Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

Chapter 239

Sadie

The wind danced around me, soft but persistent, stirring the tall grass that brushed against my legs. It was cool, yet beads of sweat trailed down my spine, clinging to my shirt as if they were trying to remind me just how much effort I was putting into this. My heart pounded, not from exertion, but from the tension that came with trying—and failing-over and over again.

"Breathe, Sadie," Nyx's voice echoed softly in my mind, calm and steady. "You're trying too hard again. You need to let it come."

I exhaled through my nose, tightening my jaw. "I am letting it come."

"No, you're pushing it," she replied gently. "You're too tense. You can't force it. You have to flow into it."

I closed my eyes again, trying to listen. I felt for the power deep inside me the new form that hummed just under my skin, waiting to be released. I reached, called to it, pleaded for it to answer me.

Nothing.

No white wings. No shimmering dress. Just silence and frustration.

I've been at this for hours and still nothing. Nyx wasn't joking around when she said we would resume training right away; only problem is, so far I have yielded nothing.

"I can't do it," I muttered, opening my eyes.

"Sadie"

"I can't Nyx."

sighed. "Let's take

pulling my knees up and folding my arms over them. "Why can't I do it?" I asked, more to myself than her. "We're running out of time. Xena's out there probably planning to break Kaden free. Everyone's counting on me to be

like crying. I wanted to cry. It was right there at the edge of my soul, yet I couldn't reach it no matter

away. I felt pathetic for crying simply because I couldn't shift. I know I was being hard on myself, but I just couldn't stop myself. So much depended on me mastering these powers, yet

much. Your focus is shattered, and your heart is tangled in knots. You're not

couldn't. Because the truth was I did feel like a failure. My powers were supposed to be a part of me. They were supposed to answer when I called. And yet Kere I was, still human in every way that mattered when it came to

war.

wanted to throw a tantrum like a child, but I didn't. I

behind me pulled me out of my

Alec.

through the haze of my failure like sunlight breaking through a storm. His eyes locked onto mine, and the bond pulsed between

asked, his voice

"No," I admitted.

ng.

down beside me, close enough for me to feel the heat radiating off his body, but not