Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
Alexander reached for his glass when he heard movements behind him, growling and the sound of someone being hit. Then, before turning and looking over his shoulder, his entire world was flipped.
Strapped into his chair, Alexander was knocked over on his side. His head hit the ground with a painful thud. He heard the scuffle behind him continue, shouting and gasping. He was jostled around as something continued to hit his wheelchair. Alexander tried to right himself, but he struggled with the angle the chair had landed.
The wheels were slightly elevated off the ground, so he couldn’t quite do it alone no matter how hard he tried to push himself up.
“Would you like some help?” a voice he was sure he recognized from somewhere asked.
A short man with curly brown hair and a wide grin came into Alexander’s view.
Holden crouched down before Alexander, grinning from ear to ear.
“It seems you have gotten yourself in quite the predicament,” Holden said.
Alexander clenched his jaw but held his growl deep inside. He tried once more to right himself, but it was no use.
“Oh, careful, you’ll hurt yourself even more if you keep trying to force it,” Holden smiled.
Holden stood up. He moved behind Alexander and cleared away the chairs that blocked Alexander from flipping his chair on his own.
“We met once before, you know,” Holden spoke as he picked up the chairs. “At the Blood Moon.”
“If you’re going to help me, then do it,” Alexander growled.
He pushed back against the floor once again. Without the chairs in his way, he could push his chair further up. Though it still fell back, slamming his shoulder into the ground.
“Oh no, you must be more careful,” Holden said, feigning concern.
Alexander clenched his jaw, fighting the urge to shout angrily. Holden lifted the chair, leaning far too close to Alexander’s face.
After he was upright, Holden seemed to consider Alexander once more. His mouth was turned up in a grin that only made Alexander want to hit him.
“You know,” Holden said, tilting his head as he spoke, “I almost wondered if your injuries might not be as severe as they had been made out to be.”
Holden laughed, eyeing Alexander carefully.
Alexander looked away from him, clenching his jaw.
“My Alpha spoke of how you struggled during your meetings. Your stamina was so low that you were bed bound for days,” Holden tilted his head to the other side, his smile never changing. “I thought he must be exaggerating.”.
“It’s good that a peace treaty has already been agreed to,” Alexander growled through gritted teeth.
Holden’s eyes widened playfully, and he pulled back from Alexander.
“Oh?” he said. “Are you saying you wish you could hurt me?”
Alexander did not respond.
“But all I need to do is step back,” Holden laughed, taking a step back. “Can’t reach me anymore.”
Holden laughed loudly. Then looked back at Alexander with serious eyes.
“I truly considered that you might be playing a game,” Holden smiled. “Pretending to be injured when you were not.”
“But,” Holden’s smile grew wider as his eyes trailed down Alexander’s body, “it looks like I was wrong.”
Alexander followed Holden’s crazed gaze, surprised to see a fork stabbed into his thigh. Alexander growled and ripped the fork out of his leg, throwing it furiously.
“Oops, it must have happened when you fell.”
Alexander looked away from Holden once again. He was at least glad he had listened to Galen and taken the paralytic before the ceremony. Not because of the fork, but because he might have already killed this fool without it in his system.
“No, it’s clear you are well and truly broken,” Holden said. His grin was wide, but his tone was much darker, angrier.
It drew Alexander’s attention. There was something in his words, something more than he was showing in his eyes.
Alexander suddenly felt angry, angrier than he had already been feeling.
“After all,” Holden continued. “What self-respecting alpha would allow themselves to be seen flopping around on the floor like a captured fish.”
Alexander felt a surge of white-hot rage. But before he could act on it, he saw Holden’s expression change.
Holden felt the soft pressure on his shoulder that quickly turned painful. He let out a pained grunt. The hand let him go.
He turned to face whoever dared to touch him.
His anger was swallowed in an instant. When the force of her presence pressed down against him, pulling the air from his lungs.
He felt his body moving for just a moment, trying to kneel before her. He struggled to fight the urge.
Holden looked into her hazel eyes, blazing with an incandescent fury like he had never seen before.
‘Impossible!’ he thought with a mix of anger and awe.
“Get away from him,” her voice was eerily calm and several octaves lower than it should have been.
It took all he had to keep from submitting to the overwhelming presence. He swallowed down his fear and nerves. Giving her a twitching smile and brief nod.
Holden felt her let him go.
She. Let. Him. Go.
Holden’s shame fueled anger pushed his feet from their place, frozen before her.
Though the first few steps took genuine effort, he did not stumble. Clenching his fists and jaw, he walked away from them with dark thoughts filling his mind.
“Alexander, are you alright?” Selene asked, moving to her knees before him when Holden stepped away from them.
Alexander stared at her. The threat in her eyes was gone. The presence she had put off had been contained and directed purely at the tiny little man bothering him.
She touched his cheek. Concern and care were all that shone in her eyes.
Alexander glanced around. No one else had noticed.
“How did you do that?” he asked quietly.
“What?” she asked.
“You shouldn’t have been able to do that, not yet,” Alexander said.
“What do you mean?” Selene asked.
Alexander could see the genuine confusion on her face.
“Is everything alright?” Corrine asked, approaching from behind Selene.
Selene looked back at her mother with a gentle smile.
“Can we announce our bond now?” Selene asked, looking back at Alexander. “I don’t want to wait anymore.”
Alexander touched her cheek and smiled back at her.
“Of course,” Corrine said. “I’ll get Axel and your father.”
Corrine stepped away, leaving Alexander and Selene alone once more.
“Selene,” Alexander began. “What you just did… How did you do that?”
Selene looked back to where Holden had been standing.
“I don’t know,” she answered honestly. “I was looking for my mother, then I felt the smallest touch of anger from you. When I looked back, I saw him standing in front of you… he leaned down. He was too close. I didn’t like it.”
Selene clenched her jaw at the memory.
“So, I came back. As I got closer, I heard his voice, the way he talked to you, the things he said. It made me angry. Very angry.”
Selene took a breath.
“When I reached for him, I wasn’t trying to do anything exactly,” she continued. “But when he turned, I saw his little sniveling face….”
Selene stopped, clenching her jaw.
“When I saw him, I just….” Selene took a deep breath. “He needed to leave.”
Alexander nodded.
“You imposed your will on him.”
Selene gasped; her heart quickened. She looked into Alexander’s eyes, hoping for more of an explanation.
“That’s not possible,” she said.
“It shouldn’t be,” Alexander agreed, “not before you become Luna.”