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."

that I can't find her. I mean, how fucking hard

my attempts to capture her for years and it's starting to seriously piss me off. Everything I've

turning to face him. "They're

it. Whoever it was, it wasn't

“She's really good at hiding." But what else could I expect from her? There is a reason why she was queen. Blake doesn't speak. He knows better than to offer

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 at the sunny sky, where the sky bleeds

"It's unfolding exactly as you planned. The seeds you planted are sprouting. Everything is falling into place just like you had planned and

small smile tugs at the corner of

Good.

should know this, but it seems she's too blinded by her bitterness to even realize I'm playing them

hesitates. And that pause alone makes my

"What?"

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

I go completely still.

but enough. The stones groan under

eyes, inhaling the rage that bubbles beneath my skin. Let it rise. Let it sting. Let it burn. But I won't let

anger, my anger,

Controlled.

Deadly.

I use mine to strike

me. That is something

the best things to

whisper, almost

shifts, uneasy

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

nails dig into my

her happy ending. I won't fucking allow that. I want her to