Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
Selene shook her head, it was impossible, the Valkyrie wasn’t listening. It couldn’t understand.
It didn’t know how it felt, the shame of having killed all those men and women.
The screams filled the room once more. Selene brought her hands to her ears, trying to push them out.
The grey skies shifted; trees sprung up around them. A burning shed behind them.
Selene looked around and knew exactly where she was. The night of the attack on Summer. She stood up, looking around. The first man jumped at her. She grabbed him by the throat, squeezing until she felt the sickening crunch of his trachea. She let go, and his body crumpled to the ground.
Selene looked down. It was the man that made the bracelets for the children.
A woman ran at her carrying the tray of dessert cakes.
Selene tore off her arms.
The Valkyrie watched as Selene’s rampage began, as she tore the men and women that attacked her apart piece by piece.
“Why do you lie to yourself?” the Valkyrie asked.
“It’s not a lie,” Selene said through her tears. “These are the people I killed.”
The Valkyrie stared at the two men that came next, one was dressed to till the field, and the other held a wooden toy in his hand. As they approached, they smiled and waved at Selene before she cut them down.
“This is not what happened.”
The Valkyrie raised her hand, and the entire scene froze.
“These are not the people from your memory.”
The scene rewound, and the first attacker came once more, this time dressed as he had been the night of the attack. Leather armor and his face hidden in mud and paint. He flew at Selene, snarling and growling. Again, she caught him by the throat.
The scene froze one more.
“This is truth. They attacked, and you defended.”
“They were innocent people.”
“They attacked you.”
“I knew them!” Selene shouted, still holding the man by the throat. She stared up at him, his face, his clothing all transitioned back to the sweet old man with the leather bracelets.
The Valkyrie shook her head.
“There is no point in this. They attacked, you defended. There was no wrong done by you or me.”
Selene ignored the Valkyrie, the scene played on, and Selene continued to see the wolves that attacked her as victims.
Until one moment, when Selene felt his presence, she looked up into the trees with a snarl. She didn’t see him, but she knew he was there.
The Valkyrie looked and saw nothing. His presence, however, she recognized right away.
***
Looking carefully at the monitor, Jackson noticed that Selene had stopped twitching. Her body was still. For a moment, he was afraid he had pushed her too far. But then he saw her take a deep breath.
He smiled to himself as she slowly sat up.
Suddenly his attention was drawn away from the monitor as an alarm began to sound. He looked toward a different monitor that showed the cameras outside. He saw a red and tan wolf approaching the door.
“Alexander…” he growled and stood up from his chair. Jackson grabbed his bow and arrow, and the set of daggers by the door before leaving the room.
Not noticing the way Selene had stood up, tearing away her bindings as if they were nothing. Or how she stared into the camera as though she could see where he had been, and how her eyes shone brightly with moonlight.
“Jackson! You pathetic worm! Come out!” Alexander shouted, throwing himself into a small alcove. His voice echoed all around him, bouncing between the cave walls. He held tight to his arm, the arrow just barely grazed him, but he couldn’t be sure if it was poisoned or not this time.
When Alexander first arrived, he was surprised to find that the entrance was a natural cave. He expected to see a hatch or a door leading to this secret lab, but instead, he found three different tunnels.
He chose the left one. It led to a small underground stream surrounded by silver.
He hurried back and tried the right one this time. Not far after the tunnel entrance, he found a large open cave with rock formations and, more importantly, a light system.
That was when Jackson ambushed him.
Luckily Alexander was fast, he avoided the first three arrows, but the second set of three was aimed differently. Jackson caused a small rockslide to direct where Alexander could run to try to escape.
“Don’t be so scared, Alexander,” Jackson called out.
The echo made it almost impossible for Alexander to figure out where Jackson was hiding.
“These arrows are completely free of anything poisonous. I promise.”
“I’m sure you can understand that I have difficulty trusting your word!” Alexander shouted back.
He wanted to find Selene, but he also figured that if Jackson played cat and mouse with him, he wasn’t doing anything harmful to Selene.
Alexander touched his stomach. The black material of his armor crawled over his arm and formed into a set of three throwing daggers.
“Where is she?!” Alexander called out.
He closed his eyes and waited for Jackson to respond.
“She’s just waking up,” Jackson called back. “I guess I really wore her out last night.”
Alexander growled. He leaned forward and threw one of the small knives. He heard it hit the cave wall and then a shuffling sound.
“Oh no,” Jackson laughed. “Is that upsetting to hear?”
Alexander remained quiet. Reminding himself that Jackson was just trying to rile him up..
“Imagine how I felt,” Jackson growled.
His voice was closer, and the echo was getting quieter as Alexander focused on him.
“I still have a connection to her, you know….” Jackson continued. “Every time you put your filthy hands on her… I knew.”
“Then you know how much she loves me,” Alexander replied. “And never loved you.”
Jackson let out a loud roar. Then, three arrows were set loose. Alexander quickly turned and flung his dagger in the direction they had come from.
“Fuck!” Jackson shouted.
Alexander smiled as he pushed himself back into the slight dip in the wall. He heard shuffling again.
“Just tell me where she is, Jackson. I’ll even let you go. I don’t care about you at all,” Alexander said. “Take the opportunity I’m offering you before you regret it.”
“I think I will,” Jackson’s angry snarl came from right above.
Alexander looked up, and Jackson jumped down on top of him.
Alexander wasn’t quick enough; they both fell forward, but Jackson managed to get on top of Alexander’s back. He slipped his bow under Alexander’s throat and pulled back on it with all his might, choking him.
Alexander struggled to pull the bow away from his throat, but Jackson had a good hold on it. Then, finally, he found the last throwing dagger. Placing the blade between his fingers, he made a fist around it and threw his arm back over his head.
Jackson let out an anguished roar and dropped the bow. He scurried off Alexander and ran into the shadows. Hiding once more among the small dips and grooves of the cave wall.
Alexander also moved away from where the light shone brightest. He leaned against the rock wall, carefully scanning the area for movement. Taking soft, measured breaths to be as quiet as possible.
He took a step back and ran into something warm.
Alexander turned, shocked to find himself looking at her.
“Selene?” he whispered.
She turned her head to face him, and his eyes widened in shock.
“Your eyes…” he whispered.
“Where is he?” Selene asked, her voice holding an even tone.
“Selene?” Alexander called to her again.
Selene turned and looked all around. Then, she looked back at him.
“Where is he?” she asked again.
“Selene, don’t you recognize me?” Alexander asked. “It’s Alexander.”
Selene stared at him with no sign of recognition. Finally, she moved past him, he quickly grabbed her arm.
“Selene, wai–”
He could not finish the sentence as Selene grabbed him by the throat, lifting him and pressing him painfully against the wall.
“Where is he?” she demanded again.
Alexander desperately grabbed at her hand; his air completely cut off. Then, there was the sound of small rocks falling. Selene looked back over her shoulder. She dropped Alexander to the ground as she ran further into the cave.
“Selene!” he screamed desperately between gasping breaths.
***
Once more, the man with leather bracelets had his throat crushed.
‘Selene…’
She heard the whisper.
Selene turned. She looked around for where it could have come from. Again, the woman with the dessert tray came for her, only Selene wasn’t looking this time. The woman used the tray to hit her repeatedly.
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