Chapter 240 – Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)

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

“Yes…” he smiled, “yes, it’s me.”

He moved to hug her again, but she stopped him.

“Axel, your sister…! Selene is in trouble!” Alice cried out.

“She’s missing… how did you know?” Axel asked.

“She’s not missing Axel, he has her,” Alice said frantically. “Jackson has her!”

Axel stood up, moving back.

“How could you possibly know that?” he demanded.

Alice swallowed, looking away from him she took a deep breath.

“Because,” she said, “I’m the one that gave her to him.”

[Two Days Earlier]

Alice made quick work of the doors and locks throughout the science building. She wasn’t able to get into Alpha Cain’s office, but it didn’t matter. The nearest computer gave her what she needed.

She quickly left the building, doing her best to stay covered. All she needed to do was avoid being seen. He wouldn’t get what he wanted if she could just make it across the border.

Jackson had sent her in with two missions. The first she had already accomplished. The second… she could exploit a technicality.

“When you find Selene, lead her here. Make sure she crosses the border,” he had said.

So as long as she didn’t find Selene, she wouldn’t have to complete his command.

“Hey!” a shout from across the field caught her attention.

Alice looked back.

“Damn it!” she growled as she recognized Selene running towards her.

‘..lead her here. Make sure she crosses the border.’ His command echoed in her mind. She growled and shifted into her wolf, running harder towards the border.

It wasn’t long before they neared the border. Alice came to a stop, shifting back into her human form. She looked back; Selene still followed behind her.

Alice quickly darted through the trees and bushes.

Once she had crossed the border, she stopped, turning back and waiting.

Selene arrived within seconds, shifting from her wolf and immediately summoning her weapons.

“Why are you here, Alice?” she asked. “What did you do?”.

Alice waited; Selene had one more step to take. One more to be over the border. Alice took a step back and stopped. Selene moved forward, crossing the border and fulfilling Alice’s obligation.

“Stop!” Alice shouted. “Go back! Quickly!”

“What?” Selene asked, confused. “No, why would I do that?”

“Please,” Alice begged, “just go back before–”

Alice’s words were interrupted by the gust of wind as something zipped by her face.

“Ugh,” Selene said. Furrowing her brows and looked down to see a dart sticking out of her chest.

The sound of rushing wind came once more and then again. Two more darts appeared on Selene’s chest.

Selene looked up at Alice with confusion before dropping her weapons and falling to her knees. Alice moved quickly, catching her shoulders.

Lowering her gently to the ground, Alice looked at Selene with a deep sadness.

“I told you to go back… you should have listened.”

Selene’s consciousness faded. Alice looked down at her with regret.

The armor Selene wore pulled itself back inside her pin. Alice saw her cell phone. Looking around for Jackson, she quickly grabbed the phone, tossing it back inside the Summer border.

“Nice work,” Jackson said, approaching from the trees. “Now, let’s get out of here before someone sees us.”

Jackson bent down and picked Selene up, smiling as he looked down at her face.

“Back in my arms where you belong,” he whispered.

Alice felt her stomach turn at his words. She walked ahead without a word.

Just over a mile from the border, Alice stopped.

“What are you doing?” he asked.

“What are you going to do to her?” Alice asked.

“Why is that your business?” Jackson asked, setting Selene down beside a tree. He looked closely at the pin on her chest.

He reached down and pulled it off. Looking it over, he finally recognized it from the night of the party. So this was where the armor had come from and the new weapons she had started using. He tossed it aside.

“I did what you asked, but I won’t let you hurt her,” Alice said.

“Hurt her?” Jackson laughed. “I love her.”

“Bullshit,” Alice hissed. “You don’t kidnap people you love.”

“Well, we need some time alone to work out some of the kinks in our relationship. All couples have a rough patch,” Jackson smiled.

“You’re disgusting.”

“And your usefulness to me is done,” Jackson growled. “Holden is the one that can’t seem to live without you. But I don’t like you, and I don’t really like him either.”

Jackson took a step towards Alice.

“Honestly, Holden hasn’t kept his word. I think maybe he should be punished for that,” he smiled.

Jackson growled and jumped at Alice, but she quickly bounced back. But, unfortunately, she wasn’t far enough away. He reached a hand out and caught her ankle.

He pulled her down, and she caught herself with her hands and elbows preventing a head injury against one of the large rocks.

Jackson pulled at her leg, growling.

Alice kicked him hard in the jaw. He howled out as she scrambled away from him, getting to her feet.

Jackson got back up on his feet. He snarled at her before he charged once more. Alice jumped to the side, kicking him as he went past her. She shifted in the opposite direction and was able to kick him again.

Jackson took the first hit with a surprise, but in the second, he caught her leg and spun her down to the ground. He jumped on top of her. He punched her repeatedly. Her chin, face, stomach.

Alice reached her hands out, trying to find anything to help herself. The best she could do was a handful of dirt. Throwing it in his face while she closed her eyes. Finally, she was able to push him off while he struggled to clear the dirt from his eyes.

She quickly got up and looked around. Her eyes landed on a large but sturdy branch about three feet long. She ran over and placed her foot in the center, pulling at both ends. Finally, she snapped the branch in half with some effort, giving herself two weapons to work with.

Alice heard his footsteps just in time. She turned. He was charging at her low, planning to take her down at the waist. Instead, Alice jumped and threw her weight into an aerial cartwheel over him.

She landed, turning toward him immediately. She wasted no time. Using the sturdy branches like clubs, she brought them down on him in swift, fast motions. Jackson let out grunts and whimpers as the branches hit his head and back. He curled in on himself.

Alice jumped back from him, just in time as he swept his arm out to try and grab her.

“I knew you were the type,” she said, preparing to defend.

“What type?” Jackson asked, getting to his feet.

“The type to feign injury to gain the upper hand. The pathetic type,” Alice scoffed.

Jackson snarled and charged at her. This time he kept his eyes on her, waiting for her to jump or move aside.

Alice tried to dodge him, but he caught her, moving just a little to the left when she thought he wasn’t looking.

Tackling her to the ground, Jackson quickly straddled her, punching her repeatedly.

Alice grabbed one of the branches and shoved it with all of her might into his side, satisfied by his painful shout. She knew it wasn’t enough to pierce him, but she hoped the pain would be enough to get away.

She was wrong.

Jackson’s face contorted into a rage. He grabbed her throat, wrapping his fingers around and pressing his thumbs aggressively.

It was long before her vision was blurring, and her lungs were screaming out. Alice clawed at his hands, she kicked and tried to throw her body, but it wasn’t enough. The darkness at the corners of her mind was coming for her.

A panic rose in her heart. She couldn’t die now, not before she found him.

Her hand searched the ground, and she found a rock. Gripping it tightly, she brought it hard against his head.

With a loud thump and a shout, he let go of her throat, and she pushed him off. Then, crawling away, she tried to catch her breath.

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