Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
“She will,” another voice called from behind.
Bell stood and turned to find Axel and Alice standing behind her, each holding a baby.
“Luna Fiona said that Selene agreed to come,” Axel said. “She’ll be here.”
Bell stood up and nodded, but it was clear that she didn’t really believe him.
Alice smiled.
“She wouldn’t have agreed if she wasn’t going to come,” Alice said.
“Then why isn’t she here yet?” Bell asked quietly.
Alice lowered her gaze. She took a quick look behind her at Axel and then behind Bell at Galen before she met Bell’s eyes again.
“Were it you,” she whispered, “would it be so easy for you to come?”
Bell swallowed and looked away.
She knew that coming today was more difficult than she could imagine for Selene. The only reason Bell was so concerned was because she was worried. Even knowing that Selene had checked in for the past two months without fail, she still felt uneasy.
Bell needed to see her friend with her own eyes and know that she was all right.
“It’s still early,” Corrine said. “The vigil won’t begin until after the sun has set. She has plenty of time.”
There was a general nod of agreement among the others at the table.
“Now,” Corrine continued, sitting up with a smile. “One of you, give me my grandchild.”
“I won’t let go of Wyatt. I only just got him back from Sofia,” Axel laughed, “but I’m sure Jonas would love to see you, Mother.”
“And I would love to be able to eat something,” Alice smiled as she moved over to hand Jonas to Corrine.
“Axel, don’t you know it’s your job to keep Alice well-fed since she is feeding your children?” Bell asked with her arms crossed and a raised brow.
“Yea, weren’t you the one that gave me that advice before?” Galen laughed.
Axel laughed and nodded.
“Generally, yes,” he said. “But—“
“But,” Alice interrupted with a bright smile, “I have been doted on enough. We have agreed his job now is to make sure I can feed myself by taking care of the twins so that I can do so.”
Bell reached up and patted Axel’s head like a dog.
“I always knew you were a good boy,” she said affectionately.
Axel rolled his eyes and shook her hand away. In doing so, someone else caught his attention.
“Is Luna Fiona all right?” he asked.
Galen sat up straight. He stood and turned to follow Axel’s gaze. Fiona was walking toward them, but she was using her can again. Something she hadn’t needed for several months.
Galen swallowed and took a step toward her.
“Don’t,” Corrine quickly stated, smiling down at Jonas as she spoke, “she overworked herself. She is fine, but drawing attention to it will only make her uncomfortable.”
Galen stopped and took a breath. She was right. Fiona’s injury had been severe and life-threatening. But her recovery had been hard fought and well earned. It was a point of pride for her to walk unassisted.
She would not want him to make a fuss if she required her cane. Galen swallowed and tried to turn his attention so that it was not obvious he was still watching her. But he couldn’t stop himself from turning and staring when she was approached by someone else.
Fiona held her head high as she walked through the mess hall. The sound of the cane hitting the ground with each step she took was a blow to her ego.
“Greetings, Luna Fiona,” Landon said as he blocked her path and bowed to her.
“Greetings, Alpha Landon,” she replied with a nod.
Landon gave a half smile and stepped aside, but as she stepped forward, he took place at her side. He moved his arm to hold hers before the cane hit the ground again.
“What are you doing?” she hissed angrily, looking up at him.
Landon smiled and leaned down closer to her ear.
“The sound seems to offend you,” he whispered. “It causes a look of shame to pass over you with each step. Such a look doesn’t belong to you.”
Fiona looked away, irritated at the warmth she felt on her cheeks.
“Mind your own business, Alpha Landon,” she growled.
But she didn’t pull away as Landon continued to support her on the way to the table. Though she would not say so out loud, she was grateful not to hear that sound anymore.
“I would have been happy to escort you,” Galen said as they arrived at the table. He pulled out a chair for her. “If you had called me.”
“I wasn’t looking for an escort,” Fiona sighed, letting go of Landon’s arm and sitting down.
Landon grinned but said nothing before he moved around the table to sit beside Nessa and Clara.
Nessa looked between Fiona and Landon.
Fiona had already turned her attention to Corrine and the baby in her arms. Meanwhile, Landon sat back in his chair, holding a glass to his lips as though he were drinking, but Nessa saw the smile that hid behind the glass as he watched the Luna of Summer.
Nessa narrowed her eyes at Landon and then reached her foot out to kick him. He turned to her with surprise.
“Did you just kick me?” he asked.
Nessa stood up; Clara looked at her with concern.
“I’m getting a juice. Landon’s going to help me,” Nessa said.
“I could help you,” Clara offered, starting to get up.
“No,” Nessa said quickly. She reached down and grabbed Landon’s arm pulling him to his feet. “Landon’s going to help me this time.”
Clara sat back down with a look of confusion, but she nodded and turned back to the table.
“Come on,” Nessa said, pulling Landon from the table.
Landon went without hesitation, even as she pulled him out of the mess hall completely. Once they cleared the doors, Nessa stopped and turned to face him. She crossed her arms over her chest with a severe expression.
“No,” she said firmly. “Stop it.”
Landon furrowed his brows.
“Stop looking at Luna Fiona like that!”
Landon turned his gaze from her, but the soft smile on his lips made it clear she hadn’t misunderstood, and he knew exactly what she was talking about.
“Hey,” she said, “I’m serious. You can’t.”
Landon looked back at her. His smile fell, and his expression became concerned.
“I thought that you had no interest in anyone outside of your mate, and that was why you couldn’t return the feelings I had for you before,” he said. “But is it really that you find fault in my character, Nessa? Am I a bad man in your eyes?”
Nessa’s eyes widened.
“No!” she said quickly. “Not at all! Landon, you are a great guy, and if I could have felt something for you back then, I absolutely would have. And I’m sure we would have had a happy life together because you are amazing.”
“Then why do you object to my interest in her?” he asked.
“I don’t!” she said. “Not really… I mean, it could get complicated. Leaders in different packs, the age difference… You are the same age as her son… that’s bound to be a little awkward.”
“Liara was much younger than Jonas,” Landon countered.
“True, but they were mates,” Nessa said, then shook her head. “This is so not the point.”
“What is the point?” He asked.
Nessa took a deep breath.
“You can’t look at her like that today,” she said. “You can’t flirt with her or give her come hither eyes today.”
Landon furrowed his brows, still not understanding the point that Nessa was trying to make.
“Today is her son’s vigil, Landon,” she said. “All these people are here to say goodbye to Alpha Alexander.”
Landon tilted his head. He knew it was a momentous day for all that were gathered, and most especially for Fiona. But he didn’t understand why that would prevent his desire to court her.
“Many bonds are blessed on the last day of mourning,” he replied softly.
Nessa closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
“In Broken Crag,” she sighed. “Not in Summer.”
“What is the difference?” he asked.
Nessa looked up at him. He wasn’t pouting or being unreasonable. He genuinely didn’t understand. She took a breath.
“We immerse ourselves in our loss,” she said, thinking of the three months she had spent in Broken Crag mourning her father. “We embrace the pain and let it tear us apart.”
New Book: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
Dayson was the alpha of the largest pack in North America. Powerful figures from other packs sought to offer gorgeous girls as potential mates for Dayson. He steadfastly rejected these advances, he was not a pawn to be manipulated. But eventually there came a mysterious girl he could hardly say No. Who was she?