Chapter 103 – Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)

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

“The Priestess?” she asked.

Corrine nodded.

“The Priestesses are like a pack all their own,” Corrine began. “Children from all over the world are sent to them.”

Corrine saw the immediate concern in Selene’s eyes.

“Not many, at most, once a year, and it is not forced,” she explained. “After their first shift, a wolf knows if they are meant to be a Priestess, they request to go.”

“But who are they? Where are they? Why don’t I know about them?” Selene asked excitedly. How could there be a whole pack of wolves she had never heard of?

“The Priestesses are not like the rest of us. They do not interact with the world if they can help it. They are entirely devoted to the Goddess and her blessings. No pack would ever go against them or seek their aid against others.

“They have abilities unlike the rest of us. For example, they can touch some of the magic we once thought belonged only to the Fae. But, in reality, it belongs to the Goddess.”

“How have I never heard about them?” asked Selene, completely fascinated.

“They don’t want to be known. So only a select few ever know about them. Lunas specifically. Even our Alphas don’t know how to reach them. They know of them, but being able to see them, speak with them. Only the Luna holds that right.”

Corrine paused, a thought occurring to her.

“Actually, not all Alphas would know. Alpha Alexander, for instance, or Alpha Gorn of Spring.”

“Why?”

“Well, Alexander hasn’t found his Luna yet, and since Fiona is still around, there was no reason for her to share this knowledge. As for Gorn… well….”

“He doesn’t have a Luna either. Has he not found his mate?”

“Oh, he found her… a long time ago,” Corrine replied sadly.

Selene saw a look in her mother’s eyes, a distant sadness.

“Anyway, it doesn’t matter,” Corrine said, perking herself up. “If a Priestess is needed, she will be found.”

“What do you mean?”

“Exactly that, part of their gift, their ability, is knowing when they are needed and allowing themselves to be found.”

“How is that possible?” Selene asked.

“I don’t know,” Corrine answered simply. “But if you don’t believe me….”

Corrine slowed the car, pulling over to the side of the road. She smiled and pointed ahead. Selene turned to where she was pointing.

The snow outside was falling softly, the windshield wiper clearing her field of view every few seconds. A large white and grey wolf sat not far from the road, just at the start of the tree line.

Even from this distance, Selene could see that it had unique markings. Between its eyes, a dark crescent moon, up towards the ears were smaller, more intricate patterns that she couldn’t make out.

“That’s…?” Selene whispered out.

“That is a Priestess,” Corrine answered.

“But how?”

“I don’t know. But it is proof that they can help you, that you need them. They will be able to give you the answers you need.”

Selene turned to look at her mother.

“Aren’t you coming with me?”

“I can’t,” Corrine smiled, “as I said, they don’t like to interact with the world. So they will only come to those that need them.”

“Have you ever met one?” Selene asked, looking back out to the wolf that sat watching her.

“Once,” Corrine replied softly, “when I was pregnant with you.”

Selene turned back to look at her mother with wide eyes.

“Why?”

Corrine swallowed. The memory was hard for her.

“I felt like there was something wrong. I thought I was losing you.”

Selene reached out and held Corrine’s hand.

“It’s ok,” Corrine smiled with a clenched jaw as the memory was pushed back inside the vault of her heart. “It was a long time ago, and in the end, you were fine.”

Corrine straightened herself and cleared her throat.

“Now, you need to go. The Priestess won’t wait forever.”

Selene nodded. She swallowed her nerves as she reached for the door handle after a final glance at her mother. She opened the door and left the car.

Her heartbeat grew faster and faster as she approached the wolf. Selene couldn’t help but notice that the wolf was more prominent than any other she had seen before. The thought made her nervous.

The wolf stood up; Selene’s natural reflexes moved her into a defensive position. The wolf turned away and began to move into the trees. Selene watched it before glancing back at her mother in the car. Corrine nodded to her, telling her to follow the wolf.

Selene took a few steps toward the wolf but suddenly stopped. The wolf looked back at her, and somehow, Selene knew the problem. She nodded to the wolf, then removed all of her clothes and shifted into her own wolf.

Corrine watched as Selene, in her wolf form, followed the Priestess into the trees. Once they were out of sight, she got out of the car to collect Selene’s belongings.

Holding her child’s clothing in her hands, Corrine thought back to when she and Wyatt had been to this same place more than eighteen years before.

“We will provide her the answers she seeks.”

Corrine wasn’t surprised by the voice. Somehow, she had expected it. She turned around to see a woman. The dark skin of rich chocolate, beautiful green eyes of jade, and a head of golden curls. Just as she remembered her.

“Is this because of me?” Corrine asked, looking away from the other woman.

“Nothing that has happened was because of you,” The Priestess answered.

Corrine let out a bitter laugh. She knew without looking back that the Priestess was gone.

“It’s been two days. I’m not sure how long Alpha Alexander will sit still and wait for answers,” Corrine sighed.

“He should have just gone home,” grumbled Alpha Wyatt.

“Is that what you would have done?” Corrine asked.

“What?”

“If there was even the slightest possibility that I had another mate–“ Corrine began.

Wyatt’s low, threatening growl interrupted her words.

“Exactly,” she smiled.

Wyatt huffed and turned away.

“He can’t be her mate.”

Corrine sighed as she moved to stand behind her mate. She hugged him from behind, his hand reaching up and holding her arm instinctually.

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