Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
“Did she shift inside?” Bell asked herself aloud.
As she reached the top of the stairs, she listened carefully for even the slightest sound. She could hear a heartbeat. It was erratic. She followed it to Renee’s bedroom, finding even more destruction the closer she came.
As she opened the door, she was overwhelmed by the smell of blood, urine, fecal matter, and spoiled meat.
‘It’s only been a few days… how is this possible?’ she wondered in horror.
Bell brought the collar of her shirt up to cover her nose and mouth.
“Renee?” she called out again.
There was a sound from the closet, a shuffling.
Bell kicked away what she could only assume was the remains of a squirrel and moved to the closet door. She reached out slowly before pulling on the handle to open it.
It was dark, but Renee’s legs were sticking out from the corner of the closet. Bell could see all the cuts and gashes. Some looked dangerously inflamed. There was also deep bruising, as though she had taken a beating.
Bell swallowed down the panic and fear she was feeling. She tried to see into the darkness of the corner where Renee sat.
“Renee?” Bell called once more.
She was prepared for no answer, just like before. But she couldn’t have prepared herself for the ear-piercing screech out of the darkness and the crazed look in her friend’s eyes as she flew at Bell with a knife in hand.
***
“I know you don’t want to hear this– “
“Then don’t say it,” Alexander sighed with an irritated glance at Galen.
Leaning his head back in his chair, he brought his thumb and forefinger to the bridge of his nose. His head ached. In the past almost three days, he had barely slept.
He hadn’t seen Selene since their kiss in her room. Since Luna Corrine had found out that he and Selene were mates.
After that, Selene had disappeared. Luna Corrine refused to tell him where or when she would be back. The brother, Axel, had refused to acknowledge the mate bond and tried to push Alexander to go back to Summer.
But there was no chance in hell Alexander was leaving. Not without her, or at least not without talking to her.
Alexander wished he could return to that moment and refuse to leave the room. But, as it was now, he was without her and had no idea where she was.
Worse still, he couldn’t feel her presence.
Even from Summer, he had always been able to feel her, just on the edge of his senses. But now, there was nothing, as though their bond had been severed.
It left him empty.
The only thing that had kept his patience and sanity through these last few days was knowing that even though he couldn’t find Selene, he knew exactly where the rat was. If he knew Jackson couldn’t reach her, he couldn’t hurt her again.
Alexander could be patient.
But that was the problem. Alexander hadn’t laid eyes on Jackson in at least six hours.
Alexander let out a low growl.
He needed to know where she was. He needed to see her. He pushed himself from his chair with a force that sent it flying across the room and against the wall.
“Whoa!” Galen shouted, shocked by the suddenness of Alexander’s movements. He jumped up from his place on the bed to block the door. He held his palm out towards Alexander, blocking his path. “Whoa… hey, hi. What, uh, whatcha doing? Where are you going?”
“I need to see Luna Corrine,” Alexander said. “I need to know where she is.”
Alexander stepped forward; Galen held him back.
“Listen,” Galen began carefully, “I know…ok? I do, I understand. But you haven’t slept. You’re all riled up. Probably not in the best condition to see the in-laws. Let’s give them some more time. It’s big news. They just need time to process.”
Alexander closed his eyes. Clenching his jaw, he took a deep breath through his nose, blowing out slowly through his mouth.
“I’m not leaving,” he stated firmly.
“I wasn’t going to suggest it,” Galen smiled, “…again.”
“Tomorrow morning,” Alexander said. “I won’t wait any longer.”
He knew Alexander meant it; he had already waited months. Endured her absence and her dismissal. If anyone kept her from him any longer, Galen could not allow that to happen.
“I promise, my Alpha, we will know something by tomorrow morning. One way or another.”
Alexander nodded, moving to sit on the edge of the bed. Galen let out a sigh of relief. A chime from his phone drew his attention.
When he looked at the screen, he was surprised to see Peter’s name. The message he sent, however, made his heart stop.
[Bell was injured in an attack. She’s ok, but she will be here overnight.]
Alexander saw the look on Galen’s face. He was at his side in an instant.
“What is it? Did something happen at home?” he asked with concern.
“No…it’s..it’s Bell,” Galen managed to say, “she was attacked… She’s in the hospital.”
Galen stared at the message. Unable to do anything else.
“Go.”
Galen looked up at Alexander, who reached a hand to Galen’s shoulder.
“Go to the hospital. See for yourself that she is ok.”
He nodded and immediately turned towards the door. As Galen opened it, he was surprised by someone standing on the other side. He looked back at Alexander.
“You have a guest. Behave,” Galen said quickly as he ran out the door towards the hospital.
Alexander looked around the door; there stood Luna Corrine. She gave him a slight nod and a cautious smile.
“Luna Corrine,” he greeted her. Doing his best to maintain his composure.
“Alpha Alexander,” she replied.
“Do not make the restraints too tight. Keep her sedated but monitor her vitals. Check for any dips in her blood pressure. Since we don’t know why she is reacting this way, we don’t know if the sedatives might have a reaction with something else in her system.”
Peter sighed as he sat against the counter, listening to Bell rattle off instructions.
“Oh, and don’t forget–”
“Hey, Bell? Sweety?” Peter smiled, getting her attention.
Bell looked up at him, “Yea?”
“I’m a doctor too,” he said sweetly. “You can tell because I do things like perform surgery and resect infected tissue from lovesick betas. Oh, and I stitch up coworkers who make stupid decisions like running into the home of a lunatic.”
“She is not a lunatic!” Bell cried out.
“Maybe not, but she has definitely had a psychotic break,” Peter replied flatly. “And while you are still a patient, she is mine. So I will decide on her care. You focus on that arm.”
Bell sighed and leaned her head back against the pillow.
She hated being a patient, hated being on this side of the hospital experience. The IV made her uncomfortable; sitting still was irritating. But, more than anything else, she needed to know what was happening to Renee.
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