A Warrior's Second Chance (Faye and Alexander) novel Chapter 539

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I remained where I was for another few seconds, my eyes fixed on the tree line long after the last attacker

had disappeared.

The silence that followed felt almost unnatural.

Only moments ago, that same stretch of road had been filled with movement.

Now….

There was nothing.

Slowly, I let my claws retract and forced myself to breathe steadily.

The adrenaline was beginning to settle, allowing my thoughts to become clearer.

I replayed everything in my mind.

Every movement.

Every face.

Every word.

One thought stood out above all the others.

They had known exactly who I was.

Not only that…

They had known I was alone.

My gaze shifted toward my car.

Alexander had told me to take the black car only a short while ago.

Only a handful of people had been close enough to hear it.

The two border guards….

I frowned.

The timing was too precise to be a coincidence.

The men hadn’t looked pleased when I entered Alexander’s office earlier. They had stormed out after

Alexander dismissed them, and they had been close enough to overhear him tell me which car to take.

Someone had talked.

Whether it was one of them or someone else who had overheard the conversation, I couldn’t say.

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But information had clearly left the pack house far too quickly.

My jaw tightened.

The attackers had also made something else painfully obvious.

Surely, they didn’t think they could kill me easily.

They probably just wanted to hurt me.

Or capture me.

For what?

Leverage?

A bargaining chip?

A message for Alexander?

Whatever their plan had been, it hadn’t ended the way they intended.

I looked once more toward the road leading to Helen’s house.

As much as I wanted to continue…

I couldn’t.

Not anymore.

If someone inside Blood Crescent had leaked information about my movements once, there was no

reason to believe they couldn’t do it again.

There might be another group waiting farther ahead.

Walking into a second trap would accomplish nothing.

Alexander needed to know.

Immediately.

I turned and hurried back to the car.

My torn blouse was an obvious reminder of how close that silver blade had come, but I ignored it as I

climbed into the driver’s seat.

I started the engine.

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Instead of continuing down the road, I carefully turned the car around and headed back toward the pack

house.

The drive back felt much longer than the journey out.

Every passing wolf.

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“Every patrol I crossed paths with made me wonder who could still be trusted.

The territory no longer felt secure at all.→→

By the time the pack house finally came into view, I had already made up my mind.

Alexander needed to hear everything before another word of it reached anyone else.

The guards at the entrance recognized the car immediately and opened the gates without question.

I drove through the yard and brought the vehicle to a stop near the front steps.

The engine had barely fallen silent before I stepped out.

I

As I climbed the stairs, movement near the entrance caught my attention.

The two border guards.

They had just emerged from the main house together.

Their expressions were still tense, as though whatever meeting they had attended had done little to improve their mood.

I didn’t slow down.

I walked straight past them without a word.

I could feel their eyes following me as I entered the pack house, but I refused to look back.

Right now, I wasn’t interested in confronting anyone

There was only one person I needed to speak to.

I headed straight for Alexander’s office.

I didn’t bother knocking.

I pushed the office door open and stepped inside.

Alexander looked up immediately.

The surprise on his face was unmistakable.

His eyebrows drew together as he rose from behind his desk.

“Alexander.”

The moment he heard my voice, his expression changed.

The concern came almost instantly.

His eyes swept over me, taking in my appearance far more quickly than I had expected.

His gaze lingered on the tear running across the front of my blouse.

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Then it dropped to the faint smear of dirt on my sleeve.

His jaw tightened.

He rounded the desk without another thought.

“What happened?”

I didn’t answer immediately.

Instead, I closed the office door behind me and walked farther into the room.

Only when I was certain we were alone did I stop in front of him.

“I didn’t make it to Helen’s house,” I said.

Alexander’s expression hardened.

“Why?”

I let out a slow breath.

“I was ambushed.”

For a brief second…

He simply stared at me.

As though his mind had refused to process what I had just said.

Then every trace of surprise disappeared.

His face became frighteningly calm.

“Are you hurt?”

I shook my head.

with.”

“No. I managed to avoid the silver weapon they came at me wi

His eyes immediately dropped to the tear in my blouse again.

I watched him connect the pieces for himself.

The torn fabric.

The hurried return.

The fact that I was standing in front of him instead of halfway to Helen’s house.

He slowly raised his eyes back to mine.

“Tell me everything,” Alexander said.