Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
“Right,” Selene said.
“Then what about your oath?” Alexander asked Wyatt. “Telling me all of this, that breaks the oath. So Tomas can tell him where she is and what happens to you?”
Wyatt took a breath.
“The cost to me is the blessing of the Goddess, my abilities as Alpha of Winter,” Wyatt replied. “As well as my right to lead.”
Selene gasped. He hadn’t told her.
“Dad…”
“It’s fine,” he said, giving her a soft smile. “It’s fine. Axel is turning into a far better Alpha than we ever gave him credit for. My time as Alpha was almost over anyway. So it was never about the cost to me. I wanted to keep Bell safe.”
“She is my sister now,” Alexander said. “I will keep her safe. It might be best if we move her to Summer, if Tomas is going to tell her mate anyway, at least she will have Galen at her side.”
“I agree,” Selene said.
“I’m not sure that Tomas will tell him,” Wyatt said.
“What?” Selene asked.
“All these years, I have truly believed that Tomas was a danger to Bell,” Wyatt said. “But at Axel’s ceremony, he said something. He asked me not to tell him where she was or to let him see her. He told me to think of another plan to protect her, because an oath could only protect her for so long.”
Selene and Alexander both stared at Wyatt with concern.
“I thought it was a threat of some kind. It was after you announced your engagement. But thinking about it now… I think it was a warning. I think he was scared.”
“Of what?” Alexander asked.
“That I’m not sure of. It could–”
“Ok!” Fiona interrupted, standing from her chair. “That is enough for today.”
“What?” Alexander asked. “Mom, this is important.”
“I know,” she said. “And it will still be important tomorrow.”
Alexander looked at her with confusion.
“Wyatt,” Fiona called.
Wyatt nodded. He stood and walked forward to Alexander.
“Alexander, soon, I would like to sit down with you, just the two of us. I would like to apologize for keeping the truth from you. I am also willing to accept whatever punishment you deem fit for my actions.”
Fiona sighed.
“I already told you to let that go,” she said. “You didn’t kill Cain, Wyatt. You gave him mercy, and then you honored him. You are the only one that is blaming you.”
“I appreciate your understanding, Fiona. But I am the one responsible for his death,” Wyatt insisted.
“You weren’t the one hunting him,” Alexander said. “You didn’t force him into a hole in the ground. You didn’t force him to hide away for weeks. All you did was defend yourself, and from the sound of it, he was dying already.”
Wyatt clenched his jaw. He took a shallow breath.
“I would have blamed you before,” Alexander said, his voice shaking slightly. “I was scared and angry. If you had told me the truth at the time, I would have blamed you. I would have driven the packs into a war no one was ready for.”
Wyatt closed his eyes. Alexander reached a hand to his shoulder.
“The right thing doesn’t always feel good,” Alexander said. “Sometimes it hurts.”
“Thank you,” Wyatt whispered, sniffling and taking a deep breath.
Selene put her arm around her father and guided him toward the door.
Fiona stepped forward, she smiled at Alexander and touched his cheek.
“I’m proud of you.”
Alexander smiled.
Fiona turned away and followed Wyatt out the door.
Selene closed it behind them and took a deep breath before turning to Alexander. He took note of her actions. On the way, her heart was racing. She was nervous.
“Is there something else you aren’t telling me?” Alexander asked, swallowing as he began to feel nervous.
“Yes,” she said. She licked her lips before continuing. “I don’t want to get married in two months.”
Alexander felt his heart drop. He looked away from her, taking a deep breath.
Selene reached out to him, making him look at her, look into her eyes that held love and warmth. That smiled back at him brightly.
“I want to get married tonight.”
“Alexander?” Selene called to him
He continued to stare at her blankly.
“Alexander?!” she shouted.
“Sorry…” he said softly. Shaking his head. “Did you just say…”
Alexander chuckled.
“No,” he said, shaking his head. “You didn’t say that. So that’s not possible.”
“What?” Selene asked, smiling. “That I want to get married tonight?”
Alexander looked at her for a sign that she was joking or an indication that there was more to what she was saying.
“Are you serious?” he asked.
Selene stepped close to him, she looked up into his grey eyes filled with hope and fear. She smiled.
“I have never wanted anything more,” she replied gently.
Alexander felt the quickness of his heart, the excitement in him was almost overwhelming. But the fear was there too..
“Selene,” he said, putting his hands on her shoulders. “I can understand that today is a very emotional day for you. But, maybe you should think about this a little more. I don’t want you to make a decision you aren’t ready for.”
Selene knew he was trying to think of her, to make sure that her decision had nothing to do with fear or regret. That it wasn’t Jackson that was the driving force behind her sudden desire to move the wedding forward.
Taking his hand, she led him to sit down on the bed beside her.
“If you asked me two weeks ago about moving our wedding forward… I wouldn’t have agreed,” she said honestly, Alexander nodded, knowing it was true.
“There has been so much that has happened in the past year. So much has changed in my life, your life, and our life together. We have lost people, learned terrible truths, and fought in unexpected battles,” she continued. “We’re preparing for war between the packs for crying out loud!”
Selene chuckled. Alexander touched her hand comfortingly, and she smiled at him.
“And through all of the change, the heartbreak. The pain and confusion of the last year, there is one thing that has been even more certain and true than the inevitability of war.”
Alexander looked at her, holding her gaze. He swallowed and asked.
“What is that?”
“You,” she said. Then, tilting her head to smile at him, tears glistened in her eyes. “My mate, my love, the only person in this world I have ever truly wanted to be with and the one I can’t bear to be without.”
The tears fell and she sniffled. Alexander moved his hands up to hold her cheeks, wiping her tears with his thumbs.
“You never will,” he whispered. “Never.”
[One Hour Before the Execution]
As the moon’s light shone down on Lily’s Rest, a small group of people gathered for a quiet ceremony.
“Would this be considered an elopement?” Galen asked standing beside Alexander.
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