Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
“I just wanted to make sure we have something to talk about when I give her the tour,” Clara mumbled as she looked away.
“So, you plan to talk to her about her name meaning chaste?”
“And pure,” Clara corrected.
“Clara, do you really think she’ll be interested in knowing the meaning of her name?”
“You never know, she could be very interested in the origin of–” Clara paused. Then, she started to look all around them.
“What is it?” Galen asked, looking for what it was that had caught her attention.
“I… don’t know…” she said. She was unable to focus on what Galen was saying to her.
“Clara, what’s wrong?” Galen asked, taking a step closer to her.
“I… I… what is that smell?” Clara asked, her breathing getting ragged.
“Clara?” Galen called to her.
Clara was breathless, her gaze seemed unfocused, and she began to let out soft whimpers. Galen stepped forward and reached a hand toward her shoulder. A hand that was quickly grabbed and shoved away by someone else.
He turned to see a tall, curvy woman with red and black hair tied back in two french braids. She stared at Clara with a look Galen had seen only once before.
During the full moon, when Alexander begged to be put in chains.
“Holy… shit…” Clara panted. “Are you… my… mat–”
Her words were cut off by Nessa’s mouth, locking her into a passionate kiss, which Clara was more than happy to reciprocate.
Galen turned to give the new mates some privacy.
“Pure and chaste… sure,” Galen laughed as he walked away.
The iron had dug deep trenches into his skin, and the silver had stopped his healing abilities. It took almost three days for Alexander to heal enough to be up and around.
When he was back on his feet, he was surprised to hear just how well Nessa had been received in Summer.
Jonas was more excited than anyone. Finally, finally, his precious daughter had found her mate. Alexander watched in shock as he made arrangements to invite Clara to have dinner and discuss wedding plans.
“This is the true Jonas,” came a soft voice from behind Alexander.
He turned to see Jonas’ mate, Liara, standing behind him.
“He is hard and strong before the pack and the other alphas. But at home, he is a big softie. He loves celebrations, holidays, and anything that gets a smile on people’s faces. Oh, and Nessa, that girl, had him wrapped around her little finger,” Liara laughed. “He got lucky she was a true sweetheart.”
“Is this what fatherhood looks like?” Alexander asked.
“Well, I can’t say. I met Jonas only seven years ago, so he was well wrapped already,” Liara smiled. She looked up at Alexander. “But I hear that the strongest men are usually the most doting.”
Alexander looked at her carefully, then let out a soft chuckle. He nodded.
“That’s what I thought,” she smiled. “I look forward to the day I can meet your Luna.”
Alexander smiled as Liara walked away toward her mate. After giving him a quick kiss, Jonas seemed to lose focus for a moment. Then, he smiled like an excited child and followed after her.
“Is that what I look like to others?” Alexander wondered.
“Yes,” Axel said beside him.
Alexander was startled but kept his composure.
“I wasn’t asking you,” he said..
“Then why did you ask out loud?” Axel said.
“I…just forget it.”
Axel shrugged his shoulders.
“Jonas is pretty excited about his daughter and your wolf, so he’s not exactly focusing on us right now,” Axel said. “But he did reach out to Eclipsed last night.”
Alexander turned back to Axel.
“He sent out scouts to check on the other packs around here that we haven’t been able to confirm yet. But he said if we want allies, Eclipsed should be next on our list.”
“He’s not wrong,” Alexander said. “Broken Crag and Eclipsed both have strong warriors. But, where Jonas’ wolves have the endurance, Eclipse has the attack speed and ruthless tactics.”
“I’m aware. We send our unranked berserkers to them for basic training,” Axel replied.
Alexander gave Axel a confused look.
“Do they also not like you?” Axel asked.
Alexander’s expression changed to one of irritation.
“What? My impression of you with the lesser packs is that they aren’t your biggest fans.”
Alexander looked away.
“Are you that much closer to them?”
“With some, yea,” Axel said. “Whiteridge, Eclipsed, Grey Paw, Blue Reef. They all have some form of trade or mutually benefiting arrangement with Winter.”
“You seemed to know Jonas pretty well,” Alexander commented.
“I’ve met him a few times over the years. He and my dad butted heads a lot, but I never thought he was a bad guy necessarily.”
“What arrangements did you have with Broken Crag?” Alexander asked.
“None,” Axel laughed. “Jonas does not like to do business with us ‘blessed bitches’ unless he absolutely has to.”
Alexander chuckled.
“I wonder if he will maintain that mindset now that his daughter is mated to a wolf of Summer.”
“We’ll see,” Axel laughed.
“I am starting to realize something,” Alexander said.
“What’s that?”
Alexander took a breath.
“I always thought that Summer had the most open mind. That we weren’t limited by a refusal to work with the outside world,” Alexander began. “We actively mingle with humans, learn from them, teach them. We adapt their technologies, their breakthroughs, and then we share it with the rest of the wolves.”
“You just realized that you think you’re better than everyone else?” Axel grumbled, rolling his eyes and looking away.
Alexander shook his head.
“I just realized that while we opened ourselves to the human world, we closed ourselves off from the wolves.”
Axel furrowed his brow and looked at Alexander.
“We provided electricity, basic upgrades, we share what we learn from the humans, within reason,” Alexander sighed. “But we give those things without real communication or connection.”
“It wasn’t always like that,” Axel said.
“No,” Alexander shook his head. “My father tried to have open trade with the other packs. As Jonas said, he designed some of their tunnels, he did jobs for other packs, and they did them for us. But when he died, I didn’t know who to trust.”
Alexander clenched his jaw.
“I knew the humans didn’t kill him,” Alexander said with a half-hearted smile. “But among the other packs… I had nothing to go on.”
“What about before Cain died?” Axel asked. “I’ve been visiting these packs since I was ten. Selene went to train in Eclipsed when she wasn’t much older.”
Alexander shook his head.
“I chose to stay home,” Alexander sighed. “I went to Spring, Autumn, and Winter when I was young. Spent time in each. My time in Winter was… rough. At that point, my father didn’t force me to join him. So I only went when I wanted to, until after returning from the human world. Then I was sent to Autumn, which ended in… a situation.”
“So the only real exposure these packs have to you is what they see at Blood Moon or the scouts you send to spy on them… great… sounds like we’ll have lots of fun.”
“I didn’t send scouts to every pack,” Alexander scoffed.
“Did you send them to Eclipsed?” Axel asked.
Alexander looked away.
“So that’s a yes,” Axel sighed.
Axel rolled his eyes.
“I already admitted that I have misjudged the other packs. So what more do I need to say?” Alexander scoffed.
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