The Biker Alpha Who Became My Second Chance Mate\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 188\u00a0<\/p>\n
70\u00a0<\/p>\n
But even as I spoke, I could see the silver beginning to creep back into her eyes. Whatever she was fighting was strong, stronger than both of us, and it\u00a0<\/p>\n
wasn\u2019t going to let her go easily.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I can\u2019t control it,\u2018 she whispered, and there was so much pain in her voice that it felt like someone was tearing my heart out of my chest. Tristan, I\u00a0<\/p>\n
can\u2019t make it stop.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018You can, I said firmly. \u201cYou\u2019re the strongest person I know. You can beat this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She shook her head and I could see tears starting to form in those silver eyes. \u201cI killed them. I killed them both and I couldn\u2019t stop myself. The power, it\u00a0<\/p>\n
just took over and I couldn\u2019t\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat wasn\u2019t you,\u201d I interrupted. \u201cThat wasn\u2019t my Athena. That was this thing they did to you, this curse or whatever it is. But you\u2019re still in there, still\u00a0<\/p>\n
fighting it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat if I hurt you?\u201d she asked, and her hands were still hovering inches from my face. \u201cWhat if I can\u2019t control it and I hurt you too?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen that\u2019s a risk I\u2019m willing to take,\u201d I said without hesitation. \u201cBecause I\u2019m not leaving you. I\u2019m never leaving you again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I could hear Orion moving closer behind me, could smell his fear and concern, but I kept my focus on Athena. This moment felt fragile, like the wrong\u00a0<\/p>\n
word or movement could shatter whatever progress we had made.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI love you,\u201d I said, and I put every ounce of truth I had into those three words. \u201cNo matter what happens, no matter what you\u2019ve done or what you\u00a0<\/p>\n
become, I love you. That will never change.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The silver in her eyes flickered again and for a brief moment I saw her, really saw her, looking back at me with the love and trust I remembered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But then it was gone, swallowed up by that terrible silver glow, and when she spoke again her voice carried a power that made the stone walls of the\u00a0<\/p>\n
cave tremble.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRun,\u201d she said, and it was both a warning and a command. \u201cRun before I kill you too.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shook my head. \u2018No.\u2018\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTristan get away from her, that\u2019s not Athena we both know, That\u2019s not my sister.\u201d I heard Orion say but I did like I didn\u2019t hear him. My eyes remained\u00a0<\/p>\n
locked on who mattered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My Athena.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTristan, please,\u201d she begged, and I could hear both versions of her in that plea. The woman I loved and the creature she was becoming. Please don\u2019t make me hurt you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou won\u2019t hurt me,\u201d I said with absolute certainty. Because no matter what that thing inside you wants, you\u2019re stronger than it is. You\u2019re stronger than anything.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was crying now, tears streaming down her face as she fought a war inside herself that I couldn\u2019t help her win.\u00a0<\/p>\n
All I could do was stand there and show her that I wasn\u2019t afraid, that I trusted her completely even when she didn\u2019t trust herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
15:26 Sat, Jan 10 G MR\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 188\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know how much longer I can fight it,\u201d she whispered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen don\u2019t fight it alone,\u201d I said. \u2018Let me help you. Let me in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
70\u00a0<\/p>\n
I reached up slowly and covered her hands with mine where they still hovered near my face. The moment our skin touched, I felt the full force of what\u00a0<\/p>\n
she was dealing with.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Power crashed through me like a tidal wave, raw and uncontrolled and absolutely terrifying in its intensity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But then she said something that made my blood freeze.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m not your Ath, I\u2019m not love. I\u2019m war, I\u2019m fire.\u201d Then I felt life draining out of me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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