Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
She wore turquoise leggings and a matching tank top. She ran on the trail with a heart monitor on her arm and earbuds in her ears.
His mouth salivated at the thought of making her scream as he tore into her flesh. He prepared to jump at her when he felt something strange.
A small ripple, a tug… it was just for a moment, but he recognized it instantly. Something he hadn’t felt in years.
He stood up tall and looked at the moon above him hungrily.
‘Bell…?’
“Bell, darling, come sit with me,” called Corrine.
Bell moved past Axel and sat beside Corrine, who immediately hugged her, whispering something no one could hear. Bell nodded, and Corrine smiled, touching Bell’s cheek gently.
Axel sat down on the other side of Bell, watching her as though she might disappear if he looked away.
Selene watched the scene, and she couldn’t help but feel a sense of relief for Bell.
When she had heard, when she had realized what Bell must have suffered all that time… Selene was worried about how alone she must have felt.
Neither Selene nor Renee knew what she had been through, and Bell had lost her grandmother a few months after turning eighteen.
But Selene saw now that Bell had people that she could rely on, who already knew and did everything they could to keep her safe.
Now Selene would be one of Bell’s people. Someone she could genuinely rely on.
“Selene,” Wyatt called softly beside her.
She hadn’t even noticed when he had gotten up and moved to stand beside her.
“I know you have a lot to consider,” Wyatt began. “But I would ask that you give me a little time to figure out a way to get Bell somewhere she might be safe before telling Alexander the truth.”
Selene turned to him, but another voice spoke up before she could say anything.
“What are you talking about?” Axel chimed in. Standing from the couch.
“Axel,” Wyatt started to speak.
“No,” Axel interrupted, turning to Selene. “You can’t tell Alexander the truth. Do you even realize what that would mean for Bell?”
“Axel, I–” Selene began..
“You would risk Bell’s safety for him?” he questioned.
Selene pulled back, feeling as though he had slapped her.
“What?”
“You’ve known him for a few months. Bell has been your best friend for years!” Axel shouted angrily. “How could you even consider this?”
“Axel, stop,” Bell said.
“No,” he replied.
He looked back at Bell with concern.
“If she tells him, it breaks the oath!” he shouted. “Even if Alexander doesn’t immediately come after dad, Tomas will know, and then so will that bastard that hurt you!”
Axel looked back at Selene with a growl.
“I won’t let that happen!” he shouted.
“Telling Alexander will not break the oath, Axel,” Wyatt interjected. “The oath was that I must keep my word. I never gave my word that Selene wouldn’t tell him the truth.”
Axel scoffed.
“And you think that arrogant jerk is just going to sit back quietly when she tells him?”
“He’s not an arrogant jerk!” Selene growled at Axel.
Axel rolled his eyes.
“Jerk or not, are you really willing to put Bell’s life at risk?” Axel asked, holding Selene’s cold glare.
“No, I’m not,” Selene stated.
Axel was visibly surprised, as was Wyatt.
“Selene,” Bell said, shaking her head. “You can’t keep this from Alexander. You’d be lying to him about what really happened to his father… I can tell you from personal experience, he won’t thank you for it.”
“I don’t plan on lying to him about what happened,” Selene replied.
“I don’t understand,” Axel said, sitting on the arm of the sofa.
Selene took a deep breath and organized her thoughts.
“Look, I don’t want to put Bell at risk. But I also won’t lie to Alexander,” she said.
Selene looked at Wyatt. But he had no reaction. She knew that he was leaving the decision entirely to her. He would accept whatever she decided to do.
On the other hand, Axel still looked like he wanted to yell.
“Do you really think I would do anything to hurt Bell?” she asked him.
He looked up at her, their eyes met, and Selene saw his expression change, soften. He went from furious to concerned.
“I don’t really know,” he said. “I want to believe that you wouldn’t, but honestly, I don’t really know what to believe about people anymore.”
He held her gaze a moment longer before the sadness crept in, and he had to look away.
Selene knew how close Axel was to Jackson. He truly saw him as a brother and looked forward to making him his Beta one day. She worried that his betrayal had damaged her brother’s heart irreparably.
But that was a problem for another day.
“Just tell us what you want to do, Selene,” Corrine smiled, “we’re all listening.”
Selene nodded.
“I still have a lot of questions,” Selene said, looking at Wyatt.
He nodded. “I will answer anything I can, but honestly, I still have many unanswered questions about all of it.”
Selene nodded; she had assumed that was the case from what he had told them.
“That’s the problem,” she said. “Yes, we know how Alpha Cain died, and it’s not what Summer was told. But we don’t know why he died.”
Selene turned to Bell; she gave her a reassuring smile.
“I understand why you want me to tell Alexander, and I appreciate it,” Selene said. “But it’s a choice I am making. Not you. I am the one who will bear this responsibility.”
Bell closed her eyes and swallowed. Understanding that Selene was telling her, again, that none of what happened now or in the past was her fault. Bell nodded, agreeing to Selene’s wish.
Selene smiled before continuing.
“I’m not going to tell Alexander because right now, the information I have is not what he needs,” she continued. “Alexander doesn’t need someone to blame or punish. Neither does Summer.”
Corrine gave Selene a gentle smile.
“They need real answers and accountability.” she continued. “Until I can give Alexander an honest answer for why it happened, there is no point.
“We need to know why Alpha Cain came to Winter back then without even notifying his family or pack and why Autumn wolves were trying to kill him.
“And what exactly he was working on that was so important Alpha Tomas was willing to risk war. Not just with Summer, but with Winter as well.”
Selene turned back to Wyatt.
“You didn’t kill Alpha Cain. You gave him mercy,” she said. “He was already dying. He told you that himself.”
Wyatt looked away.
“Alpha Cain didn’t blame you, and neither do I.”
“But Alexander–”
“Will be hurt by everything his father went through,” Selene interrupted. “And when I can provide him with all the answers, he will be glad that Cain wasn’t alone in the end.”
Selene could see that Wyatt was struggling to keep his emotions under control.
“It still seems like the only thing you care about is Alexander and Summer,” Axel said. “How do you plan on getting all these answers? Tomas will know the second you start asking questions, and then Bell is the one that’s going to be in danger.”
“Axel, I won’t put Bell in danger. But, please, trust me,” Selene pleaded.
Axel could only shake his head disapprovingly.
“I trust you, Selene,” Bell said. “I know you got my back.”
Selene smiled.
“Always.”
“Bell, you can’t just–”
“Axel, I trust Selene,” Bell interrupted. “This is my choice too.”
Axel looked away.
Bell turned to Alpha Wyatt.
“Alpha Wyatt, I appreciate everything you have done for me,” Bell said, “but I would never have let you agree to his terms if I could have been there.”
Wyatt closed his eyes and nodded.
“You’re too good a man, and Tomas took advantage of that,” Bell continued. “So, this time, I want a say in the decision.”
Bell stood from her place on the couch and moved before Selene.
“I trust you, Selene,” she said. “But I don’t want you to risk your relationship for me.”
Selene started to speak, but Bell stopped her by holding her hand.
“If this secret starts to come between the two of you, I want you to swear to me that you will tell Alexander the truth.”
“Bell…” Selene began.
“No, Selene,” Bell demanded. “No excuses, no reasoning it out. Swear. Because if you don’t, I will tell him myself.”
Selene looked carefully at Bell, who smiled back at her. Selene nodded.
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