Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
Her heart was already pounding madly in her chest, and her mind was filled with all the emotional weight of what was happening all around her. She felt as though she were ready to burst as she lifted her eyes to his.
He took her breath away. Not in how he was dressed, or in the features of his body that she already knew she craved. But in how he looked at her and how he felt toward her.
Alexander’s smile melted away the nerves and the fear that she carried in the smallest corners of her heart. His grey eyes looked on her and shone with the love and protection of the Goddess herself.
He reached his hand to her as though he were asking her to trust him with her life, and she did. So, she took his hand before family, friends, and the Goddess, to join themselves together for the rest of their lives.
“It has been my honor to stand here with every pair that has wished to be joined together under the light of the Goddess. To offer her blessings and honor the bond shared between them. I have been blessed that the final weddings I am able to perform, were those of my daughters.”
Wyatt smiled at Selene and then at Bell.
“May the light of the Goddess always shine on your bond,” he said, turning back to Selene and Alexander.
“Now, let us hear from those that would be joined, Selene?”
Selene smiled and then turned to face Alexander, she swallowed nervously. But looking into his eyes, she felt a warm calm settle over her.
“You and I have had a very unconventional relationship, since the moment we met,” she began. “I was lost in a way that I never would have known without you. My entire sense of self was based on lies and assumptions and meeting you was like a wildfire.
“You set me, my world, my everything ablaze and burnt it to the ground. It was terrifying and uncontrolled, and exhilarating.”
Selene smiled and Alexander laughed. The metaphor was disturbing and yet, fitting.
“And like a wildfire, when the damage was done, and smoke was cleared, new life sprang forth inside of me. When I finally stepped back from what I thought was my duty, my reason for being.
“That was when I truly saw you. When I understood that the only place I belonged, the only place that I, Selene, not berserker, not the daughter of Winter, just Selene, wanted to be, was by your side.”
Selene paused, taking a breath, and looking at him, just seeing him.
“I love you, Alexander. And I will spend the rest of my life making sure that you always know that.”
“Thank you,” Alexander whispered.
“Alexander,” Wyatt said, “It’s your turn.”
Alexander nodded and turned back to Selene. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
“Most of my life, I have known my purpose. I have known who I was meant to be, where I was meant to go, and what I was meant to do. And through all of it, I have always assumed I knew better,” he said with a smile.
Galen tried to cover his laugh with a cough.
“When I felt the pull of our bond, I felt the way you pulled against it. But still I followed after you,” he paused, raising an eyebrow and giving her a mischievous grin. “Actually, that might have been the reason I gave chase so strongly.”
This time Galen did not bother to cover the laugh.
“You had your reasons, and honestly, I had mine. We both tried to fight the bond between us, we both thought we knew better. But the Goddess in all her wisdom knew more than either of us, and I will thank her each night for that.”
Alexander smiled, touching his palm to Selene’s cheek.
“You are the brightest star in my sky,” he whispered. “I look to you for light in the darkness, and your heart guides me when I am lost.
“I have made, and will continue to make, mistakes. I will anger you and hurt you, but I hope that you will always know how much you mean to me. That you will understand me when I don’t understand myself. That you will keep me honest and make me see the things that I do wrong, so I might grow into the man that you deserve.”
Selene sniffled, and Alexander smiled as he wiped her tears.
“I love you Selene, more than I have ever loved anyone. And I am grateful for the chance to prove it to you every day for the rest of our lives.”
He brought her hand to his lips and kissed it.
“Thank you,” Selene whispered through tears.
Wyatt stepped forward and cleared his throat.
“We have received the blessing of the Goddess under her shining light. These wolves have given their oath to each other, witnessed by us here on this sacred night. As the father of the bride,” Wyatt smiled, nodding gently toward Selene. “And as my final act as Alpha of Winter, it is with the greatest pleasure that I declare the start of the union between Selene of Winter and Alexander of Summer!”
Cheers went up, and Alexander grabbed Selene, he pulled her into him and kissed her with all he had.
“Oh… ok, guess they are just going for it,” Bell commented, looking away.
Wyatt excused himself, walking around the happy couple, still locked together in their embrace.
“Seems they are in a world of their own,” he said as he moved beside Fiona and Corrine.
“Can’t really blame them,” Fiona sighed, “you remember what it was like on the full moon before you had marked each other, don’t you?”
Wyatt cleared his throat but made no comment.
The kiss continued until Galen began to clap and cheer. Then, Selene and Alexander pulled away in laughter.
“Sorry,” she said quietly with a bashful smile.
“It’s time for us to go anyway,” Axel stated as he stood from his chair. Then, clearing his throat in a much softer voice, he added, “Congratulations.”
He turned to walk away but was prevented by a small hand pulling him back. Axel turned to see Selene staring up at him.
Axel smiled and hugged her tightly.
“I’m glad to see you smiling,” he whispered. “But I still don’t like him.”
They pulled away from each other with a laugh.
“You will,” Selene smiled.
Axel scoffed and turned to leave.
Saul and Peter each gave quick congratulations before following after him. Fiona and Wyatt chatted as they also left.
“See you lovebirds in the morning!” Bell said with a suggestive wiggle of her eyebrows as she pulled Galen away; he called out his congratulations from a distance..
“Mom!” Selene called out just as Corrine was about to step through the archway.
Corrine stopped and looked back with a smile.
Selene approached her.
“Congratulations dearest,” Corrine smiled. “You and Alexander should hurry along. There is no reason for you to stick around. Go, confirm your bond, you have both waited long enough for this night.”
Selene knew that Corrine wasn’t just speaking of the wedding.
“Do not tell him,” Selene stated simply.
Corrine stood up straight, swallowing.
“What do you mean? Tell who, what?” she asked, as though she were honestly confused by Selene’s words.
“He will get the punishment he deserves, but this,” Selene said, pointing between her and Alexander subtly, “is not his.”
“I wouldn–”
“You would. I know because I would,” Selene interrupted. “Knowing that Alexander and I are married, that soon we will confirm our bond. It would torture him worse than all the lashings you will give him. And it would burn whatever shriveled excuse of a soul he has left inside of him hotter than any flame you set to him.”
Corrine looked away.
Selene swallowed.
“But this isn’t for him,” she continued. “This is for us, for me.”
Corrine nodded.
“I understand,” Corrine smiled, touching Selene’s shoulder gently. “I will honor your wishes. Now forget everything else, your husband waits for you.”
Selene smiled and turned, hurrying back to Alexander’s waiting arms.
Corrine watched as her daughter was lovingly embraced by the man she loved, the one that had protected her and saved her from a monster.
She clenched her jaw, turning to leave behind the happy scene and heading towards the bloody one that waited.
Selene had found a way to move forward. To put the past behind her and focus on her future.
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