Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

Chapter 240

"I didn't tell anyone," he replied with a shrug. "I was ashamed. But eventually, I realized I couldn't fight him forever. So, I stopped trying to control him, and I just... accepted him. I accepted that Knox was a part of me. I embraced the power of an Alpha and I allowed myself to merge with my wolf. And once I did, the rest followed."

I sat with that, the weight of his words pressing into me like a puzzle piece sliding into place.

"Maybe that's it," he said after a moment. "Maybe you're still fighting it. Still afraid of what this new version of you means. You are still afraid of letting go and embracing this power because it came as a surprise for you. No one prepared you for it. You didn't expect it and because of that, you didn't get a chance to accept this new version of you... But you have to, Sadie. If you want to gain control over it, you first have to accept that it's a part of you."

His words rang painfully true.

"I don't want to be afraid of it anymore. I don't want to keep failing," I murmured.

"Then stop fighting it. Stop fighting something that's part of you," he said softly. "You're still you, Sadie. Just... more."

I inhaled deeply. "Okay. I'll give it another try."

He stood and reached out a hand to help me up. I took it, grounding myself in his touch. His skin was warm, calloused from training, but gentle.

I closed my eyes, breathed in slowly, and let go.

No fear. No resistance.

from my back-pure white and radiant. My skin shimmered, and I felt the change ripple through me. The gown, the light, the power-it all came in a rush that felt like air filling my lungs after being underwater too

again, Alec was staring at

laughed, a giddy sound I hadn't heard from myself in

what I was doing, shouting thank you into his shoulder. He caught me, held me his arms strong and warm around my waist. For a moment, I let myself just feel

me I was

I froze.

step away from him and smoothing down my

wings that still fluttered faintly behind me,

the hell just happened? How could I forget, in the moment, who I was hugging? I'd been so excited about finally getting it that I didn't even think. It doesn't matter that I loved it. It doesn't matter that for

that followed, the

goddess, his

I

was terrified

That

emotion is what

afraid of acknowledging.

"So, um... why were

just a little.