Page 1 of Alexander's Heart

PROLOGUE

ALEXANDER

Ihad a normal, happy upbringing, with my younger brother and me always getting up to mischief, our parents were great and brought up in the life any child would be happy to have.

I decided on a life of servitude after the 9/11 attacks on our country, the last couple of formative years was spent training hard in hopes I would be ready for BUDs. I don’t regret entering the services and I’m proud I have the unique ability to protect the citizens of the United States.

Four months ago, life was good, I was a bachelor living each day as a man on a mission. Being an elite door kicker and business owner was my claim to the world.

I lived a busy action filled life protecting the country I love and helping rid the world of evil, constantly away with my brothers on deployments and growing my security business, and I was happy or so I thought…

Nothing, and I mean nothing could have ever prepared me for the sudden death of my brother, Andrew and sister-in-law, Anne. My whole world changed in an instant with their loss. Life was always a series of adventures but becoming Alexa’s guardian was a whole new venture all on its own and was never something I ever thought I’d be doing, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

My parents offered to take on Alexa and I didn’t even take a second to think over my answer, it was an instant and a resounding ‘no’. My brother trusted me to look after his little girl, who I love dearly and I will honor his last request.

It was then that I found a life of fun, happiness and real adventure. My why. Why I was put on this earth, my true purpose. I found out what life is really about, love... and being loved by my girls. Alexa my beautiful, sassy four-year-old niece; my mini me, who I now have the immense honor of raising, and Lily… Lily stole both our hearts the moment Alexa and I met her, she is, my angel, my love.

There’s such a purity to Lily that is undeniable, she doesn’t have a bad bone in her body, she is a rare, beautiful, kindhearted soul and the other half of my heart.

I never imagined finding my one, my person, but I have and I don’t want to let her go, she is my angel. Andrew always said, ‘When it’s right, it’s right. You just know’ and he was most certainly correct.

The moment I laid eyes on Lily it was instant attraction and... love, love exploded in my chest like an IED going off. Alexa and I have both fallen deeply in love with Lily, and I can’t imagine our lives without her in it, our world would never be the same, I’m not ready to let her go she is our angel, our everything...

CHAPTER ONE

ALEXANDER

The fucking screech of the heart monitor is constant, piercing my skull like a missile flying through the air the ringing is deafening. I can’t lose Lily, Alexa definitely can’t go through losing another Mommy, FUCCKKKK!

I’m going to rip that fucking pricks heart out, and I’ll enjoy every bloody minute of it. He thought it was his God given right to put his filthy fucking hands on my girl, he has stolen the life of my angel and Alexa’s chance of having a Mommy, and I vow that I will reign down hell on his black soul then burn him into hell where he belongs.

My heart is thumping, trying to claw its way out of my chest to be one with Lily’s, and all I hear is the squeal of the monitor proclaiming her heart has stopped beating. I have tears streaming down my face like a little bitch, this woman, my angel, has given me a happiness I never knew possible, she gave me life.

My beautiful broken girl doesn’t deserve what life has thrown at her over the past eight years, I will kill that son-of-a-bitch, Trickle is going to hurt in ways he could never imagine, trust me when I say we have all seen and learned a thing or two from our years of SEAL life and Tier 1 missions. Torture techniques are something we’ve all partaken in throughout the years and we are damn good at it.

My angel was protective right up till the end, baby, she said, ‘Baby, Doc, baby.’ what if she is carrying our baby, fuck no, she has to live, Lily is my life... hers cannot end here.

:Alpha 1, Alpha 1, snap out of it, Chief! Doc blasts through the Comms and I turn to look at him and he’s signaling for me to flip my mic down.

:Alpha 7, this is Alpha 1, what can we do Doc? Lily can’t die, she’s our life, and her life has only just begun, she has to live!!

I below, my voice hoarse with emotion.

:Alpha 1, you need to take control of the Hawk, I need Alpha 4 back here with me.

:Alpha 7, what the fuck man? I need to be here with Lily.

:Alpha 1, get your shit together NOW!! Blake has the same blood type as Lily, now move your ass.

My eyes widen in understanding, and hope blooms in my chest. I lean in and kiss Lily on her forehead, and then move swiftly to the cockpit and take over the controls.

:Alpha 4, go do what you can to help save our girl.

:Copy that, Alpha 1, I’m on it, see man, I’m not just a pretty face, you just concentrate on keeping us steady and getting us to LHH as quickly as you can. We have clear skies ahead with no restrictions, Lennox Hill Hospital and Air Traffic Control know we’re coming in hot and are clearing our flight path.

:Roger that, Alpha 4, do everything you can and thanks man.

I give Blake a nod and he moves to the back to help Doc try to bring Lily back to life.

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