A Warrior's Second Chance (Faye and Alexander) novel Chapter 617

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Chapter 596

SAGE

I didn’t stop after leaving Jason’s office.

The anger inside me had not disappeared.

If anything, it had become sharper.

For months, I had watched Alice move around Silver Hollow with a confidence that did not belong to her. I had watched the way she looked at Jason, the way she carried herself aroun the pack, and the way some wolves had started treating her like she already had a place

beside him.

I had ignored it.

I had endured it.

I had told myself that as long as Jason and I were still mates, as long as I still held the title of Luna, there was a line that Alice would never cross.

But tonight, she had crossed it.

She had walked into a place that belonged to me.

And Jason had protected her. That was something I would never forget.

My feet carried me through the pack house without hesitation.

I knew exactly where I was going.

Alice’s quarters.

The moment I reached the hallway, a few wolves noticed me.

They immediately became quiet.

They could sense my anger.

No one dared to ask where I was going or why.

Good.

I wanted them to see.

I wanted them to understand.

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I reached Alice’s door and didn’t bother knocking.

I pushed it open.

Alice was inside, standing near the mirror.

The moment she saw me, the color drained from her face.

“Sage.”

Her voice was cautious.

I stepped inside and closed the door behind me.

“Interesting,” I said.

She stared at me.

“Calling my name without my title. You really believe we’re equals now, don’t you?”

I looked around her room slowly.

The confidence she usually carried was gone.

The woman who had just been standing comfortably in Jason’s arms now looked uncertain.

“You seem very comfortable here,” I said.

Her expression tightened.

“I don’t know what you mean.”

I laughed softly.

“Of course you don’t.”

I walked further into the room.

“You have spent months pretending you don’t know exactly what you are doing.”

Alice’s jaw tightened.

“Sage, I think you should leave.”

I turned to look at her.

The audacity almost made me smile.

“Leave?” I repeated.

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“That is the problem with people like you.”

Her eyes narrowed.

“People like me?”

“People who think they can take what belongs to someone else and then act offended when they are confronted.”

Her face hardened.

“I didn’t force Jason to do anything.”

I caught that too.

She also called him Jason.

I nodded slowly, but I chose not to comment on that.

That was not my problem.

“You didn’t force him.”

I stepped closer.

“Jason made his own choices,” I added.

The admission surprised her.

For a moment, she looked like she expected me to put all the blame on her.

But I wasn’t there because I was confused about who had betrayed me.

Jason was responsible for his own actions.

But Alice needed to understand something.

She was not innocent.

“You still walked into my space.”

Her expression changed.

“This is not your home alone. It’s the pack house, and the Alpha…” she trailed off.

The moment she said it, I knew exactly what she thought.

That because Jason was allowing her access, she belonged here.

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That because he chose her in private, she had some kind of claim.

I smiled.

A cold smile.

“You should be careful with your words.”

She looked away.

I turned toward the door.

Then I opened it.

Alice’s eyes widened.

“Sage, what are you doing?”

I ignored her.

Clair

The moment I stepped into the hallway, the attention of the nearby wolves turned toward me.

Whispers started immediately.

Good.

Let them whisper.

Let them hear.

I looked back at Alice.

She was standing inside her room, clearly uncomfortable with the number of eyes now on

her.

“Come out.”

Her expression changed.

“What?”

I didn’t raise my voice.

I didn’t need to.

Everyone was already listening.

“I said, come out.”

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She hesitated.

That hesitation told me everything.

She wanted the benefits of standing beside the Alpha.

She wanted the attention, the influence, the comfort.

But she didn’t want the consequences.

Slowly, she stepped into the hallway.

The moment she did, the whispers grew louder.

I looked around at the wolves watching us.

“Since everyone seems to have so much curiosity about what happens inside the Alpha’s private space, I thought it was only fair that everyone understood something.”

Alice’s face became tense.

I looked directly at her.

“Being noticed by the Alpha does not make you the Luna.”

The hallway became silent.

“You do not gain a title because you share his bed.”