Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
It was a room reserved for important dinner guests, usually visiting Alphas looking for a private space to discuss and negotiate while they ate. But tonight, it was the room where they would host a family dinner.
As they approached the door, Alexander hesitated.
“What’s the matter?” Fiona asked.
Alexander took a deep breath.
“I just need a minute,” he said. “You go ahead. I think I’ll get myself a drink first.”
Fiona nodded, and Alexander moved away toward the kitchen.
He expected to find it empty. The dinner had already been laid out on the buffet from the smell outside the room.
But he was surprised to find Landon pouring himself a drink.
Landon looked back.
“Would you like one?” he asked.
Alexander nodded and stepped closer.
Landon poured him the same dark liquor, whiskey, by the rich aroma.
They clinked their glasses, and Landon took a drink, but Alexander paused before tipping back his glass.
“My mother seems happy,” he said.
Landon paused, his glass still pressed to his mouth, and Alexander saw the slight upward twitch of his lips into a smile.
“I believe she is,” Landon replied quietly.
Alexander felt a playful surge of childishness rush through him. He brought his glass to his lips.
“She told me that she could take you or leave you…” he said, smiling as he tipped back the glass and sipped the dark drink.
Landon gave a soft chuckle.
“I know that Fiona speaks of our relationship as a whim that can be abandoned at any time,” he said. “But I also know that my place in her heart grows each day she allows me to stay by her side.”
He took a deep breath.
“She believes I will find my mate and leave her for them someday. She wants to make it easy for us both when that time comes.”
Alexander lowered his glass and looked at Landon.
“Will you?” he asked.
Landon looked at Alexander with a raised brow.
“Fiona may only be willing to commit to the rising and setting of the sun with me,” he said. “She thinks of it as committing to one day at a time, but I know that each time the sun rises and sets, it is still the same sun. And it will rise and set again and again, without fail, until its dying light.”
Landon smiled.
“I know my heart. It will not change. She can leave me, she can seek others…” he said, though he paused and clenched his jaw momentarily. “But I will remain patient and devoted to only her.”
Alexander reached out and grabbed Landon’s shoulder, surprising him.
“I wasn’t sure what to expect when Selene told me about your relationship with my mother,” he said. “But now, I’m glad you found each other.”
***
As Alexander finally entered the dining room, he saw that many of the guests were already there, including Selene, standing off to the side, chatting with Bell, Fiona, and Clara. She turned immediately and smiled. He smiled back and nodded for her to continue her conversation.
Not far from where his wife stood, he saw Alice and Nessa talking. Beside them was Landon, who was terrible at hiding the wandering of his eyes to Fiona across the way. Alexander smiled to himself.
High-pitched giggles drew Alexander’s attention toward the ground, only a few feet from where he stood at the entrance. He found Galen lying on the floor as Ren and the twins, Wyatt and Jonas, attacked him. They piled on him with giggles as he pretended to cry for help.
Alexander chuckled and turned his gaze to Axel sitting in a chair, focusing entirely on his task. Little Savannah sat in his lap. She held a small stuffed bear in her tiny hands as Axel neatly braided her hair.
“A beautiful image, isn’t it?” a familiar voice came from behind him. “Incomplete, until now.”
Alexander turned around. He smiled as he saw the silver, white, and gold hair plated into a crown. Her emerald eyes shone with warmth and delight as they met his.
“It’s good to see you, Corrine,” Alexander smiled.
“Even better to see you, Alexander,” Corrine replied.
As the last guests arrived, they greeted Alexander, hugged him, welcomed him back, and expressed shock and joy at his return. Once the greetings were done, they all sat down and began to eat as they shared news and answered questions.
First, all questions were directed at Alexander and what he had experienced when he was gone. He told them about what had happened inside the gate, about the end of the original Lunas and the Dark Queen. He told them about floating through the void, the window, and surfacing at the lake to find Selene five years later.
There wasn’t much else for him to share, so he turned the questions back on them. Selene had told him some of what had happened to the others but not all of them.
“Alpha of New Reef?” Alexander asked as he looked across the table at Corrine.
Corrine smiled and nodded.
“For just over a year now,” she said.
“Wow…” Alexander said, leaning back in his chair and shaking his head in delighted surprise. “You started a pack and became an Alpha… not what I expected to hear.”
“I told you about New Reef,” Selene said.
“You told me that Corrine had turned her attention to the territory left by Blue Reef, not that she had rebuilt the pack or become its Alpha,” Alexander replied with a raised brow to Selene.
Selene glanced at her mother and back at Alexander.
“I guess I left out some details,” she said quietly.
There were quiet chuckles from all around the table. Alexander smiled and turned his attention back to Corrine.
“I never thought there would come a day when you would willingly leave Winter,” he said.
Corrine nodded.
“Neither did I,” she replied. “My intention was never to lead the pack. I only wanted to find a way to help rebuild it if I could. But, after working so hard on it for those first couple of years and establishing the pack, I realized that I couldn’t hand it over to just anyone.”
“How many are in your pack now?” Alexander asked.
“We are small still, just over seventy wolves, most of which are still young,” Corrine replied.
“Most of the kids that were left orphaned from the war were a part of Corrine’s initial team to rebuild,” Myka said. “Now they and their adoptive families have joined New Reef.”
“I thought that reclaiming the lands and working to rebuild what was lost might help some of them deal with their loss,” Corrine said.
“Makes sense,” Alexander said.
“I’ve spent almost every day with those kids,” Myka said. “We’ve done a lot of projects, a lot of education and traveling, but building this pack with Corrine, that’s helped them the most.”
Myka turned to Peter beside him, and a silent question passed between them. Peter nodded, and Myka took a deep breath before he turned back to look around the table.
“I’ve been with these kids every step of their healing journey, and I want to keep being there for them. So that’s why Peter and I have decided to leave Winter and join New Reef as well.”
Selene’s eyes widened. She looked between her mother and brother, neither of whom reacted to the announcement.
Clara, Nessa, Bell, and Galen all smiled and nodded, whispering their unsurprised opinions between themselves.
“Your mom is already poaching your wolves, Axel,” Alexander laughed, “Nothing to say about it?”
“I would never,” Corrine replied with a gentle scoff.
“Don’t act so innocent, Mother,” Axel smiled. “It’s not exactly a secret that you intend to make Stefan your successor. How could these two not leave Winter when their son’s future is in New Reef.”
There was no malice or ill feeling in the comment. It was clear from the smile on Corrine’s face that the topic had previously been discussed and laughed about.
“I thought Stefan dreamed of becoming a scout?” Selene said.
Myka turned to her and nodded.
“He does,” he said. “He’s still too young to consider becoming Corrine’s successor realistically. But rebuilding his old home has helped him heal from the pain of all that he went through back then. He wants to learn everything he can and support his pack. For now, his goal is still to become a scout. What he does in the future…”
“Will be for him to decide,” Peter interjected with a smile. “When he’s ready.”
Myka smiled and nodded at Peter.
“What about you, Peter?” Selene asked. “How do you feel about moving to New Reef?”
Peter took a deep breath before answering.
“Well, just as the name states, it is ‘new,’ which means that the medical center is currently understaffed and underdeveloped. Even with improvements made by Summer and Winter, there is still a lack of experience in the staff there,” he sighed.
Peter paused and looked at Myka before rolling his eyes.
“And with the way this idiot and Stefan charge headfirst into every situation without considering all the risks… I can’t exactly leave their medical treatment up to newbies in the field. So, I need to be there to make sure the hospital is equipped to handle them.”
“I greatly appreciate your sacrifice,” Corrine smiled.
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