Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

Xena.

The moment it happens, I feel it.

A pull in the air. A sharp, glowing shift that thrums deep in my bones like a long- forgotten melody finally remembered.

Sadie.

She's done it.

She's summoned the scepter.

I clench my jaw as I pace the stone floor of my chamber, the shadows bending with my mood. My fingers twitch at my sides as excitement thrums inside me. I'm barely able to contain all of it.

She's getting stronger, and this is exactly what we need.

I know Nyx is probably pushing and I love that. Let her push. Let Sadie master those powers. The stronger she gets, the better chance of freeing Kaden.

She doesn't know it, but she's going to play a huge role in helping me free my mate. She's the missing piece and she has no idea. That alone makes my heart thrum with happiness. The fact that I'm using her and she doesn't even know it.

I can't wait to see the look on her face when she realizes that she was playing to my tune. That everything she did will lead to Kaden being free.

"Blake!" My voice cuts through the silence.

Within seconds, the door creaks open, and Blake steps inside, eyes sharp and unreadable as always and loyal to a fault. Just the way I like him.

"You called?"

I don't stop pacing. "Any word on her?"

He shakes his head once. "No. The men say the sighting wasn't her. False alarm."

to get on my nerves that I can't find her. I mean, how fucking hard is

years and it's starting to seriously piss me off. Everything I've planned

to face him. "They're

swore it. Whoever it was,

but there's no relief. Only irritation. “She's really good at hiding." But what else could I expect from her? There is a reason why she was queen. Blake

believe that maybe she's already dead. That being in her weakened state killed her, but I can't. Let's just say that my mother is really hard to kill. She's probably out there biding her time and

window and peer out at the sunny sky, where the sky bleeds into jagged mountain peaks. "And the

planned. The seeds you planted are sprouting. Everything is falling

at the corner

Good.

she's too blinded by her bitterness to even realize

hesitates. And that pause

"What?"

Alec. It seems she's warming up to him. Word is she's agreed to give hima chance. His pack

I go completely still.

stones groan under the weight

skin. Let it rise. Let it sting. Let it burn. But I won't let it rule

my anger, must

Controlled.

Deadly.

out blindly. I use mine to strike at

is something I

one of the best things to happen

I whisper, almost to

uneasy

Nyx play house with her little mate. That wolf should be

dig into my

to win. She doesn't get her happy ending. I won't fucking allow that. I want her