NovelAppChapter 0247
| knew my conversation with Dustin would be rough. No one wants to hear that their mate has been through the
horrors that his has been through. But, as his Alpha, it’s my job to make sure that he knows and that I'm the one
to tell him.
When he knocks on the door to my office, | tell him to cin and have a seat. | go to the bar in my office and
pour us both a bourbon, coming to sit beside him.
“That bad, huh?” He asks me, taking a sip of the amber liquid.
“Dustin, you know what it was like for Angel when she first got here.” | say, watching as he looks into his glass,
looking for answers that he won't find.
“Yeah.” He says quietly.
‘Angel toldabout Sarah. Sebastian, the one that cfor her today, didn’t just feed on her. He abused her
daily for the seven years that she was
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prisoner.” He puts his glass down, standing and walking to my wall, punching a
hole in it.
He leans his head against the wall, pulling his hand out of the hole he created. “I knew it was bad. | knew it had
to be based on how she responded to seeing him again.” He turns to me. “How do | help her? How do I help her
heal from that? How do | make her feel safe?”
| stand, walking to my friend and putting a hand on his shoulder. “I wish | had answers for you, but I'm still trying
to figure it out myself. All I can say is to be there for her, be what she needs you to be and let her set the pace.
She’s dealing with a lot and honestly, she’s doing better than | would have thought. That's positive.”
He nods his head, taking a deep breath. “Do you think she'd go to see Dr. Phillips? Maybe there is something
that she can do to help her heal, you know, internally?”
“I think that’s a great idea, if you can get her to go. But again, I'd suggest letting her set the pace. If she’s
resistant, either give her tor see if Angel can help sway her.”
He nods and | lead him back to the chairs, pushing him down in his and handing him his glass. He shoots it down
and | grab the bottle and pour him another.
“I need to get back upstairs. | expected her to have nightmares, but now, | can be positive that she will.” He
looks up at me. “Angel seemed okay with Cyran being with her all night, right?”
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“Yes. She was comfortable with Cyran and didn’t have nightmares when he stayed with her. She inay be more
comfortable with Leon than you being in the room with her, especially given her history.”
He gets up to leave. “Thank you, Alpha.”
“Letknow what either of you need. If she’s going to be your mate, she’s part of our pack now.”
“She IS my mate. She'll be part of the pack, no matter how long it takesto convince her.”
When he’s gone, | finish up the last of things | needed to do, posting the training roster for the next few days.
When I crawl into bed with Angel, I'm exhausted. | let her warm body and calming scent pullinto my own
dreamless sleep.
The next morning, Angel and | get ready and head down to the canyon to train with the pack. | heard Sarah
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safe.
When we get to the training grounds, I'm excited to finally see what Angel is capable of. | know her training with
Clint is important, but so far, he hasn't had her sparring. | need to know that she is a strong and intelligent
fighter.
When we get there, | make sure that my warriors are divided up with Rik’s. There are about 500 warriors in total,
300 of mine and 200 hundred of Rik’s. He and Chase are here working with the warriors, but | need to work with
Angel.
I pull her off to the side. “Okay, showwhat you've got.” | tell her and get in a defensive stance.
| watch her frown at me. “What are you talking about?”
“I need to see how good you are, so go ahead, take a shot at me.”
“I'm not going to hit you Liam.”
“Angel,” | say and stand up out of my defensive stance. “I need to know what kind of training you had before,
what you remember and how strong you are. So,” | say, getting back into my defensive stance. “Hit me.”
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