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."

nerves that I can't find her. I

and it's starting to seriously piss me off. Everything I've planned won't have the effect I want it to have if she isn't there

turning to face

it was,

could I expect from her? There is a reason why she was queen.

me wants to 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

at the sunny sky, where the

exactly as you planned. The seeds you planted are sprouting. Everything is falling into place just like you had planned and

smile tugs at the corner

Good.

know this, but it seems she's too blinded by her bitterness to even realize

hesitates. And that pause alone makes my

"What?"

to him. Word is she's

I go completely still.

groan under the weight of my fury. Cracks

it rise. Let it sting. Let

my anger, must be

Controlled.

Deadly.

lash out blindly. I use mine to

let emotions rule me. That is

the best things to happen

whisper, almost

shifts, uneasy

to watch Nyx play house with her little mate. That wolf should be on her knees, rotting

dig into my

ending. I won't