Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
“It seems I owe you my thanks,” Roman smiled sweetly toward Alice as he entered her room.
Alice turned to face him. The expression on her face showed confusion and then understanding.
“You are Roman, son of Alpha Tomas,” she said.
Roman took a disappointed breath.
“You’ve been altered again,” he sighed. “Why do they do this to you?”
He continued toward her, walking around her and observing her as he spoke.
“Why do they take that fire in you and snuff it out into this hollow shell?” he asked with a scoff.
“Darlin’, I am made to order and provide the service that best fits my abilities,” she smiled and winked.
Roman shook his head with disgust.
“That’s not you,” he whispered. “That’s not even your voice.”
Roman moved to her, grabbing the back of her hair and pulling just enough to lift her chin.
She kept her smile. But something in her eyes changed, and then he felt the slightest tick of pain in his stomach. He looked down to see a small knife in her hand. The tip of the blade had pierced his abdomen just slightly.
The corner of his mouth lifted into a grin, and he looked back into her eyes. He recognized that something in them now. Hidden deep within her was that spark. The fire that burned brightly in her soul.
“There she is…” he whispered with relief. He brought his other hand up to stroke her cheek.
She pushed the knife forward enough to draw a quick hiss from his lips.
“Tsk-tsk,” Alice smiled. “A gentleman should never put his hands on a lady. Especially without an invitation.”
Roman chuckled. He let her go and stepped back.
“Then why don’t you invite me?”
“Aww, darling, I fear you are the type that has trouble remembering safe words,” Alice smiled. Then she stepped away to continue packing, as she had been before this man entered the room.
Roman looked at her bag.
“You are returning to Spring?” he asked.
“I am going where I am needed,” she replied.
“I am also leaving tonight,” he said, moving closer. “Perhaps we should share a proper goodbye.”
“I don’t think we would have the same idea of what exactly that would look like,” Alice replied with a smile.
“Maybe we should find out?” Roman suggested with a grin.
“My idea,” Alice said, raising her brow, “involves knives.”
Roman leaned forward until she could see the dark swirls in his fiery eyes.
“So does mine,” he replied in a thick voice.
Alice swallowed.
“That’s quite enough,” A voice from the door interjected.
Alice looked past Roman to see Holden standing in the doorway.
“Oopsie,” she whispered. “Daddy’s mad.”
Roman chuckled and turned toward Holden.
“We were only saying our goodbyes,” he shrugged.
“Alice?” Holden called.
“Goodbye, Roman,” Alice said, returning to her packing again.
“Goodbye, ‘Alice’,” Roman replied without looking back at her.
He smiled at Holden as he left the room.
Holden clenched his jaw and took a deep breath before continuing into the room.
“What did he do?” he asked, turning Alice to face him. “Are you alright?”
Alice chuckled.
“Oh please, Holden,” she laughed. “I can take care of myself. I’m perfectly fine.”
“He’s not just anyone, Alice. You don’t know all the horrible things he is capable of,” Holden said, looking back toward the door.
“No, I don’t,” Alice replied. “But even though I don’t know much about him, I know he is dangerous. I get an awful feeling when he’s nearby. A sense of dread.”
‘That is because you were programmed to remember the danger you have been aware of since you were a child, but not the reason.’ Holden thought.
“Trust that sense,” he said. “Now, come. It is time for you to get back to work. It seems that Summer has gotten themselves a new coding specialist, one that was able to stop your worm from destroying their system.”
“Oh?” Alice asked with a smile. “Sounds like a new playmate.”
Holden nodded as he grabbed her bag, and they left the room.
Alice took a break from punching the two dummies wearing Holden and Roman masks inside her mindscape.
“A new coding specialist?” she whispered aloud and smiled. “That might be something I can use.”
For most of Summer, the two days went by without issue or concern.
Every system had been cleared and was back in use. The only hiccup had been with the requests and orders that had been submitted on paper.
Some accident had caused them all to be destroyed, and the wolves were required to resubmit digitally. There was some general groan and gripe, but nothing too dramatic.
Gossip about how Beta Galen was doing training sessions that were meant for wolves of much lower rank was also spreading. But in the end, most simply assumed he was being diligent and refreshing himself on basic tactics.
With all of the survivors and refugees that had come to Summer, war was a very real threat and inevitability. And yet, as the full moon approached, the pack had never been so lively.
Preparations for the celebration were well underway. The patrols sent around the borders had been reinforced in order to set traps and check every alarm and automated defense weapon to ensure there were no surprises like the last celebration.
Corrine arrived the night before. Selene and Fiona took her on a tour of the territory while Alexander saw to the final preparations.
“It is beautiful,” Corrine smiled. She looked out at the lush green forest and the blue skies above. They had seen so many kinds of flowers she was amazed at the assortment of colors.
While she and Wyatt had taken their vacation they had traveled south, but not terribly far from Winter. Just enough for her to remember what it was like to travel, to see the other landscapes and smell the different aromas of nature.
It made her long for the days of her youth that she had spent traveling with her parents. They had been all over the werewolf territories. They had lived for a time in the southern forests, the western plains, and on the eastern beaches. And eventually, they found their way to the northern mountains.
“Is it that beautiful?” Fiona asked, noting how brightly Corrine was smiling.
Corrine chuckled.
“It is,” she said. “But it also fills me with a nostalgia I had long forgotten.”
“What do you mean?” Selene asked..
“Oh, you must mean from your life before Wyatt?” Fiona smiled.
Corrine nodded.
“Still waiting for the clarification,” Selene chuckled.
“All the time she spent traveling, dear,” Fiona replied.
“You traveled?” Selene asked, turning to her mother.
Corrine nodded with a laugh.
“Don’t you know where your mother came from?” Fiona asked with surprise.
“I might have had trouble focusing when she mentioned her history….” Selene said as she looked away with some embarrassment.
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