Alpha Your Warrior Ex-Wife is Back (by Aurora Starling) novel Chapter 93

Chapter 93

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Gideon’s POV

I was in slumber and the only thing I could hear was my rhythmic heartbeat. My chest rose and fell in even motions, the suffocating fire that had consumed me earlier now reduced to dull embers. The aching in my muscles reminded me of the struggle and hard work I did for the pack and the wars I fought.

I forced my eyes open. The hospital’s familiar herbal, sterile scent made me a bit conscious, the air was thick with antiseptic and wolf musk. The moonlight entered through the window spreading the light across the floor.

Then I saw them.

Raven sat on her bed beside my bed. Her posture was a bit weary and alert, her shoulders slightly hunched as if she carried an invisible burden, as though the weight of the world pressed on them. Her eyes were filled with exhaustion but I felt the strength she carried so gracefully.

Nova laid her head on Raven’s lap as she slept but still held onto her hand as if she was scared that Raven would disappear. Leo sat on the chair between us but he laid his head on Raven’s lap as well he spoke something in his sleep, I wanted to know what was inside his sweet innocent mind.

The scene infront of me was like a flicker of light in the shadow.

For a fleeting moment, I allowed myself to simply watch. To remember the way children clung onto her, how naturally she managed to take care of them and is able to fit in with them as if they belong together. As though this scene–her, the children, peace–was the way things should have always

been.

But then she looked up, and her gaze collided with mine. The air shifted completely.

Her gaze held mine for a heartbeat too long, piercing, searching, before she lowered her gaze as she looked away, breaking the vulnerable connection we had. That hurt more than it should have.

The silence was heavy and unbearable in the room, even more painful than the wounds of battles I carried. I wanted to speak but no words came out with the memory I carried of being drugged. My tongue felt heavy.

I remember the way my hands pinning her, of my voice rough and low, my words were spoken by an aphrodisiac, there was no love but the hunger for lust. The desperation in her struggle.

The fire in her eyes as she pushed me away. The shame I felt was like burning acid.

Raven finally broke the silence as she asked me softly yet steadily. “How are you feeling, Alpha Gideon?”

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Chapter 93

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The question was simple but I knew behind that question was something more. Concern. Distance. There was cautiousness and formality which for some reason I didn’t like. She had built a wall around her mind and heart maybe because of herself or for me.

“I feel a lot better,” I answered with a raspy voice since I just woke up. “The poison is no longer in effect… it’s wearing off now.”

She nodded with relief. Her lips were pressed in a straight line as if she wanted to speak but she didn’t dare to because she didn’t want to break the peaceful moment. She kept her gaze fixed on her hands resting on the children, not on me.

She continued to caress the children. The weight of quietness filled the room.

I wanted to tell her it hadn’t been me. That the fire in my veins, the hunger in my body–it wasn’t my will. I wanted to apologize for frightening her, for putting her in that impossible position.

But the words I wanted to speak stuck in my throat.

The door opened with a soft creak, ending the moment of our silence.

My Beta stepped inside, his keen eyes sweeping over the scene before landing on me. There was a quick glimpse of relief on his face but it quickly disappeared and turned into his usual stoic and calm composure. He bowed his head softly yet respectfully.

“Alpha,” he said. “You’re awake. Thank the Goddess.”

Duty shoved its way between Raven and me, as it always did.

I straightened despite the ache in my body, pulling the mantle of Alpha back around me like armor.” Report now,” I said with a steady command, as if nothing actually happened.