Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
“The next full moon isn’t far,” Fiona said. “But Corrine is pretty amazing at pulling together beautiful weddings.”
“What?” Selene asked, looking up at Fiona.
“I mean, what she did for Bell and Galen was beautiful. I’m sure she will make it even more special for you,” Fiona smiled.
“What?” Selene asked again.
“Your wedding?”
“But,” Selene began. “Alexander and I aren’t planning to marry for a few more months.”
“Well, yes, but that was before. Now that the pack accepts you, there is no reason to wait, right?” Fiona said. “Alexander told me that you wanted to prove yourself first. I can tell you without question you have done that.”
“Uhm, well, yes… that’s true,” Selene stammered. “But… there are… that is I…”
“What is it, Selene?” Fiona asked, looking at Selene carefully.
Selene hesitated to answer. She needed to be careful.
“We don’t know when Alexander will even be back from this secret mission,” Selene said. “He may not make it back home before the full moon, and we can’t plan the wedding without him even knowing.”
“Oh, please,” Fiona laughed. “If Galen calls him right now and tells him that the pack accepts you and you’re free to marry, it doesn’t matter why he’s out there. He would be back in a heartbeat to make you his wife.”
Selene laughed awkwardly, lowering her head. She knew Fiona was right.
“There’s something else,” Fiona said, observing Selene’s reaction. “Do you not want to marry my son?”
Selene’s eyes shot open, and she turned up to Fiona.
“Of course, I do!” she cried out.
“Then what is the problem,” Fiona asked. The merriment had left her voice.
“It’s just that… I made a promise… and I haven’t completed it yet,” Selene replied.
“What kind of promise would keep you from marrying the man you love?” Fiona asked, crossing her arms over her chest.
Selene swallowed.
Fiona already knew that Selene was investigating Cain’s death, that she wanted to find an answer to what really happened.
But how could Selene explain that she needed to find those answers before she could marry Alexander?
That marrying him now would feel like she took advantage of him before he knew the truth. After all, could she expect him to feel the same way for her after he knew?
“I promised Alexander I would solve Cain’s murder. For him and for this pack,” Selene replied.
“Getting married won’t hinder your investigation,” Fiona said. “If anything, becoming Luna officially will make it easier for you to gather information.”
Fiona stood up. She continued to stare at Selene with such a focus that Selene honestly worried she could somehow hear her thoughts.
“This is about your father,” Fiona stated.
Selene’s eyes widened.
“Wha… what do you mean?” Selene asked, trying to push down her nerves.
Fiona raised an eyebrow and took a deep breath through her nose.
“You are afraid of how Alexander will react when he learns that your father is the one who killed Cain.”
Selene was silent. The world around her had gone still.
Fiona stared at her, waiting for a response.
“How… what…” Selene couldn’t even form a sentence.
Fiona sat back down on the stool beside Selene.
“So, it’s true then,” Fiona sighed.
Selene swallowed. She had unintentionally confirmed what Fiona had only suspected.
“Obviously, I don’t know what actually happened,” Fiona said. “But I have known your father for almost thirty years. He and Cain were closer than anyone realizes. They may not have agreed on how to run a pack or what level of interaction we should have with humans. But they were friends.”
Fiona smiled sadly.
“After Cain died, I was stuck in the hospital for a long time. I had been inside a battle simulation when the mate bond was severed. With the suppressants he had taken, I didn’t feel how he died, or whether it was fast or slow. Only… that he was gone. A sudden intense stabbing in my heart and an emptiness that left me breathless.”
Fiona paused, her voice shaking slightly, her eyes glistening with unwelcome tears.
“My distraction at that moment led to a severe spinal injury. It’s the reason I use a walking stick sometimes,” she continued. “When I was in a place that I could think again, really accept the loss. I realized that Wyatt had pulled away from us.
“Alexander was angry, and he was pushing for more answers, so at first, I thought Wyatt was just trying to give him space. To allow Alexander to grieve in the way he needed to.”
Selene felt her stomach tighten, and her heart ached for Alexander.
“But after a while, it just felt strange. Winter and Summer were at odds, Wyatt would barely respond to messages I sent..
“But it wasn’t until the first Blood Moon after Cain’s death that I started to wonder. Then, when I met him face to face, I saw the shame as he looked at me from across the room.
“During the official ceremony, honoring and saying goodbye to Cain, I finally looked into his eyes, and that look told me something awful. I saw the pain he held, and I knew right then, he watched Cain die.”
Selene closed her eyes; she saw her father’s face. The exhaustion. Years of carrying the burden of his guilt over Cain’s death had destroyed the man he used to be.
“I was never sure what that really meant,” Fiona sighed. “I didn’t want to believe that Wyatt could hurt Cain, but it was a possibility.”
She looked at Selene, giving her a sad smile again.
“When you started looking into Cain’s death, I admit, I was suspicious.,” Fiona continued. “I considered that you might be trying to hide something that would implicate Wyatt, but that kind of decision didn’t line up with your character.”
“I thought you hated me….” Selene said softly, not meaning to say it out loud.
“No, Selene, I told you before, if you were anyone else, I would have accepted you right away,” Fiona said. “But you hurt my son, I needed to make sure you deserved the chance to make it up to him.”
Selene nodded, then chewed at her lower lip as she tried to decide what she could tell her.
“It was an accident,” she said.
Fiona swallowed, she gave Selene her attention, but she wasn’t sure how prepared she was to hear the truth.
“My father… he didn’t know it was him,” Selene continued. “There were other wolves, he had been attacked, poisoned. The poison was working itself out of his system when Alpha Cain approached him from behind. He just reacted… he stabbed him.”
Fiona clenched her jaw and closed her eyes, drawing a shaky breath.
“My father tried to help him,” Selene said, tears falling from her eyes. “But they didn’t have anything, no supplies… and Alpha Cain… told my father to let him go. He wanted my father to complete his mission for him.”
“Of course he did,” Fiona sighed, shaking her head.
“Alpha Cain told my father he was already dying, that he had also been poisoned. I don’t think my dad believes it, though. He wanted me to tell Alexander. He said he would accept whatever punishment he decided.”
Selene took a deep breath. She didn’t know what would happen now. What Alexander would do.
“Wyatt was always too damn honorable for his own good,” Fiona sighed, wiping her tears. “If Cain said he was dying, he was. My mate was a lot of things, very secretive, but he didn’t lie. He would have forgiven Wyatt for stabbing him, he would have told him it wasn’t his fault. But he wouldn’t lie to make him feel better.”
Fiona stood up from the stool. She turned away to compose herself. Taking another deep breath in and out.
“He wasn’t alone,” Selene said.
Fiona squeezed her eyes tight as she felt the deep pull in her stomach. Then, taking a quiet, shaky breath, she tried desperately to steady herself.
“My father held him in his arms, talked to him until he was gone. It wasn’t long.”
Fiona nodded, still not looking back at Selene.
“Thank you,” she whispered. “For telling me.”
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