Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
“Selene, I am not someone that enjoys being helpless or needing others,” he said.
“Neither am I, but–”
“Please,” he interrupted her, “let me finish.”
She nodded.
“It has taken us a lot to get here,” he said. “I don’t want the start of our life together to be you taking care of me like a patient. If you feed me, I want it to be because you want me to taste something you made. Or because you strategically placed something for me to taste on your body.”
Selene couldn’t help the blush and the laugh. Alexander smiled.
“And the only time that I want you to wash me is when we are both naked and–”
“Ok! I get it….” Selene said quietly as she felt her face burning from the embarrassment.
Alexander laughed.
Selene looked up to meet his eyes once again. He smiled warmly.
“I will come back for you, Selene.”
Alexander held her gaze, his own tears threatening to spill. He wasn’t happy about leaving her. In fact, part of him was terrified. What if Jackson came back? What if there was another attack?
Selene took a deep breath and reached a hand to his cheek.
“I know you will, or I’ll come for you.”
Selene and Alexander spent the next three hours together. Though Peter joined them for most of it as he prepared Alexander for the trip.
But by the end of the evening, Alexander was on his way back to Summer.
After a day back in Summer, the swelling had gone down, and Alexander had regained control of his arms. Then, two days after his return, he had his operation.
He and Selene spent hours of those first two nights talking on the phone. But, after the operation, it became harder to spend that time together.
Each of them was busy. Alexander was recovering and running his pack. While Selene was still dealing with the fallout from the attack and everything that Jackson had done.
Axel still hadn’t woken from his coma, and Corrine had almost entirely moved into the hospital.
Results from Renee’s autopsy proved that she had a lethal dose of adrenalin pumped into her heart. Bell guessed the delivery was through her missing EpiPen.
The petal she had found contained trace amounts of the chemical compounds Galen had mentioned before. This confirmed that both Renee and Selene had been poisoned by the same source.
Even without Axel’s statement, it was clear that Jackson had been the cause of everything.
Saul led the investigation on Jackson’s whereabouts, but unfortunately, the trail had run cold. And though no one blamed them, Beta Richard and his family went into self-imposed isolation and lockdown as they dealt with the shame of their son’s betrayal.
With all the aftermath of the attack, there wasn’t a chance to give Renee the pyre she deserved. Instead, Bell and Selene held a private ceremony, just the two of them and her father. They walked the forest through the night in silence. They found a rock, smooth and almost perfect, with touches of red coloring.
Selene painted small flowers and the sun for Renee’s cheerful disposition. Her father simply wrote her name with a heart. Bell painted fireworks.
They placed the rock in the Grove beside the one that Renee had picked out years ago for her mother. And they said goodbye.
***
A week after, Wyatt and the other Alphas gathered to discuss what had happened in Winter— the sudden appearance of these monsters from the history books. The meeting was closed, and the location
kept quiet.
That included Alpha Alexander of Summer.
“It’s only been a few days. What if something happens?” Selene demanded.
Alexander smiled, listening to the worry in her voice.
“Like what?” he asked casually. Then, resting his head back against the seat, listening to her..
“Like… blood clots, rejection, infection… or what if you get hurt? What if there is an attack?”
“Selene,” Alexander laughed gently.
“It could happen,” she pouted.
“It could,” he replied, “but it won’t.”
Selene sighed. Alexander smiled; her concern was a warmth he never realized he craved.
“I’m fine, I promise,” he said. “Galen will be right by my side. He will make sure I don’t overdo it.”
“But–”
“And,” he interrupted, “because of my operation, I have already been approved to bring two of my medics.”
Selene sighed again.
“I would feel better if I could see you myself.”
Alexander closed his eyes, thinking of her, imagining her pacing in her room as they spoke.
“I’ll be ok,” he whispered softly.
Selene gasped. She felt a warmth on her neck and shoulders as though he were with her. Hugging her from behind and whispering against her throat.
She closed her eyes, took a deep, cleansing breath, and let the feeling roll over her senses. The warmth of his touch, the gentle thrill that echoed through every nerve.
“I miss you,” she whispered. Leaning back into Alexander in her mind.
He nuzzled her throat, kissing her delicately.
“I miss you too,” he answered.
Galen knocked at the window, pulling Alexander away from his connection to Selene.
He sighed and looked up at Galen, who indicated the time.
“I have to go,” he said.
“I know,” Selene replied.
Alexander reached into his pocket he pulled out a small vial. He had never had reason to use it before now.
“Hey,” he said, “before I go, I need to warn you about something.”
“What is it?” Selene asked, immediately concerned.
“It’s nothing to worry about, just something you will notice.”
“Ok?”
“To keep information secure during these gatherings, we are all required to take something that blocks the connection with our mate.”
“That’s possible?” Selene asked.
Alexander thought for a moment.
“Didn’t the Priestess have you take something similar?” he asked.
“No… I don’t remember taking anything….” Selene replied, trying to remember if there was anything like that. “Why?”
“The days you were with them, I couldn’t feel you,” he answered. His voice was gentle and quiet. “Like you were gone, it was… difficult.”
Selene swallowed down the painful guilt.
“Alexander… about what happened when I came back….”
“No,” he quickly interrupted her. “No, we don’t need to talk about that right now.”
“Alexander…”
“Selene,” Alexander sighed, a plea in his voice.
“Okay,” she answered softly. “So, what will happen when you take this thing?”
“I’m not sure exactly,” he said. “My father designed it a few years before he died.”
“He did?” she asked, surprised.
Alexander smiled, “He created a lot of things. Most people think he was a military leader. But, it was actually my mother who ran most of Summer’s military side. My father was the scientific leader.”
Selene wanted to ask more about Cain, about their relationship. She wanted to know everything about Alexander.
But how could she? Now more than ever, she needed to know what happened between Cain and Wyatt.
Alexander cleared his throat.
“Anyway,” he said, “I don’t know how it will feel, but I wanted to warn you. It might be… lonely.”
Selene felt a pang of anxiety and touched a hand to her heart.
As did Alexander.
“But,” he continued, “I’m still here, I promise.”
“I love you,” Selene whispered.
Alexander smiled. She said it so effortlessly now.
“I love you, Selene.”
They hung up the call reluctantly. Selene was still worried, but all she could do now was take his word and keep busy.
Alexander stared down at the phone. Already he felt lonely without her.
Galen knocked at the window once again. Alexander lowered the window giving him an irritated glance.
“You said ten minutes; I gave you fifteen,” Galen said, shrugging unapologetically.
Alexander laughed.
“Are you sure you should be doing this?” Galen asked.
“I have been summoned by the other Alphas,” Alexander replied with a sigh, “do I have a choice?”
“Oh yea, because you always listen when they call you….” Galen mumbled.
Alexander smiled to himself at Galen’s words.
“How else can I learn what they are hiding?” he said.
Galen shrugged.
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