Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
“Some kind of switch,” Axel sighed, leaning back in his chair. “Alice was a human turned into a wolf. There is no trace of fae in her system. Myka’s body was getting worse whenever his natural healing kicked in.”
“So… they traded?”
Axel nodded.
Bell furrowed her brows; it made no logical sense that they should be able to do this. But lately, it seemed logic was taking a backseat in their lives.
“Now, Alice’s wolf can heal Myka,” Axel continued. “For a time at least.”
Bell remembered the tests she had run on Myka after he had begun to improve. She also remembered the way that Alice had insisted they find a cure. Of course, they knew it wasn’t permanent, but Bell had assumed that Alice’s insistence was because she was worried about Myka.
But why would Axel be sitting here, crying, and worried if that was all? Why would he talk about Alice’s desire to be a mother in such an anguished voice?
Her eyes widened, and her heart sank as the realization hit her.
“She took the infection into herself….” Bell whispered. “It won’t hurt her… but you”””
“But I… am one of three wolves that have almost pure fae blood,” he sighed. “Which means that if Alice keeps the infection inside of her, it won’t kill her. But it will kill any life we create together.”
Bell covered her mouth, trying to keep her reaction controlled.
“Did she know…?”
Axel nodded.
“The Priestess, Luna, whatever. She warned Alice that helping Myka would put her at great risk. She told her what would happen if the cure came too late.”
“So, what if we find it in time?”
“If you can cure Myka in time, they can switch back with little to no harm done,” Axel said. “If the infection comes back and you find the cure after, you can save him at least.”
Bell took a deep breath.
“I’m sorry, Axel,” she whispered.
In the hallway, Peter had his back pressed painfully into the wall. His jaw was clenched so tightly that he felt his back teeth might crack. Hot tears rolled down his cheeks, and he drew short deep breaths.
He came for the newest test results and intended to walk away when he saw that Bell and Axel were talking. But, unfortunately, he arrived at a point in the conversation that he could not walk away from.
His mind drifted back to the night he shared with Myka. As they took a short rest from enjoying each other, they talked about life and the people they loved and admired.
“Ok,” Myka smiled. “I’ll tell you a secret about Alice that you won’t believe.”
“Hmm… that’s tough. That woman has so many secrets and skills. There is very little I wouldn’t believe about her,” Peter replied with a grin.
Myka laughed, wrapping his warm arms tighter around Peter.
“That’s a fair point,” he said. “Still, I think you’ll be surprised by this.”
“If I didn’t know any better, I might be a little suspicious of how much you know about and want to talk about Alice,” Peter replied with mock jealousy.
Myka laughed again, his warm throaty laugh. Peter smiled at the sound.
“Alice is my sister,” Myka said softly, laying his chin on Peter’s shoulder. “She was the first to show me kindness because she wanted to. She will always be important to me.”
“I know,” Peter smiled. “All right, tell me this surprising fact about sister Alice.”
Myka grinned.
“Her one and only dream in this life is to be a mom,” he replied, his voice beaming with satisfaction and strange pride. “With all the skills she has, all the secrets she knows. All the possible ways she could gain power or control in this world. She only wants to create a life with the one she loves and cherish it.”
Peter smiled.
“I can see why she is so special to you,” he said gently.
Myka turned Peter’s chin to him, pressing their lips together in a soft kiss.
“Second only to you,” he whispered, kissing Peter again.
As the memory faded, Peter closed his eyes and fought to keep quiet, not wanting Bell and Axel to know he was there.
When he got the chance, he quickly escaped, swearing in his mind to both Myka and Alice that he would find the cure.
Myka woke only for a few minutes, but it was enough to renew the hope and determination of those waiting for him to recover.
Peter had rushed to his side, smiling and laughing with him for every second he could. But every other moment was spent in the lab. Analyzing and experimenting. He was consulting with doctors and scientists in Summer. They tackled the infection in different ways, trying to find a cure. But they were having little luck.
After three days, Axel was receiving messages from Galen and the lesser packs. Fae creatures had begun to attack all over the territories. In addition, some packs were reporting having seen strange hybrid wolves.
Axel needed to shift his attention to the war. He coordinated with Galen to arrange rescue operations and deploy warriors where they were most needed.
Bell had also been forced to return to her previous duties.
The safety zone she had set up for the survivors and civilians would need to be ready to receive more people.
The nomads that had come to negotiate finally came to an agreement. They offered their alliance to Winter, moving more than three hundred wolves into the safety zone, and offering nearly two hundred as soldiers.
As the world around them was hurdling faster and faster into an all-out war, Peter could only focus on Myka. He checked on him regularly and noticed that Myka was starting to show signs of the mutation again.
A leaf or two in his hair. That was how it had started before.
Peter thought he could do it. He was sure he could.
He wanted to save them both, bring Myka back, and keep Alice from losing her chance at motherhood. But now, it seemed like it was too late.
Peter lay his head on the cold steel of the table littered with paperwork. He took a deep breath and let it back out slowly.
How could he explain this to Myka?
Alice, his savior, his sister. She sacrificed her happiness for him, hoping that Peter and Bell would find a way to save them both.
“I failed…” he whispered out loud. “I’m so sorry.”
“He’s not gone yet,” a voice whispered behind him.
Peter sat up and turned to face her.
“Alice,” Peter whispered, then his eyes widened. “What are you doing here? Is something wrong? Did Myka wake up?”
Alice let out a soft chuckle at the panic in his voice.
“Calm down,” she said. “I was with him just a few moments ago, and he was fine. A few more leaves in his hair, but he’s all right.”
Peter took a deep breath, sitting back down on his stool.
“Good…” he whispered, “good.”
Alice smiled.
“You have time still,” she said. “Myka is safe in your hands. I know it.”
Peter closed his eyes, clenching his jaw, he swallowed.
Myka still had a chance. They could still cure him. But the mutation was already coming back, and it was likely already too late for Alice.
“I’m sorry, Alice,” Peter whispered. “I thought… I hoped that I would be able to… help.”
Alice tilted her head to the side, squinting her eyes in confusion, and then it dawned on her. She smiled softly.
“Thank you,” she said. “I appreciate you trying.”
She turned away before she continued speaking.
“Honestly, I never expected you to be able to help me,” she said.
Peter looked up.
“When I made that decision, I had to assume it was the final outcome.”
Alice smiled, and her tone was casual, maybe just a touch distant. But her eyes shone with unshed tears, and the quiver of her jaw told a different story than she was sharing.
“So don’t worry about me,” she said. “You focus on curing Myka, that’s all.”
Peter sighed.
“How could I do that?” he asked, looking up at her with concern. “After hearing Myka and Axel talking about how much you want to be a mother, how can I not worry about what you did?”
“Because it was my choice, Peter,” Alice snapped. “I made it, and the risk was made very clear. So there is no one to blame except the ones that made that creature.”
Peter’s eyes lowered to the ground, he wanted to argue, but he could see how hard she was trying to keep herself focused and moving forward.
“Even if I find the cure in time to save him,” Peter said quietly, “how am I supposed to explain the price to him?”
Alice’s eyes went wide.
“You’re not,” she growled.
Peter looked up; the confusion was written plainly on his face.
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