Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

Chapter 289

I still struggle with my training, I'm not gonna lie, but then again, I'm not an overachiever or a perfectionist like Xena is. I'm more down to earth and prefer things flowing as they should without trying to force things. If I don't get a certain technique in the first trial like Xena, I no longer let it bother me.

We sit in silence for a moment before I pull her into a hug. I really missed her. And holding her like this... it melts away a lot of the tension I've carried lately.

"So," I ask once we pull apart, "any cute boys on the horizon?"

Technically speaking, we aren't allowed to date. We are supposed to wait for our mates, but that doesn't stop a girl from having a few crushes here and there. It's normal and I would never judge.

She blushes.

I blink. Did Xena just blush? My sister, the intimidating perfectionist?

"That blush says otherwise," I grin.

She shakes her head quickly. “It's nothing. I'm too busy for that.”

Sure, Xena. Sure.

buy

focused, too determined for her own

know that you can reject your mate. It's not accepted, but

the subject. "You always talked about meeting your mate. Anyone you

sometimes it feels so far away. I just want to

"You're sixteen, Nyx. Most girls our

either. I've just... always wanted a

do before you can even think of having children. Even if you find your mate right at twenty-one

The kingdom. Right.

it sounds selfish, but the kingdom is the last thing on my

has you, Xena." I take her

you're meant

I've never wanted the crown. I'm the eldest by seventeen minutes, but let's be

She blinks, stunned.

continue, "but I knew from the start that

After

worked for... I trust