Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
“I miss you,” he whispered.
The video suddenly closed.
“Why’d you close it?” Clara asked.
“I didn’t,” Nessa replied.
A new window opened in the center of the screen. Within that window, all three saw themselves for a moment.
“Shit…” Nessa sighed.
The desktop fell away, and, in its place, Shae reappeared. First, she hissed and swiped at them. Then, her body fell apart into numbers, and letters were reorganized to say, ‘Playtime is over’.
“Fuck!” Nessa shouted as her screen went dark.
***
Alice the doll sat at her computer, staring at the screen but seeing nothing. Her hands scurried across the keyboard, typing commands and code away, but she seemingly had no idea of her actions.
Inside her mindscape, Alice was in complete control. She saw the notification. Someone else was looking at her private files.
“Oh, Nessa, I thought we were friends,” she sighed dramatically.
She sent the kill code back through the hole Nessa had tunneled into her system files.
Alice had been piggybacking off the adorable creature Nessa had made out of the bug she had left in Summer.
She was disappointed that the game was over but satisfied that she had provided Summer with what she could.
It wouldn’t have lasted much longer anyway. Knowing how Holden operated, it wouldn’t be long before he pulled her off the Summer assignment for lack of results.
With a sad sigh, she deleted her desktop, including the videos she had of Axel.
There was a knock at the door.
Alice quickly finished the last commands to send her parting gift.
The door opened just as the desktop was reset, and Alice gave back control to the doll.
“Hello, dearest,” Holden smiled as he entered the room.
“This specialist is a tricky one. I’ll give her that,” Alice said.
“I see. You are still unable to break back into Summer?” he asked.
“No,” she sighed. “Every time I get in, I get kicked back out. Soon she’ll start to notice my attempts.”
“Then let’s move on,” Holden smiled. “I have a field assignment for you.”
“Oh?” Alice smiled. “Will there be cute boys involved?”
Holden cleared his throat.
“A girl can dream,” she winked.
“Get ready to leave,” Holden growled.
“Yes, sir,” she saluted.
***
Galen returned to his office shortly after the failed attempt to hack Alice’s system. He left Nessa with instructions to reinforce all of their security and to make no further attempt to contact or track Alice.
He sat down at his computer and received a new email notification.
The subject was ‘Parting Gift’.
Galen opened the email. First, he furrowed his brows, unsure of what he was looking at, but then darkness settled into his eyes as he understood.
An image of a man with dark hair and fiery eyes stared back at him. Scans of plane tickets to Europe. And in the body of the email were only a few words.
“Roman won’t fall for my trick for very long. He will be back. Keep her safe.”
Meditation. Training. Sensory deprivation.
Selene had spent the week after the full moon trying all different tactics to try and reach the Valkyrie within her in order to learn to control the power.
But everything she had tried failed.
She took another deep breath as she tried to center herself and focus on the power within. But the more she tried, the more frustrated she felt.
Letting out a low growl, she grabbed the small music player beside her and threw it at the wall.
“Whoa!”
Selene gasped and turned with wide eyes to the voice from the door.
“I’m so sorry!” she shouted. “I didn’t know you were there!”
“It’s ok,” Galen chuckled. “You didn’t even hit me.”
Selene got to her feet.
“Sorry…”
“No need to apologize, my Luna.”
Galen touched his heart and bowed.
Selene smiled and then sighed.
“Not quite yet,” she said.-.
Galen looked at her with furrowed brows.
“I am not technically the Luna of Summer yet,” she clarified. “I haven’t been accepted by the Goddess, or the first Luna, or whoever is making the choice.”
“Ok…” Galen replied awkwardly. “Either way, you have been accepted by the people of Summer. That means you are our Luna, no matter what the Goddess or original Luna say.”
“Thank you,” Selene smiled.
Galen nodded.
They shared an awkward silence.
“Listen,” Galen started. “About what happened before the full moon….”
“Don’t,” Selene interrupted. “Please. Don’t apologize.”
“But I–”
“No,” Selene continued. “Seriously. You have nothing to apologize for.”
“I tried to kill my Luna,” Galen stated flatly.
“You didn’t,” Selene replied. “You tried to protect your mother, who, by the way, is still the Luna… so you actually had to step in….”
Galen sighed.
“Technically, yes, but–”
“Summer loves technicalities,” Selene smiled and shrugged. “So, let’s just let this go, ok?”
“It’s not that simple….” Galen countered.
“Between you and Alexander,” Selene said softly. “But between you and I, it really is that simple.”
Galen looked up at her. He smiled and nodded.
“Good,” she smiled, taking a deep breath.
It was a relief for her as much as it was for him. Selene had never blamed him, but the rift she had caused between Alexander and Galen was a different story.
“So, I hear you will leave us for a while,” Selene said.
“Yes, I will escort Luna Corrine back home tomorrow,” Galen smiled sadly. “Bell and I talked it over. We decided it was best for us to be together through the rest of the pregnancy.”
Selene observed the look on his face. She knew very well how much this man loved her best friend. It didn’t make sense that he would have such a sad look when he spoke of living together.
“Is everything alright?” Selene asked. “Are Bell and the baby alright?”
Galen looked up at her. He seemed to consider something before responding.
“Ren,” he said with a soft smile. “His name is Ren.”
“His…?” Selene asked and then brought her hands over her mouth with a joyful gasp. “It’s a boy?”
Galen nodded.
Selene let out an excited squeal and then did a little happy dance before abruptly turning to Galen with irritation.
“That brat never tells me anything anymore!” she growled in mock anger.
Galen laughed.
“I think you both have had a lot going on lately,” he said. “But you should give her a call, have a good talk.”
Selene understood that he was telling her Bell was struggling with something, but he was trying to leave it to her to share it with Selene.
“You really are the best match for her,” Selene smiled.
Galen smiled.
“I have never received a greater compliment, my Luna,” he replied with a bow.
Selene smiled, taking a moment to appreciate the name they had chosen for their son. She wondered if she would have thought to name her child after Renee.
Had she even ever considered the idea of having a child? Of course, she had thought about it as part of the expected life she would lead with Jackson, but had she ever thought about having a child with Alexander?
“So… did you hate the song or…?” he asked.
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