THE BIKER ALPHA WHO BECAME MY SECOND CHANCE MATE

Chapter 42 A Leah and I finished up the day's work , but I couldn't concentrate on anything . My mind kept wandering to Sera lying in that hospital bed , to the similarities between her story and mine , to the way Tristan had dropped everything to be there for her . When we finally closed up , Leah offered to drive me home as planned . " Actually , " I said , making a sudden decision , ' could you drop me at the market ? I want to get some things to make dinner . " She looked surprised but nodded . " Of course . I can wait for you if you want .

" " That would be great , " I said , grateful for her company . The thought of being completely alone right now didn't appeal to me , The market was busy with the evening rush , families picking up last - minute ingredients for dinner , couples debating over wine choices . I moved through the aisles mechanically , grabbing ingredients for Tristan's favorite pasta dish . Cooking for him felt like something concrete I could do, a way to show care when everything else felt so complicated .

I was walking back to where Leah was parked , bags of groceries in both hands , when something made me freeze in the middle of the sidewalk . A man was walking about fifty feet ahead of me , and something about his silhouette made my breath catch in my throat . The way he carried his shoulders , the length of his stride , the familiar set of his dark hair . But it was his clothes that made my blood turn to ice . The same black shirt he'd been wearing the day I rejected him . Daxon . It couldn't be . It was impossible . He was an ocean away .

There was no way he'd followed me here , no way he'd tracked me down after all this time . But as I watched him walk , every instinct I had was screaming that it was him . " Athena ! " Leah was calling from her car , probably wondering why I'd stopped moving . " Everything okay ? " I couldn't answer . Couldn't move . Couldn't do anything but stare at the figure walking away from me with growing certainty and terror . I had to know for sure . Had to confirm whether my worst nightmare had just become reality .

Dropping the grocery bags where I stood , I started following him , my heart pounding so hard I could hear it in my ears . He was moving at a casual pace , like he had all the time in the world , like he wasn't being followed by the woman whose life he'd 1/2 18:37 Fri , Jan 2 d Chapter 42 destroyed . I didn't know how far I've been following , but then he suddenly stopped walking . The man took what felt like an eternity to turn around . I stood there frozen , my heart hammering against my ribs so hard I thought it might burst .

My hands were shaking uncontrollably , the tremors starting in my fingertips and spreading up my arms like an earthquake through my entire body . 46 It was only then that I looked around and realized with growing horror where I was . We were in an alley . A narrow, dark alley with brick walls on both sides and only one way out - the way I'd come from . I hadn't even noticed my surroundings when I'd chased after him . I'd been so focused on confirming my worst fears that I'd walked straight into a trap . How could I be so stupid ?

All those hours of training with Kiara , all those lessons about being aware of your environment , and I'd thrown it all away the moment I thought I saw Daxon . I'd let panic and old trauma override every bit of common sense I'd managed to rebuild . If this really was him , if he'd somehow tracked me across an ocean and found me here , there would be nowhere to run . The alley was a dead end , and even if I screamed , who would hear me ? Who would come running to help a girl who'd been dumb enough to follow a dangerous man into a place with no witnesses ?

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