Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
‘I can bring you back, but I will come with you,’ the voice whispered. ‘Do you agree?’
The Goddess had forsaken her, so now she would take whatever hand was offered her.
“Yes,” Irina whispered.
Roman did as Irina asked. He picked up her broken body, carried her through the trees, and then deep down into the cave until they reached the chamber.
He looked around nervously but continued to carry her down to the tree, laying her gently across the roots.
“Roman…” she whispered.
“Yes, Mother?” he replied, taking her hand.
“You were right,” she said.
“What?”
“Life would have been so much better if I had listened to you all those years ago,” Irina whispered, tears running down the side of her face.
The roots below her began to shift and move.
“What’s happening?” Roman asked as his eyes darted back and forth over the roots.
“I should have killed the ones that bothered me… then we could have had a life together.”
Irina smiled a bloody smile at him.
“Wouldn’t that have been nice?” she asked.
Roman nodded as he swallowed and squeezed her hand.
“Don’t leave me,” he whispered. “Please.”
“I have to,” she said. “But I’ll be back. You’ll see, baby. I will come back, and we will never let anyone bother us again.”
Irina gasped as the roots wrapped over her body, squeezing against her. Roman was forced to let go of his mother as she was pulled toward the tree, slowly being swallowed as if it were a cocoon.
“Goodbye, Roman. I love you. I always have.”
Irina’s words were a whisper as the tree sealed around her.
***
Five years after her body was drawn inside the gnarled and twisted tree, the roots moved again.
This time, as the arms and legs of something entirely new.
She learned what Gorn had been up to while she evolved. His focus was entirely on how to use the power of the ley lines to enhance himself and his territory. Even Tomas was short-sighted in his plans. Rule the wolves, be the strongest of the great packs.
Irina scoffed at their triviality.
The only thing they were right about was the need for power. But controlling the wolves was only the start. What she needed was to bring back the true rulers of this world. The Fae.
Irina was only a tiny part of who she was now. The frail and fragile creature that could not protect herself or keep her child in her arms was gone. All that was left of her was the rage and hatred she carried for Gorn, Holden, and the Goddess herself.
When she left the chamber, she searched for Gorn first. She was hardly surprised to find him drunk and beating another weak and frail woman.
When the girl saw her, she screamed and tried to run, but the roots that made up Irina’s arms and legs were much faster than the girl’s.
Gorn turned as her body fell. The look of horror in his eyes sent a ripple of excitement through Irina’s tendrils. But when he also tried to run, and she was able to pierce a root through his back, that was an entirely new delight.
She lifted him and held him in the air with a smile.
“As long as you are useful, I will allow you to keep breathing,” she whispered in a raspy voice, unlike her own. “I know how much you hate useless things.”
Irina made good use of Gorn for several years. She trotted him out like a puppet to all of the Alpha events. She used his voice to spread her words and give her orders.
He was, for a time, how she kept a leash on both Holden and Tomas, but eventually, she wanted the privilege of their fear to herself.
But as Gorn’s usefulness began to wane, she used him one last time to call Roman home for a short visit.
She had been watching him from a distance over the years. He had been sent away, and until she was ready, there was no reason to call him home. She read the reports of his behaviors, his murders, and his reputation.
The time when Irina would have been upset by these things was long past. Now, he was exactly who she needed him to be.
Roman was not scared when he saw her. In fact, he recognized her immediately, even in this strange new form. She told him of her plans and asked for his help to rid the world of bothersome things.
He agreed readily.
She saw something in his eyes, a need. There was something that drove his dark desires. She didn’t know what it was but assumed it was related to a dark-haired woman. All that mattered was that he was willing to do what she needed when she needed it.
The first of which, was killing Gorn.
“There you are,” Selene smiled warmly as Alexander shut the door behind him.
He returned her smile and moved to where she sat in the armchair. He leaned forward, kissing the top of her head.
“Were you worried about me?” he asked.
“No,” she replied, looking up at him with an affectionate gaze. “I knew where you were.”
Alexander raised his brows and then narrowed his eyes. He squat down with his arms crossed and resting on her chair.
“Do you now?” he asked. “Selene, my love, have you been keeping tabs on me?”
Selene bit her lower lip and grinned. She leaned toward him.
“Why?” she asked. “Alexander, my love, have you been trying to hide from me?”
They locked their eyes on each other, a small battle of wills to see who would look away first.
It was Selene that laughed as Alexander kept firm to his steely gaze.
Once she cracked, Alexander also let out a chuckle and stood back up.
He turned away, heading toward the bathroom. He pulled off his shirt, giving Selene a view of his solid back.
“I’m going to grab a shower,” he said.
But as the words left his lips, he felt her soft, warm hands already moving along his skin.
Alexander released a soft moan and took a deep breath through his nose as a simple touch from her hand set his nerves aflame.
Her thumbs pressed into the firm flesh around his spine. Moving her hands up, she pressed harder into his tight muscles.
“Mmmm…” Alexander moaned.
As Selene’s hands grazed his shoulders, rising over the crest and falling down along his chest, Alexander licked his lips and took deep breaths. His body was already reacting to her. His undying hunger for her was stirring.
“Selene…” he whispered.
“Hmm?” she replied, pressing her lips to his back.
The vibration sent shivers down his spine and a jolt into his lower regions.
Alexander reached his hand out to the door frame to steady himself.
Selene’s hands trailed down his chest and over the molded ridges of his stomach, tracing between the dips and curves as she moved further down his body. Her tongue ran gently along his spine, tasting the saltiness of his dried sweat.
As she moved her body, pressing her breasts against his back, Alexander groaned, realizing for the first time that she had already managed to remove her shirt and bra. Her hardened nipples nudged against him.
Alexander took a deep breath. He turned around, tangling a handful of her honey-blonde locks between his fingers as he tugged and forced her chin toward him. He leaned forward and kissed her hungrily.
Selene did not hesitate to return his kiss. She draped her arms around his neck and pulled herself up to wrap her legs around his waist.
With a starving growl against her mouth, Alexander reached down and supported her weight with his hand as he carried her back to the bed.
He lifted his knee onto the mattress and gently laid her down, never pulling his mouth from hers.
Selene felt his hunger, his need, matching her own. She was ready for him to take her vigorously.
But he didn’t.
Alexander laid her down and pulled away from her lips. His mouth moved down her jawline. His hands laid feather-light touches against her arms.
He trailed kisses along her throat. Nuzzling against the crook of her neck, one hand began gently fondling her breast.
Selene was surprised by the way he was handling her. Every part felt beautiful, but it was so different from how he usually liked to touch her, how they usually wanted to touch each other.
His thumb against her nipple drew her thoughts back to the moment. She took a deep breath as he stirred the growing need.
Alexander kissed down between her breasts slowly, teasingly. He ran his tongue over her skin, tasting every part of her.
His hand moved away from her breast, but his mouth replaced it. He swirled his tongue around her nipple, and she gasped at the sensation. He sucked and nipped until she let soft gasps and moans, and she felt like she was going crazy with her desire for him.
Still teasing her breast, he removed her shorts and panties.
She was surprised when she felt his tip gliding against her slit. She hadn’t even realized when he removed his own pants.
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