Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
“It’s true,” she said.
“You believe the power inside of you is darkness?” the voice asked.
“Yes,” Selene said.
“Have you always?”
“What?” Selene asked.
“Have you always believed it to be darkness?”
Selene didn’t respond right away. Had she always believed her power was darkness? No.
She had trained for years to keep it in control, not because she feared it, but because she respected it.
“Am I darkness?” the voice whispered behind her.
Selene turned.
She gasped at the sight before her.
It was a woman. She wore a circlet of gold and steel, that was adorned with a set of small wings at her temples. Her honey-blonde hair was tied back into four large braids that fell over her shoulders.
She wore armor, old armor. It was steel grey with golden accents and fur lining the shoulders. At her waist, there were small, sheathed daggers, at least ten, worn as a belt.
And in her hand, she held a great sword of steel and gold.
Selene couldn’t help but see the resemblance to the ancient Valkyrie. This woman resembled all the drawings and paintings she had seen as a child.
She also slightly resembled Selene herself. With a few distinct exceptions.
The woman wore paint on her face, red, like blood smeared across her eyes. She had what appeared to be black runes tattooed down her face.
But the most apparent difference between them was in the eyes. Where Selene had hazel eyes, this woman, this Valkyrie, had no eyes but instead a bright glow like the light of the moon.
“Am I darkness?” the Valkyrie asked once more.
Selene didn’t know how to answer.
“Who are you?” she asked.
“I am the power that resides within you,” the Valkyrie replied. “I am the light of your ancestors.”
The Valkyrie took a step closer to Selene, her eyes of moonlight looked over her carefully.
“You are unfinished,” she said.
“What?” Selene asked.
“Your power… Your understanding. It is limited by memories.”
“What does that mean?” Selene asked.
“It doesn’t matter now,” the Valkyrie replied. “I ask you again. Am I darkness? Is this power you wield darkness?”
“I don’t know,” Selene replied honestly.
“Your confidence is shaken,” the Valkyrie said. She lifted her head to the moon above. “If you stay here much longer you will die.”
“What?”
“Your body, it weakens. You must call my power. Use it to break free and escape this place.”
“No… I can’t!” Selene shouted, taking a step back.
“Why?”
“Because, I’ll hurt people, there are children… If I give in to the rage now, they’ll all die!”
“You speak of rage, but I am not rage.”
“Yes, you are. Maybe not here, but out there, when the power comes to me, it’s all blind rage.”
“That is not me, but you.”
“Even more reason that I can’t use it!” Selene shouted.
The Valkyrie looked to the moon once more. Then turned to Selene.
“I cannot allow you to die in this room,” she said. “Call my power to you and release yourself.”
“No,” Selene stated firmly.
“So be it.”
Selene felt a wave of energy spread out over the land. The mountains, trees, everything fell away. All that was left was a grey sky with the moon full and bright, below her was solid ground covered in a thick fog.
She looked down, to see that she was dressed in full gear for battle, in her hands she already held her karambits. Looking back up the Valkyrie stood before her, her sword drawn.
“Defeat me and you will have control, however you deem fit,” the Valkyre said. “I will not allow your death. If you cannot defeat me before your body is in danger, I will take control myself.”
Selene’s eyes widened as the Valkyrie raised her sword in the air.
The Valkyrie kicked Selene in the chest, sending her flying backward. Selene hit the ground with a sickening thud and a groan of pain. The Valkyrie took a step forward and raised her sword high in the air, bringing it back down with force.
“AAAHHHH!” Selene screamed out as the sword pierced through her chest. With a sputtering cough, she turned her head, gasping for air.
“Alexander…” she whispered through a mouth full of blood.
Alexander sprung forward in his bed, taking deep painful breaths.
“Dream…. It was a dream…” he whispered to himself as he tried to shake away the feeling of her death before his eyes.
He got out of bed and went into the bathroom to wash his face. He stared into the mirror, the dark circles under his eyes served as proof of how well he had slept.
Nightmares, a feeling of fear and paranoia. In the three days that had passed since Selene had gone missing, Alexander wasn’t sure if he had gotten more than a couple of hours of sleep.
His phone rang. He hurried out to answer it.
“Hello!?”
“It’s Galen.”
“What is it? Has she been found?”
“No,” Galen replied with a sigh. “Fiona’s team is due back within the hour, hopefully, they will have something for us.”
Alexander sighed.
“I will be there to greet them,” Alexander said, preparing to hang up the phone.
“I am calling about something else,” Galen said.
“What?” Alexander said. “Something else?”
“Yes, I–”
“I don’t care about anything else right now, Galen!” Alexander shouted. “Find Selene!”.
Galen was quiet on the other end of the line. He took a deep breath before speaking again.
“I understand,” Galen said. “I will take care of it.”
Alexander cut off the call.
Galen let out a sigh.
“I’m guessing that didn’t go well,” Fiona said as she came up behind Galen.
“No,” Galen smiled. “But if it were Bell… I can’t imagine I would react any differently.”
“You would,” Fiona said. “You’d be worse.”
Galen smiled.
“You might be right,” he said.
“I’ll go talk to Alexander,” Fiona said. “Unfortunately, I don’t have any good news for him.”
“Still no sign of Selene or Jackson?” Galen asked.
“Nothing,” Fiona growled. “If I find that little weasel, I am going to tear his throat out myself.”
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