A Warrior's Second Chance (Faye and Alexander) novel Chapter 535

Chapter 532

FAYE

The moment I stepped into the bathroom, I walked straight to the sink.

I turned on the tap and cupped my hands beneath the running water before splashing the cool water

across my face.

Once.

Then again.

I closed my eyes and let out a slow breath as droplets of water trickled down my cheeks and neck.

I gripped the edges of the sink and stared at my reflection in the mirror.

My face was pale.

My heart still hadn’t settled after that dream.

No matter how many times I told myself it had only been a nightmare, I couldn’t convince myself to

believe it.

I had seen too much in my life to dismiss it so easily.

A troubling thought suddenly crossed my mind.

What if…

What if my gift had returned?

I frowned at my own reflection.

Ever since I had come back…

I hadn’t really thought about it.

I’d assumed that part of me had disappeared forever.

Everything I had gone through had changed me in some ways that I had simply accepted the possibility

that my gifts had been among the things I’d lost.

But what if they hadn’t?

What if they had merely been dormant?

What if tonight’s dream wasn’t just a dream at all?

My stornach tightened.

If I had truly seen what was happening…

Then Helen was dying.

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My eyes slowly fell to the sink.

A painful lump formed in my throat.

And if Helen was dying…

Then it was because of me.

The thought struck me so hard that I had to grip the sink even tighter.

Helen had given up so much to bring me back.

She had paid a price none of us had fully understood at the time.

If this was the consequence…

save.mine…

If her life was slowly slipping away because she had chosen to save mine…

Then how was I supposed to live with that?

“It’s my fault,” I whispered to my reflection.

The words barely left my lips before there was a soft knock on the bathroom door.

I didn’t answer immediately.

I needed another moment.

I lowered my head and took one slow, steady breath before finally speaking.

“You can come in,” I said.

The door opened quietly.

I saw Alexander’s reflection in the mirror before I turned around.

He closed the door behind him and walked over without saying anything at first.

He stopped just behind me, his eyes searching my face with unmistakable concern.

“Are you alright?” Alexander asked gently.

I looked at him through the mirror for a few quiet seconds before turning to face him completely.

“I don’t know,” I admitted.

He waited patiently.

I lowered my gaze.

“If Helen is really sick…” I began softly.

The words caught in my throat.

I swallowed before forcing myself to continue.

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“If she’s really dying…”

looked back up at him.

“It’s my fault,” I said: “She’s paying the price for saving me.”

Alexander’s expression changed immediately.

He stepped closer until there was barely any distance between us.

“No,” Alexander said firmly.

I opened my mouth to speak again, but he gently shook his head.

“No,” he repeated. “Don’t say that.”

I stared at him silently.

He rested both hands lightly on my arms.

“You are not going to carry that responsibility on your shoulders,” Alexander said.

“But-”

“No,” he interrupted again, his voice remaining calm.

“I mean it.”

I searched his face.

“If what I saw is real…” I said quietly.

Alexander didn’t let me finish.

“Even if it is,” Alexander replied, “you are still not going to blame yourself.”

His eyes never left mine.

“Helen made her own decision. She chose to save you.”

His voice softened.

“So stop telling yourself that this is your fault.”

I wanted to believe him.

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