Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
The sound came first.
That cacophonous wail they had heard when they first reached the bottom of the mountain.
But this time, Selene heard something else inside of it.
She pushed forward out of Alexander’s arms to stare down at the source of the sound. There was movement as the old man’s remains were shaken away like a snake shedding its skin.
What was left, standing in the old man’s place, was a hybrid wolf.
Selene moved back slowly toward Alexander.
“It was their scream…” she whispered.
“What?” Alexander asked.
Selene looked up at him. Her eyes held the sadness and horror she felt in her realization.
“The howl… that terrible sound… it’s the scream of the wolf trapped inside….”
Selene closed her eyes, and Alexander wrapped her in his warmth and scent. She breathed him in, letting his presence flow over her like the refreshing waters of a hot shower.
Alexander didn’t say anything. He just held her. Keeping his eyes out for any threat to them.
After taking a moment to calm down, Selene slowly pulled away.
“We need to kill it,” she said.
Alexander nodded.
“But we need to know if there are any more first,” he said.
“They don’t all become like that…” a small voice called from the tree behind them.
Selene and Alexander were startled, turning to see a ten-year-old girl hunched down on a thick branch, hugging the tree.
“How did you sneak up on us?” Alexander asked.
The girl tipped her head to the side quizzically.
“My scent is that of this forest. My steps make the sounds of the trees. My voice is the wind,” she whispered.
Alexander furrowed his brow.
“Are you… one of the Moonguard wolves?” he asked.
The girl turned to look at him directly.
“Permission was granted for your kind to be made,” the girl said. “These things… are offensive. They are rotten from start to end, unnatural.”
The look on the girl’s face turned to one of disgust and anger.
“Permission was not granted to this abomination!” she shouted.
“Sshhh!” Alexander quickly tried to quiet the girl.
Selene looked out at the shuffling shadows below. Again, they seemed unbothered by anything.
“My voice is the wind, and you seek to silence me?” the girl questioned Alexander.
Alexander felt more confused than anything, was the girl suffering a psychotic break? Had she been drugged?
‘Bow to her!’ the panicked whisper spoke in Selene’s mind. It was Lily.
“What?” Selene asked aloud.
“I didn’t say anything,” Alexander replied.
‘Bow to her!’ Lily said clearly.
“Why?”
“Why, what?” Alexander asked.
The girl turned to Selene and tilted her head, her eyes observing her closely.
‘Selene, bow, do it now, just trust me,’ Lily insisted.
“All right…”
Selene looked at the girl and then lowered her head, bowing to her respectfully.
“What are you doing?” Alexander asked.
As Selene lifted her head, she was once more startled as the girl appeared suddenly before her.
“You have someone inside of you,” the girl whispered. “One of the fae.”
Selene swallowed and took a step back.
‘Be careful. This isn’t a child,’ Lily whispered. ‘Their name is Leshy. They are one of the ancient beings of this world.’
Selene’s eyes went wide. Alexander moved to step between them, but Selene stopped him.
“Wait,” she said.
The girl smiled.
“You know who I am now, yes?” she asked.
Selene nodded.
“Your name is Leshy. You are an ancient being.”
The girl’s smile widened, and she nodded.
“Yes,” she said. “Ancient, before the word. Before you, before her, before the before, I was already ancient.”
‘Ancient beings, there are many of them, all over the world, and they are incredibly powerful. The ley lines are a cosmic force shared across species and worlds. But the power of the ancient being comes directly from the Earth,’ Lily whispered. ‘But even in my time, they had already gone to sleep. So they rarely interact with the world.’
Selene swallowed. She looked at the girl, this Leshy creature; it still observed her carefully. There must have been a reason it chose to speak with them now.
“Is there something we can help you with, Leshy?” Selene asked hesitantly.
The grin on the girl’s face almost scared Selene. There was wisdom in it, but there was also danger.
“This is my home. I have many over this world, but this is the one I choose for my slumber,” Leshy replied. “When the fae fought amongst each other, one of their Queens requested my aid. So I gave her permission to alter my wolves. I allowed your species to exist. And as she was dying, I allowed her a place to rest.”
Selene and Alexander looked at each other, knowing it spoke of the mound.
“But ever since, it has been nothing but noise, noise, noise. And now these things, these things… I gave no permission for this!” Leshy shouted angrily. “They are foul and rotten! They tread through my home, leaving behind the stench of death and decay. A corruption that spreads to my home, my animals, my forest!”
As the Leshy grew angry, the wind around them picked up, blowing hard against the wall and almost knocking over Selene and Alexander.
“We are here to stop all that!” Selene quickly said. “We came to destroy the mound left by the Fae Queen’s death, to cut off the power from the ley line!”
The Leshy looked closely at Selene.
“You have come to destroy her resting place?” Leshy asked. “Does the one inside agree?”
“Yes,” Selene nodded. “I was sent by the last of the true fae to destroy this mound and the other direct connections to the ley lines left in this world.”
“Hmm,” the Leshy considered. “Why?”
“Because the one responsible for these creatures is trying to make all of my species into these things. They intend to use the power of the ley lines to rule this world.”
“Then I will simply destroy the wolves,” Leshy replied.
“What!” Alexander shouted. “You can’t!”
“I can,” Leshy sneered. “You exist because I allow it.”
“No! Please, Leshy, please listen,” Selene pleaded.
The Leshy sighed but nodded.
“Yes, it would be simple for you to destroy us all,” Selene said.
“And quieter.”
Selene nodded, swallowing nervously.
“Yes, yes, it would be quieter… without us. But you allowed our creation for a reason, right? You could have said no when the fae Queen asked. You must have known we would be noisy, but you still allowed it.”
The Leshy narrowed its eyes at Selene, still listening, considering.
“You are animals,” it replied. “Wolves at heart… I like wolves.”
Selene couldn’t help the slight grin at the Leshy’s reply. She took a deep breath and licked her lips with renewed confidence.
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