A Warrior's Second Chance (Faye and Alexander) novel Chapter 501

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FAYE

Getting up felt like a difficult decision for a minute.

I wasn’t tired.

Not anymore.

If anything, I had more energy than I knew what to do with..

It was just… unfamiliar.

Being okay.

Being still.

But eventually, I couldn’t stay in the room any longer.

So I pushed myself up.

The next thing I did was take a bath.

A long one.

Hot water, steam filling the room, silence pressing gently against my skin.

It felt like I was washing off everything that had happened recently.

Like my body was slowly remembering what normal felt like.

It was funny how a few days of that whole experience felt like years.

I stayed in the bathroom longer than necessary.

Letting the warmth settle into my bones.

Letting my thoughts drift without direction.

For once, I didn’t fight them.

When I finally stepped out, I wrapped myself in a towel and stood in front of the mirror for a

moment.

I looked… like me.

That was the simplest way to put it.

Just me.

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No tension in my face.

No strain in my eyes.

No heaviness sitting behind my expression.

I almost didn’t recognize how light I looked.

It made me smile faintly.

Then I got dressed properly.

Not rushed, not distracted.

I paid attention to everything.

The fabric of my clothes.

How they sat on my skin.

How my hair fell after I brushed it.

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It felt strangely important to do it carefully, like I was reminding myself I was allowed to take my

time.

When I was done, I looked at myself once more in the mirror.

Then nodded slightly.

Good enough.

I stepped out into the hallway.

The house was active as usual.

The day outside looked beautiful.

Bright sunlight spilling through the tall windows.

Soft movement from guards and attendants passing through corridors.

Everything felt alive.

And I realized something simple-

I didn’t want to stay inside.

Not today.

I had spent enough time indoors.

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Enough time being still.

Enough time being treated like something fragile,

I needed air, real movement.

Normalcy.

So I walked. My feet carried me naturally through the halls until I found myself near Alexander’s

office on my way out.

I slowed slightly when I reached it.

I didn’t even know why I was there.

Maybe habit.

Maybe curiosity.

Maybe just passing through.

Alexander wasn’t there, of course.

I already knew that before I even reached the door.

He had gone for the council meeting earlier.

Duty never really paused for anything in Blood Crescent.

Still, I lingered for a moment.

My eyes drifted toward his desk.

Then I remembered something.

The letter.

The one I had given him that night.

For Silver Hollow.

For my people.

I hadn’t thought about it since then.

It had been one of those things that happened in a blur of urgency and emotion, when everything

was moving too fast to fully process.

But now that things had slowed down…

It came back to me.

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I wondered where he had put it.

Not because it mattered, really.

Just because it existed somewhere in this space, and now I was thinking about it.

I stepped inside.

I moved closer to the desk and glanced around.

Nothing obvious was in sight.

So I checked the surface properly.

Then I noticed the drawer slightly ajar.

I hesitated for a moment.

Then pulled it open.

And there it was… the envelope.

I picked it up carefully.

Turning it in my hands for a second like I was confirming it was really the same one.

It was.

Met out a small breath.

Relief? Curiosity? I wasn’t entirely sure.

Probably both.

As I lifted it slightly, I felt Alexander’s presence behind me.

Close and familiar.

A small smile formed on my lips immediately.

Of course.

I closed my fingers around the letter instinctively as I turned to face him.

Now holding the letter behind my back.

And there he was.

Alexander.

Standing just inside the doorway.

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Watching me.

I paused for half a second.

Then my face warmed instantly.

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Because I had been caught doing something that looked far more suspicious than it actually was.

Even though I wasn’t stealing anything.

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