Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
Until it wasn’t.
Soft mumbles, a voice that held feeling. A warmth. A guidance. Calling, coaxing, waiting for her to respond.
“Alexander…” Selene whispered, finding the words and bringing them to her lips.
But the words went into the darkness and were gone, never reaching anyone else’s ears.
The warmth was leaving. Even the mumbles began to fade away.
“Alexander…!” she cried out.
But again, the darkness swallowed her words.
Selene was alone. She was trapped.
“I told you to fight for your own thoughts,” a sad whisper echoed in the darkness. “I can’t help you much longer.”
A soft whimper in the distance, an injured wolf.
“What is that?” Selene asked.
“She won’t survive much longer. Not without you.”
“Who?” Selene asked.
“Wake up, Selene. Take control of who you are.”
***
Selene was surprised to find herself standing in the middle of the training grounds. She couldn’t remember how or why she had even come here.
‘Training.’
‘Preparing.’
Selene shook her head, clearing the cobwebs from her mind. She had been training, preparing for the coming battle. She must have lost track of time.
Hurrying to get showered and dressed, she made her way to the hospital. She wanted to check in on Bell and Ren.
Corrine had told them the night before that both Bell and Ren were recovering and that Bell had woken and even made a few jokes. But Selene wanted to see for herself that her best friend was alright.
As she approached the room, she recognized his familiar scent. She smiled, hurrying inside to surprise him with a kiss.
Alexander turned as the door opened. He was surprised to see her, confused by the smile she wore. Even more so by the kiss she gave him.
“Why didn’t you wait for me?” she asked.
“What?” Alexander replied, “You said you weren’t coming….”
Selene looked at Alexander as though he were crazy.
“I never said that,” she replied. “I told you I needed to do some training, some preparing. But I never said I wasn’t coming.”
Alexander didn’t understand what was happening, but now wasn’t the time to deal with it.
“I guess… I misunderstood,” he said.
Selene smiled and moved to sit beside him.
“Where are Bell and Galen?” she asked.
“Her doctor wanted to run a few more tests on Bell, just to be sure that she and Ren are continuing to improve,” he said. “They should be back any minute.”
“Check out that timing,” Bell laughed as Galen wheeled her back into the room. “It’s like we planned that or something.”
Selene stood and ensured the path to the bed was clear as Galen moved the wheelchair beside the bed and helped Bell back into bed.
“You all do understand that I wasn’t actually hurt, right?” Bell laughed as Galen adjusted her pillow and moved the table closer to her so she could access her water and snacks without needing to move too far.
“Bed rest is doctor’s orders,” Galen smiled as he moved around to sit on his own bed.
“Doctors don’t always know what they are talking about,” Bell sighed and leaned back in her bed.
“Wow,” Selene laughed. “Doctors really are the worst patients.”
“Hush you,” Bell chided. “I am a freaking pleasure to treat.”
“Oh, of course, you are,” Selene smiled, nodding as though she agreed.
Bell smiled and then threw a small stuffed animal at Selene.
“Aww, how could you?” Selene asked, catching the small bear and holding it up. “He’s so cute.”
“He really is,” Bell smiled, “give him back.”.
She stretched her hand out and Selene laughed but stood up and brought the bear to her friend, sitting down at the end of her bed instead of returning to her chair beside Alexander.
“Galen,” Alexander called.
Galen looked up at Alexander, who motioned his head toward the door. Galen nodded and then stood up.
“I’m going to go for a walk. Give you two some privacy,” Galen said sweetly as he leaned forward and kissed Bell’s head.
He pulled away and found himself stopped. He glanced down to see that his hand was held tightly. Galen lifted his eyes to Bell.
She wore a smile and a playful expression. Still, the heartbeat he felt through her hand, the slight elevation in intake of breaths, and the look in her eyes all told a different story.
Galen swallowed the anger he instantly felt toward the bastard that had caused this reaction.
He smiled at her and squeezed her hand.
“We won’t go far,” he whispered.
Bell took a deep breath and licked her lips.
“Go, go,” she said, her mouth twitching ever so slightly as she smiled. “Take him, Alexander. The boy is smothering me.”
Alexander laughed, and Galen gave her a wink, knowing how hard she was trying to keep up her brave front.
Bell kept her eyes on him until he had left the room entirely.
She took a deep breath, trying to maintain the smile and the playful mood, but without him beside her, it was difficult.
“So,” Selene said. “Did you hear Saul dresses in an elephant costume every night to get his daughter to sleep?”
Bell blinked and stared at Selene.
“What?” she asked.
“Yep,” Selene nodded with raised eyebrows and pursed lips.
“Is that true?” Bell questioned.
“I have no idea,” Selene shrugged, “but it lowered your heart rate to think about it.”
Bell closed her eyes and let out an honest laugh. She took a deep breath.
“I don’t want to talk about it,” she said honestly and openly. “I don’t even want to think about it.”
“I understand,” Selene replied. “As long as you are ok and talk to someone about it.”
Bell nodded.
“All my tests have come back fine,” she said, taking another deep breath and looking up, unable to prevent the shine of tears in her eyes. “Ren is beautiful. He’s healthy. I’m fine. I just…”
Bell licked her lips and turned away, wiping away the one tear that managed to escape.
“I don’t want to talk about it.”
“Got it,” Selene said. She reached out and took Bell’s hand. “What do you want to talk about?”
“Uhm,” Bell said, looking up as she tried to think of a different topic. Suddenly she smiled and looked at Selene with a devious grin. “What about you… and Alexander… during the hunt.”
Bell bit her lower lip and waggled her brows.
“No!” Selene shouted through giggles. “Nuh-uh, not happening!”
“Come on!”
“No!”
“I would tell you!”
“You wouldn’t give me a choice!”
“That’s true,” Bell laughed.
***
Down the hall, only a few doors away from the room he shared with her, Galen listened to his wife’s laughter with a sigh of relief.
When she had first woken late the night before, she was lost in her fear, in her tears, in her screams.
They had been awake most of the night. Galen held her in his arms and simply reminded her that she was safe, that he was with her, and that Roman was nowhere near them.
She had barely spoken, clinging to him for dear life with one arm while the other held her stomach.
He had never seen her so vulnerable, so openly afraid.
His heart had broken, and he was more determined than ever to make sure that Roman or any other threat to his wife or child would be dealt with immediately.
“How is she?” Alexander asked.
“Terrified,” Galen said.
“How are you?”
“Terrified,” Galen replied honestly.
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