Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

Chapter 304

"We can tell her tomorrow," she whispers.

I nod, watching the tenderness in her gaze. "Tomorrow."

I guide her to the bed and help her settle. I then pull the covers, watching as she blinks in surprise when I climb in beside her. I hesitate, waiting for the pushback- for her walls to slam shut again.

But it never comes.

Instead, she settles willingly against me. Her cheek rests on my chest, her arm slipping around my waist.

My heart stutters, then races. I hold her carefully before tightening my embrace, unable to help myself. Knox purrs inside me, content in a way I haven't felt in years.

Knox rumbles deep inside me, pleased. "Finally. She lets us hold her. Don't let go."

"I won't. I'll never let go."

For a long while, silence stretches between us. Just her breathing, the rise and fall of her chest against mine. Then, her voice breaks the quiet.

"I'm scared."

tilt my head down to look at her, brushing a strand of hair from her face.

this power. I didn't expect it. To feel something like that. To know before anyone else. It's new and it's terrifying. No one should be able to sense

my

her tighter. "Nothing is wrong with you. Do you

of who you

I know it feels

have to carry it

carry anything alone again, not while

"But what

than you realize. And when you feel like you

whispers. "I can already do so much, but with the addition of this

in the goddess, Love, and I know she wouldn't have chosen you or given you these powers if she didn't think you were strong enough to handle it. She saw something in you and that's why, out of every single

I don't care. I only care that