Ash’s POV
For the first time in weeks, I felt purpose flowing through my veins instead of anger and despair. It was a plan; And it just made everything feel manageable again. Possible.
“This is the last one,”I spoke to my reflection, observing how smoke made my eyes silver fire with fresh resolve. “This is how she finally sees what I do.”
I'd been working myself to the bone since Elena told us her plan, testing my True Alpha capabilities. My body, crippled by weeks of neglect and festering sores, was at long last responding to good food and concentrated training.
"She'll get it once I save her," I grumbled, as I practiced various martial forms in the small clearing outside our cabin. "When I prove that I’m not the bad guy, when everything I’ve done has been to save her.”
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