Alpha Your Warrior Ex-Wife is Back (by Aurora Starling) novel Chapter 48

Chapter 48

Leo’s POV

As the Morning came, I didn’t felt the peace I usually did.

The sun filtered through the curtains of my room, its golden glow falling across the floor, but it felt dim to me. Nothing could brighten the heaviness pressing in my chest.

I hadn’t slept much last night, not with Nova clinging to her Mom’s bedside until she finally drifted off. Even at that time, her small fists held onto the blanket as if she would lose her forever if she

didn’t.

And now she was unhappy and angry. Not at the poison or maid, not even at the fate No–she was angry at Father.

I knew it before she even said it. The way she didn’t look my father in the eyes, the way her little shoulders tensed whenever he entered the room. Nova is very young to understand what really happened but she definitely understood this.

My father was Alpha, he is a protector, he should have kept her mother safe. And now in her heart that failure felt like a betrayal.

I found Father outside Raven’s chamber. He didn’t leave Miss Warrior’s side almost the whole night, but early morning he stepped out of the room to pace around the hall like a restless wolf. His shoulders were stiff but his expression was hard as stone.

To anyone else, he would have looked like the unshakable Alpha. But I knew there was to then that. I saw his tired, dark circled eyes, there I saw guilt which he was desperately trying to hide.

“Papa?” I said quietly yet softly.

He turned around to look at me softly, “Leo.”

I shifted awkwardly. “Nova… she’s upset. She blames you.‘

My words made the atmosphere tense. I hated saying them, hated how they sounded, but I knew hiding them wouldn’t help.

I saw his jaw clenched for a moment, I can tell he was not at all surprised. But there was a flicker of hurt in his eyes, the words hurt him more than he let show.

He murmured softly yet unsurely “I will talk to her,”

I looked at him hesitantly but nodded gently. Maybe if my father tried she will see. Maybe if he explained properly, Nova will realize that he didn’t meant any of this to happen.

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Chapter 48

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Together, we went back into the chamber. Miss Warrior was still in deep slumber, her breaths were steady but shallow, Children’s chairs were pushed close to the bed. In one of them Nova sat curled up, her knees were close to her chest as she stared at her mother’s face.

When Father approached, she stiffened. Her gaze snapped towards him as he walked towards her, het gaze was sharp and full of accusation, nothing like the warm spark I saw when she laughed at his stories or held onto him while training.

Father spoke softly. “Nova, May I speak with you?”

She looked at him with a stubborn and fierce glare. “Why?”

He just blinked, trying to hide the hurt which was caused by her question. He spoke carefully, “I know you are angry with me.‘

Her lips trembled with anger, her eyes were full of blaze. “It’s your fault.” The room fell completely silent. My heart ached.

Father crouched down to her level, his towering frame folding until he was eye to eye with her. “Nova

…listen.”

She snapped before he could speak, her voice was sharp and full of pain. “You’re Alpha, You’re supposed to protect us. You’re supposed to protect her. And you didn’t.”

I swallowed hard not wanting to cry, I saw how Nova’s words hit him hard. His shoulders froze, his jaw clenched, he didn’t defend himself at all. Not even once.

“I tried my best but..” He whispered softly finally “I failed you, and I failed her. But I promise you this, Nova–I will never stop and try to make things right.”

Her eyes filled with tears and shook her head. “I don’t want your promises. I want my mommy to be

safe,”

She looked at both of us before we could speak.