Chapter 258 – Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)

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

“Bennett is the man left with no one,” Axel replied coldly. “After his wife passed, all he had was his daughter. His one and only daughter. You have two daughters, right, Richard?”

Richard swallowed and nodded.

“Well, Bennett had no sons and no other family. Only Renee. The young woman that your son murdered.”

Axel glared angrily at Richard. Then, he took a deep breath and sighed.

“I’m sorry for your loss, Richard. But the Jackson you knew, the boy you raised. Your son. He’s not there anymore. All that is left is a monster. As Alpha of Winter, I cannot allow such a creature to exist.”

Richard closed his eyes, allowing a heavy sob to escape his lips.

“Even if he has to die… must you go so far?” Richard asked softly. “This judgment… it’s….”

Richard couldn’t finish his sentence; the emotion was too strong.

“I’m sorry, Richard,” Wyatt said, gently grabbing his shoulder once again. “The hatred he has created, it must be satisfied.”

He lay on the bed, staring up at the stone ceiling.

“How do you like your room?” Axel asked from the door of the cell.

“It’s quite nice,” Jackson replied, turning his head with a smile. “Thank you.”

Axel smiled back with cold eyes.

“There seems to be a lot of bustling around today. Something big must be happening,” Jackson said, sitting up and tilting his head as he spoke. “Is it a party?”

“Yes,” Axel nodded. “A celebration.”

“Oh? For anyone I know?”

“It’s yours,” Axel said. “Tonight is the full moon. We are preparing for your going away party.”

Jackson clenched his jaw but kept his gaze focused on Axel.

“How sweet,” he said through gritted teeth. “And here I thought you didn’t care anymore.”

“I care, Jackson,” Axel said, a coldness seeping into his tone. “I care quite a lot about what happens to you.”

“I’m touched,” Jackson smiled.

Axel opened the door to the cell, stepping inside.

“You seem different now,” Jackson said..

Axel closed the door.

“All puffed up and proud. Just because you’re Alpha. Well, junior alpha,” Jackson chuckled. “Daddy still does most of the heavy lifting, right?”

Axel turned to face Jackson.

“Why don’t you cover it anymore?” Jackson asked, moving his hands over his face to indicate Axel’s scar. “It’s really distracting, very gross. I can barely look at you, honestly.”

“Are you having fun?” Axel asked.

“Kind of, yea,” Jackson smiled.

“Good,” Axel replied, “I am glad that in these last moments of your life, you continue to prove how worthy you are of what’s to come.”

Jackson’s smile fell as he clenched his jaw.

“You never thought I was good enough,” he growled.

Axel leaned down and met Jackson’s eyes.

“You never were.”

Jackson snarled and lunged for Axel when suddenly he felt a pressure against him, as though he were trying to move through a thick sludge pushing against his body.

He looked up at Axel, a slight glow around the eyes. His presence was pressing down on Jackson, forcing him to his knees.

Jackson’s insecurity and rage burned even hotter, and he fought back against Axel. But unlike the previous times with Wyatt, he couldn’t fight back. Even the look on Axel’s face had such a level of

calm that it only increased the panic Jackson was starting to feel.

“You never deserved Selene or our lost sister,” Axel said. “But there was a time that I thought you did.”

Jackson clenched his jaw, unable to do anything else but kneel before Axel and listen.

“I considered you my brother,” he continued. “I trusted you. With my family, my sister, and our people. I was going to make you my Beta. The leader of the South.”

Axel lowered himself to sit eye to eye with Jackson.

“And then you tried to kill me, you let monsters attack Winter, you killed Renee….” Axel took a deep breath. “I never knew you, did I?”

The pressure Jackson was feeling lessened until it was gone entirely. He lifted his head to Axel, whose eyes had returned to normal.

‘Heh,’ Jackson laughed to himself. ‘Junior alpha, barely able to hold his power.’

“The only one that ever mattered was her,” Jackson spat. “The only person on this worthless planet I have ever cared about is Selene!”

“Where did the monsters come from, Jackson?” Axel asked.

Jackson smiled.

Axel repeated his question.

“Why should I tell you?” Jackson asked. “Will you let me go if I do?”

“No,” Axel replied immediately. “Honestly, I don’t care if you tell me. I’ll find out without you. But now, at least I can tell your father I gave you one last chance to be worthy of his concern.”

Jackson scoffed and then smiled.

“Have Selene come and ask. I’ll tell her,” he said.

Axel chuckled.

“You don’t exist to her anymore, Jackson,” Axel said. “She’s not coming here. You won’t ever see her again.”

“I am part of her,” Jackson growled. “I am her mate.”

“No,” Axel countered. “Alexander is.”

Jackson snarled angrily.

“You can’t possibly understand what we have,” Jackson said. “She feels me. She needs me just as much as I need her. But, you’ll see, she couldn’t kill me in the cave and won’t let me die today.”

Jackson smiled to himself.

“I do understand, Jackson,” Axel said quietly. “The need, the desire, the longing. I understand it well.”

Jackson looked at Axel carefully.

“I have a secret, Jackson…I have met my mate,” Axel smiled, tilting his head to the side. “And so have you.”

Jackson swallowed, sensing the danger in Axel’s words.

“I found her again after you saw her last….”

Axel’s eyes swirled with darkness while the glow around them grew brighter. Jackson tried to move back but found himself blocked by the bed.

“You remember her, right?” Axel asked. “My mate, Alice?”

Jackson gasped as the oxygen was sucked out of his lungs. His eyes widened, and a deep panic spread over him like wildfire. He tried desperately to take in a breath, but he couldn’t. His eyes darted back and forth, and his body was utterly useless.

Axel stared at Jackson, his eyes glowing brightly.

“You shattered her mind, Jackson,” Axel said. “Left her writhing on the ground drowning in her own madness.”

The pressure was building in Jackson’s chest, and the need for oxygen was getting more and more intense by the second.

“You had no idea that she would find me, that being together would help her mind settle. To quiet enough for her to survive what you did,” Axel continued. Then, his demeanor changed, and his tone grew sad. “She was fine, healing. She would have regained everything if we stayed together. She would have returned with me, and we would be happy.”

Jackson’s entire body burned, ached, and begged for oxygen.

“But you had taken Selene and all those children,” Axel growled. “So, my Alice exchanged herself to the devil to find you. I don’t know what will happen to her or if I’ll ever see her again.”

The hold on Jackson was dropped, and he fell forward to his elbows, gasping and coughing frantically for air.

“I have somewhere more important I need to be,” Axel said as he stood up. “I will see you in just a few short hours.”

Axel turned to leave the room but then turned back once more.

“I just wanted you to know, Jackson. That I will enjoy every moment you suffer,” Axel stated. “And I will not let you die before you feel every single ounce of agony you have put others through.”

Axel turned and left the cell.

Jackson remained on the ground, taking in shallow breaths as his body recovered from the shock of Axel’s power.

He held himself and whispered the same words again and again.

“She feels me, she needs me, she won’t let me die.”

***

The morning had brought Galen and Alexander to Winter. They were quickly escorted to Fiona and informed of the schedule for the day and night.

The afternoon was filled with the final preparations.

It had been many years since the arena had been used. Even longer since it had been used for this purpose.

Corrine had seen to the cleanup and the assembling of the gallows herself. Ensuring there would be no mistakes, no complications, no interruptions.

When the moon finally rose in the sky, every eye in Winter turned to greet her. For one purpose or another.

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