Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

Chapter 238

I didn't answer. I couldn't. The silence stretched until it felt like it would choke me.

"You don't have to say anything," he said gently. "I'm not telling you to give him a chance, Sadie. That's your choice. But I think... I think it's time to stop hiding."

"Hiding?" I repeated, my voice hollow.

"You think you healed from what happened, but you didn't. You just got really good at pretending it didn't hurt anymore. At locking it away. But burying your feelings isn't the same as healing. Healing means letting go of the past—not just locking it in a box and pretending it doesn't exist."

His words landed like a weight on my chest.

I didn't respond. I couldn't.

"I'll reach out to some of my contacts," he continued when I didn't speak. "See if I can dig up anything about Kaden or Xena. Before I forget, say hi to my favorite niece."

"Thanks, King, I will." I murmured.

"Anytime. And Sadie?"

"Yeah?"

"Be kind to yourself. Okay?"

He hung up before I could reply.

I stared at the screen for a long time, his words still echoing in my head. Burying

your feelings isn't the same as healing.

hated that he

because I didn't know what to

reached out through the mind-link. Meet me

in ten, I told my

within minutes, forming a tight semi-circle around me.

up, boss?" one

"We'll be helping Alec's warriors train.

and mutters of excitement

I swear I've memorized every crack

laughed; the sound surprised even me. "Well, you're about to get a challenge, because training will be different given you'll have

stared back

are you?" one of them asked, shock written all

in, but they weren't. The shock in

will be interesting.” Miles,

my best warriors, said with a smirk. "I've always wondered what it would be like going head-to-head with one without worrying

of my warriors. "Well, you are about

a few instructions as we made our way to the field. But the

ground, I stopped

of the field,

And Aspen.

the world. His hand rested on her small back. Her tiny hands were cupped around his face as she grinned

full.

I hated how much that made me

Aspen turned, her

screamed, pointing at me. "I found him! I