Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

Chapter 294

By the time the sun sank low, the weight of the scepter still hadn't left me. Even when it vanished from my grip, it remained humming in the marrow of my bones, alive in my veins.

Summoning the scepter hadn't just been a triumph; it had been a shift. I could feel it in my bones, in the way my steps felt heavier but surer, in the faint hum under my skin as though threads of power had stitched themselves into me overnight

On my way to the pack house, I came across Alec. He was coming from the training arena and I almost bumped into him since my mind was miles away.

"You look dangerous today," he says, mouth quirking into a half-smile.

I tilt my head, smirking back. “Dangerous in a good way, I hope."

"Good for us. Bad for anyone who tries to hurt you." His voice dips lower. "But more power usually comes with more risk, Sadie. You know that, right?"

I nod, though the truth is... I don't know. Not fully. The scepter had answered me once; that didn't mean it always would. As much as I hate it, doubt had started lingering in the back of my head. I'm riding the high of summoning the scepter, but there is a part of me that's afraid I won't be able to do it again.

hung somewhere in the back of my mind like an unopened letter I wasn't sure I wanted to read. Why had I said yes? Part of me

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could work, maybe he meant everything he'd promised. But another part was still braced for the shatter, for the moment the floor would give

push the thought aside.

we eat together, and though I wanted to retreat to my room and sort through the storm of my thoughts, I didn't argue. Maybe this

shadows flickering over the stone walls. Alec takes his seat at the head, of course, his presence impossible

is there too, his sharp

between me and Alec like

to my left, her small legs swinging beneath her chair, eyes

her voice a whisper like she was

for a moment, then smile;

brush a strand of her hair behind her ear. "How do

missing-tooth and radiant when she answers. “I feel