Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
Selene furrowed her brow.
“I am the one who made the decision to attack Roman with my abilities. However, when I saw him, I couldn’t help myself. He was just such a disappointment.”
Lian grinned and then took a breath.
“Now is not the time to be worrying about such things. You have a mission to accomplish.”
Selene nodded.
“Yes, but I don’t know where to begin.”
“Well, that’s easy enough. You start by finding the long-lost brother of Luna Irina,” Lian smiled.
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Peter sat heavily in the chair. His eyes burned from the tears he had shed, and his body screamed from the day’s exhaustion. He could hardly tolerate the waiting. He hadn’t ever experienced this side of it.
He didn’t like it at all.
Peter knew how long it should have taken to repair the injury and how long to open and close. But, unfortunately, they were already an hour overdue.
“Peter?”
He looked up. Alice’s voice drew him from his quiet frustration. But the blood stains on her shirt from trying to treat Myka as they rushed him to the hospital only served to heighten his panic.
“What happened?” he asked, standing from the chair.
“He’s out of surgery,” she said gently.
Peter looked at her carefully.
Alice was naturally cautious in her expressions, but this was different. This was her brother surviving surgery. She should have been excited, not apprehensive.
“What’s wrong?” he asked.
Alice licked her lips and took a deep breath.
“There is an infection,” she said. “They have managed to slow it down, but it’s aggressive and unlike anything the doctors have seen before.”
Peter swallowed.
“How bad?” he asked.
Alice clenched her jaw and swallowed.
“How bad, Alice?” he repeated.
“It’s not good,” she said. “I’ve already reached out to Summer. They are looking at their records to see if there is anything they can do, but….”
Peter took in a shaky breath.
“I need to be with him…” he whispered.
“You make it sound easy,” Selene sighed. “But I don’t know anything about Luna Irina having had a younger brother. And Spring isn’t exactly going to hand over their family trees if I ask.”
“No,” Lian smiled. “But you have access to a deep source of information about Spring. One that very likely learned about things that no records were made about. But, I believe her mind would have noted such information.”
“Alice…” Selene whispered.
“Yes,” Lian nodded. “That woman is the most likely person to have the answer or at least be able to find it.”
Selene nodded. She would need to return to Winter and talk with Alice as soon as possible.
“Alexander has returned to your side,” Lian said, looking past Selene. “You have been asleep for five days. It is time for you to wake up.”
“Five days!” Selene shouted. “Alexander must be losing his mind.”
“Yea, but you sent him a message before you were pulled back in time,” Lily said from behind her.
Selene turned and looked at her with confusion.
“Ok, I sent him a message before you were pulled back,” Lily shrugged. “The point is, he at least knew that whatever was happening to you was with your knowledge… sort of.”
Selene nodded and took a deep breath. She then looked around, only now realizing they were in the void of blues with the bright white in the distance. She also noticed that Talis and Solana were gone.
“Where are the others?” she asked.
“They were never here,” Lian replied. “This place we are in now is your personal connection to the ley lines. Almost like your own little pocket.”
Lily suddenly gasped.
“What’s wrong?” Selene asked, but Lily did not respond.
Lily stared forward, her brows knitted together in a pained expression.
“Lily?” Selene called once more.
“She can’t hear you,” Lian said. “She’s hearing the dead, sometimes, they call to her, and she has no choice but to listen to their last words.”
Selene nodded and looked at Lily with concern.
“You need to go, but since she is a part of you, you will need to wait until she has regained herself.”
“That’s fine,” Selene said.
Just then, Lily’s face crumpled in on itself, and she let out a soft groan.
“Lily? Are you alright?” Selene asked, moving toward her.
Lily lifted her eyes to Lian.
“The Autumn wolves…” she whispered sadly.
Lian furrowed her brow and tilted her head gently to the side. Then her eyes widened, and she took a deep breath as she brought a shaky hand to her heart, clutching her chest.
“What… what has happened to them?” Lian whispered.
“They’re screaming….” Lily whispered. “Trapped inside those… things.”
Lian clenched her jaw and closed her eyes, trying to compose herself.
“You must go, Selene,” she said. “Autumn has fallen. Spring is likely to follow soon. We must stop this evil from spreading beyond those packs.”
“I don’t understand,” Selene replied.
“Lily can explain to you after you have woken,” Lian said, “but it is time for you to leave this place.”
Lian turned to leave.
“Wait!” Selene called out.
Lian turned back, a look of exhaustion in her eyes.
“Am I able to share what I know?” Selene asked. “The truth about where we actually came from, about the Goddess?”
Lian looked down, and after a moment, she looked back at Selene.
“We, the original Lunas, are the ones bound to an oath.”
Lian took a deep breath before she continued.
“When Queen Luna saw the repercussions of Loki’s attacks on the humans. The absolute hatred that the humans and the wolves bore the fae, she decided neither should ever know about the true origin of the wolf,” she said. “She saw the fierceness with which the wolves protected ‘their people,’ and she feared that if they learned the truth, it would break that loyalty.”
Lian smiled.
“The humans are the true owners of this world,” she said. “The Fae were made to prepare and maintain it, and the werewolves were created to protect them.”
Lian looked back up at Selene.
“The other Lunas and I made a selfish choice when we refused to let our Queen go. When we refused to cut the lines. And she made a fearful choice when she bound us to silence,” she said. “But Cain learned on his own, and then, you learned from Cain.”
Lian smiled again.
“The oath has not been broken, and you may share this knowledge with whomever you want.”
Selene nodded.
“Thank you,” she said.
Lian took a slow breath and clutched her chest again.
“You need to go,” she whispered. “We are all depending on you, and he is waiting for you.”
The bright white light in the distance grew brighter and brighter with each passing second until it was blinding.
Her chest felt heavy as she took in her soft pulls of air. Her mouth was dry.
Slowly and with some effort, Selene opened her eyes.
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