Chapter 222 – Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)

Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)

“You finally got over it?” Jonas asked.

Axel looked at him with confusion.

Jonas pointed to his own face and then at Axel.

“Oh,” Axel said, touching his scar gently. “I’m getting there.”

“Good,” Jonas said. “You have been drowning yourself in that weakness for too long. You lead a people now, no time to gasp for breath.”

“I have someone to find,” Axel sighed. “Hard to do with one eye covered.”

Jonas laughed again.

“Whatever reason finds your strength.”

Not long after sunrise Alexander was guided to the entrance of the tunnel. He was stripped down to his boxer briefs and led to stand beside Jonas, who was already in a similar state of dress. Behind them were two large men carrying a simple wooden chest between them.

Further back stood Axel and about fifty other men and women waiting to follow them down a hollowed-out narrow tunnel. Old wooden planks lined the ground while heavy stone posts were spaced evenly with small lights strung between them, lighting the way in the small passage.

They walked for some distance before the narrow tunnel expanded until it became a large cave lined in silver ore. At the center of the cave, a large circle had been carved out of the ground. Five stone pillars surrounded the ring.

Alexander and Axel both felt the heavy weight of their wolf being forced down into submission, to retreat deep inside of themselves. They fought the urge to leave the room.

Alexander followed Jonas and the two men carrying the chest into the center of the cave. While Axel followed the rest of the wolves as they spread themselves out between the pillars to watch the battle.

The two men placed the chest down between the two alphas. They each pulled a pair of heavy workman’s gloves from their pocket and put them on. As the chest was opened, Alexander could see a sheet of chains linked together. One of the men reached in and pulled out the first one. He approached Jonas, and now it was clear what the sheet was. A chainmail shirt made from iron.

Jonas opened his arms. The man brought the chainmail to him. He slipped it over his head and let it fall across his back and chest.

Jonas clenched his jaw and roared out as the metal burned against his flesh.

The wolves of Broken Crag howled alongside him.

“Through weakness, we find our strength!” Jonas shouted.

The wolves echoed back his words, along with grunts and howls of excitement.

The second man now approached Alexander.

He opened his arms, and the man brought the chainmail over his head and let it fall.

Alexander closed his eyes and hissed as the fire spread over his bare skin. He clenched his hands into tight fists and ground his teeth together, taking a deep breath through his nose.

“Let out your voice, Summer!” Jonas shouted, growling out his pain. “Let us hear the agony! Don’t let it silence you!”

Alexander growled. The chainmail scratched and burned against his skin. The silver in the walls and floor made him feel heavy. And Jonas was just pissing him off.

“Once we have left the circle, the fight begins,” said the man that had placed Alexander’s chainmail.

The two men had picked up the chest. They were leaving the circle.

“Come, boy,” Jonas said as his nostrils flared with the heavy breaths he took. “Through weakness, you will find strength.”

Alexander watched as the second man’s foot finally left the circle.

“Hear this!” he roared as he charged at Jonas.

“Ssshhh!” Selene whispered, quieting the boy by her side.

She held him back with her arm, pressing herself against the rocks as hard as she could and trying to make them both invisible.

Selene waited until the wolf had passed and she couldn’t hear his steps anymore.

“Alright,” she whispered. “We can move now.”

The boy looked up at her sadly.

“I’m slowing you down, Miss Selene,” he said.

Selene got down on her knee before him, placing her hands on his shoulders; she tried to give him a bright smile.

“You are not slowing me down, Abe. I am the one that said we should hide, and I’m the one that keeps making us take breaks. That’s all me, bud.”

Abe smiled back at her.

Selene had never expected to find the boy that had announced his desire to marry her in this game. She didn’t even know he had gotten his wolf..

He was a sweet boy; he just wanted the chance to play a game with her. He had no idea what this game was about, and Selene was trying desperately to keep it that way.

Once she had taken care of the three wolves that had first cornered him by the stream, she had decided they would make their way through the field as quietly as possible.

Abe had gotten hurt at the start of the game; he had fallen and twisted his ankle. It wasn’t enough to bring the medics in, but it was enough to make it difficult for him to move too quickly. She had considered telling him to hide while she tried to finish the game, but there was no guarantee he wouldn’t run into trouble again.

No, the only way she could make sure the boy was safe was to take him to the safe zone herself. In order to do this, she had avoided other wolves where she could. They had run into a pair, and after some intense staring, Selene decided to see if they would simply let her pass.

She had picked Abe up into her arms and kept her eye on them as she moved past. To her surprise, they had let her go by and then continued on their own way.

They snuck past every wolf they could, and every once in a while, when they would run into a wolf they couldn’t avoid, they talked to them. Selene made her case where she could, asking them to let her by so she could take Abe to safety. When it seemed like the wolf wasn’t listening or didn’t care, she simply walked away, keeping her guard up in case they decided to try and come after them from behind.

There had been a few minor scuffles but nothing more than threats. They had avoided the wolves that were clearly trying to hunt them. Now they just needed to reach the safe zone.

As Selene approached the hill, she looked around nervously. Here she would be out in the open. If there were any wolves waiting to jump at her, this was their perfect opportunity. She had Abe in her arms and would have to use her body as a shield to protect him if there was an attack.

She swallowed down her anxiety and started up the hill.

“What’s this?” Fiona called out from the tree she leaned against. “Did you bring a friend today?”

“Fiona, this boy is hurt. I am just trying to get him to the safe zone so that he can be looked at by a medic.”

“Oh, is that it?” Fiona smiled. “So, I should just move aside and let you take him into the safe zone, which is also how you win this game?”

“This isn’t about the game; I just want to make sure he is alright.”

Fiona nodded.

“Well, unfortunately,” Fiona replied, pushing off the tree. “I can’t let anyone just walk into the safe zone….”

She started to walk in their direction.

“But what I can do…” she said, “is focus my attention on you while the boy runs off somewhere. Maybe to the tree, maybe to the safe zone. I don’t know because I will be focused on attacking you.”

Selene took a deep breath through her nose.

“When I put you down,” she whispered to Abe. “Run to the tree, and then run to the safe zone. Do not look back, and do not listen. Just get up the hill and into the safe zone.”

Abe nodded.

“Will you be ok?” he asked.

Selene smiled.

“It’s just a game, sweetheart,” she whispered, setting him down on the ground. “Now, run!”

Selene jumped at Fiona, but she was ready for her. Selene was caught and tossed aside like a ragdoll.

Fiona pulled out her clubs, and Selene reached back for her karambits.

They squared off. Selene glanced up to see where Abe was, almost up the hill. She moved back just in time to avoid getting hit by Fiona’s club.

She quickly moved her hands defensively, again getting caught in Fiona’s flurry of attacks. Selene tried to hold her back, but her eyes kept drifting up the hill. He was almost there.

Fiona let go of one of her clubs, letting it fall to the ground. She drew her hand back and formed a tight fist that she brought down with full force into Selene’s stomach.

Selene doubled over, coughing and trying to catch her breath. Fiona brought her knee up into Selene’s chin, sending her flying back.

Selene landed hard, and she was sure she felt a rib crack. Fiona was coming at her. Selene got up painfully and moved out of the way.

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