Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
“You’re a right lucky bastard,” Liam said. “She’s a good woman.”
“I know,” Alexander smiled.
“Beautiful and strong,” Liam continued. “And she never gave up hope that ye’d come back one day.”
Alexander nodded. “I know.”
Liam smiled. Then clapped his hands together.
“So, we’re good now, yea?” he asked. “Yer not gonna throw me into another wall or growl at me some more?”
Alexander shrugged.
“I can’t make any promises,” he smiled. “But, I do apologize for assuming the worst and getting physical with you. I shouldn’t have done that.”
Liam chuckled.
“Nah,” he said, “I woulda lost some respect for ya if ya hadn’t.”
Alexander furrowed his brow but laughed.
“Why?” he asked.
Liam swallowed and looked away briefly.
“I meant it when I said that I made mistakes in the past,” he said. “And that includes my impure thoughts and intentions toward yer wife.”
Alexander swallowed.
“I may not have acted on it, but it was still wrong,” he continued. “I didn’t realize that until I met Maeve.”
Alexander nodded.
“Finding your mate is life-changing,” he said.
Liam nodded.
“It is,” he said. “Especially when yer mate doesn’t want anything to do with ye.”
Alexander’s eyes widened and then he furrowed his brow.
“What?” he asked.
Liam nodded and smiled.
“I only met Maeve a year ago, but she had heard plenty about me from other wolves,” he sighed.
“I see,” Alexander said, nodding in understanding. “So, your reputation finally caught up with you.”
“It did,” Liam nodded, “and it almost cost me everything.”
Alexander let out a soft chuckle. He felt comfortable laughing about it since it was clear that Maeve had eventually come around to giving Liam a chance.
“You’re quite lucky she was willing to look past it,” he said. “How did you convince her to do that?”
Liam smiled.
“I couldn’t,” he said. “She wouldn’t even talk to me. I’m still shocked she didn’t just outright reject me and get it over with.”
“So, what happened?” Alexander asked.
“She did,” Liam said, tilting his head toward the bathroom door where the sound of the water still came through clearly. “Selene convinced Maeve to give me a chance to prove who I was to her one way or the other.”
Alexander looked at the bathroom door. He swallowed as he thought back to the past. Before Selene had been willing to accept their bond. To the nights spent in agonizing loneliness as his dreams were haunted by her smile and the soft sound of her laugh.
“Maeve told me later that Selene had pushed her to not let what others had to say influence her decisions. That she needed to see for herself whether or not she wanted to accept or reject me.”
Alexander smiled and took a deep breath.
“That’s what she meant when she said she helped Maeve settle into your pack,” Alexander said.
Liam nodded.
“Maeve was only willing to give me a chance if Selene stayed and kept me in line in case I ever decided not to be a gentleman.”
“She seemed pretty capable of handling herself,” Alexander said, gently touching the place on his throat where Maeve had held a blade to him.
“Aye,” Liam nodded with a sigh, “that is also thanks to yer woman.”
Alexander chuckled.
“Maeve was a sweet and shy thing when we first met,” Liam continued. “Six months with Selene and that sister of hers, and she’s become one of my most lethal wolves.”
“Sister?” Alexander asked.
“Aye, the one that taught my Maeve to always have a weapon in every room… scared the bejeesus out of me the first time I moved a picture, and a knife came flying at my foot!” Liam shook his head with a sigh. “Alice was her name.”
Alexander’s eyes widened.
“Alice came here?” he asked.
Liam nodded.
“Off and on for a few months,” he said.
Alexander didn’t know what to say. It was already strange that Selene was outside the territory and seemed to have been so for a long time, but to hear that Alice was as well? Why? What had changed in the past five years that the Luna of Winter would be out in the human world?
“I should go,” Liam said.
“Hmm?” Alexander asked. Having been distracted by his thoughts, he didn’t notice when Liam approached the front door again.
“I’m glad we cleared the air between us,” Liam said, reaching a hand to Alexander’s shoulder. “I have always valued our friendship.”
Alexander nodded.
“So, I should go before that door opens, and ye want to kill me again,” Liam smiled with a wink.
It was then that Alexander noticed the sound of the water falling in the shower had stopped.
“Get out!” Alexander growled as the handle began to turn.
Liam chuckled as the bathroom door opened and steam billowed out. Selene stepped into the room, scrunching her hair with a small towel. Her robe hung loose, with the belt barely tied at her waist. The curve of her breasts and the top of the scar on her stomach were visible to any that looked.
Alexander clenched his jaw and turned toward the room’s entrance just as the latch locked into place.
“Alexander?” Selene called to him. “Is everything all right?”
He turned back with a smile and nodded.
“Everything is fine,” he said. “Liam came by.”
Selene straightened her back and looked up with concern.
“I didn’t do anything to him,” Alexander said immediately. “We just talked.”
She took a breath.
“Ok,” she said. “Did you apologize?”
Selene continued to the bed, where her clothes were laid out. She grabbed her panties, putting them on under her robe.
“Yes,” Alexander said, watching Selene push the robe off her shoulders and let it fall to the ground. He approached her as she put her bra on with her back to him. “Though, he did plan to hit on you… so I’m not sure I really needed to apologize.”
He put his arms around her waist, leaning down and resting his chin against the warm skin of her shoulder.
Selene laughed.
“He knew better,” she said, touching Alexander’s cheek.
Alexander moved back just enough to be able to turn his head down and place a gentle kiss on her shoulder.
“I heard quite a few wolves were interested in comforting you,” he whispered against her shoulder.
He kissed her shoulder again and then opened his mouth to allow his teeth to gently nip at her. Selene raised a brow and smiled.
“Then I am sure you also heard how much I appreciated their interest,” she said.
His hands moved across her stomach, over the raised texture of her scar, until they each sat on her hips, and he gave a gentle squeeze.
Selene took a deep breath and closed her eyes as his warm touch radiated through her.
“I heard that you politely refused their advances,” he whispered, kissing her shoulder tenderly.
At her hips, his fingers slipped under the fabric of her panties. He moved back and kissed along her shoulder blade as he pushed the panties down from her hips and over the curve of her ass. He left them bunched around her thighs, pulling his hands away and leaving her exposed as she was distracted by the touch of his lips to her back.
Selene swallowed as his tongue traveled down her spine until he was blocked by the clasp of her bra.
She expected him to take it off, but he moved back up to her neck instead.
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