowned immediately.

“Why?”

“He’s unconscious,” Helen explained quickly.

“But his wolf isn’t. It’s rea

Another pulse

The marking

Roman’s

tively to your energy.”

was happening.

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It only felt another wolf forcing power into it while vulnera

And instinctively—

It was resisting.

Helen exhaled sharply before looking directly at me.

“You have to get into his head,” she said. “If his wolf keeps r connection will collapse completely.”

“How do I do that?”

“Speak with your mind,” she said. “He can hear you.”

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