A Warrior’s Second Chance novel Chapter 432

THIRD POV The words didn’t settle easily. They hung in the room, heavy and unmoving, like something neither of them could simply push aside or dismiss. Alexander was the first to move. Not physically–not yet–but something in him shifted. A line, thin but solid, drawn between instinct and reason. Between the part of him that wanted to reject everything Helen had said… and the part that knew he couldn’t afford to. He leaned back slowly, his hand coming up to rest against his mouth as his eyes stayed fixed on her. “You’re asking me to agree to this?” he said finally. His voice was calm. The kind of calm that came before something broke. Helen didn’t answer immediately. Because she...