Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
It was Alice that broke the silence.
“Thank you,” she said softly. “For waking me up and pulling me out of the darkness.”
Axel pulled back to look at her. He could see the relief and pain in her eyes. He cupped her cheek and leaned forward, pressing his head to hers once again.
“Did it really work?” he asked. “Do you remember everything? Your life? Who you are? Who we are?”
Alice smiled and took a deep breath.
“I don’t remember everything,” she began. “I tore down the walls of my mind. Released the flood of memories. I was lost.”
She pulled away this time, looking up at the man before her. She smiled.
“But you found me,” she said, “again.”
Axel kissed her.
“Always,” he whispered against her lips. “I will always find you.”
He kissed her again.
They indulged in their longing for a few precious, hungry moments.
Axel could feel her, her heartbeat, her soft breaths. The electrical thrum that spread through her whenever he touched her or looked into her eyes.
The suppressants were wearing off, and he could finally connect to Alice again. To feel complete.
He hugged her.
“I missed you,” he whispered. “So much.”
Alice hugged him back.
“I wasn’t in control,” she said. “But I never stopped thinking of you, missing you.”
“You’re in control now,” he sighed with relief.
“Yes,” Alice smiled, “and forever more.”
Axel pulled back and looked at her with the question written plainly in his eyes.
Alice nodded.
“For right now, most of my memory is still inaccessible,” she said. “But before it was locked away, disconnected. This time it’s like a funnel, slowly pouring in each memory so as not to overdo it.”
“Then how do you remember me?” he asked.
“Because I placed a certain set of memories first. You, then Holden and Roman,” she said. “I never want to forget you, and for safety, I never want to forget them.”
At the mention of Roman, Axel already felt angry, pent-up, and vengeful.
“You and I,” he said softly. “We need to have an in-depth conversation about Roman.”
Alice nodded.
“But not right now,” he continued.
Alice furrowed her brows.
“I can’t think about revenge or hatred right now,” he said solemnly. “Not until after my father has been properly honored.”
“I understand that you have traditions and that you need to honor him,” she said. “But there are things that can’t wait.”
“Alice…”
“Axel…” she whispered. “I’m so sorry….”
She licked her lips, and her voice shook with the weight of her words. Tears sprang forth before she even realized they had formed.
“Shhh,” he said gently. “It’s ok.”
Alice shook her head.
“I just wanted to bring him home… we were so close….”
“Alice…” Axel said, licking his lips and taking a shaky breath, “You did bring him home.”
Alice looked away sadly.
“You have no idea how much it means to me that you were able to do that for him. That you brought him home.”
“Axel, there’s something else,” Alice said.
“I know that Roman and Tomas are behind this… but I can’t hear the details now,” Axel said.
“Not Tomas,” she quickly replied. “In fact, I suspect Tomas is dead.”
“What?”
“That’s what happened in Autumn. The Alpha was lost, and Roman swooped right in underneath him and stole all the wolves,” she said, then looked up into his hazel eyes. “And then killed Tomas.”
“Tomas… is dead?” Axel asked with wide eyes.
“I didn’t see for sure… but yes,” Alice replied.
“Well, that’s…. a terrible development, but it can wait.”
“Roman and Tomas were not the things I needed to tell you,” Alice said. “My short-term memory, the most recent events, those stick around too. I remember everything that happened in Autumn last night and everything that happened in the car ride after.”
Alice looked carefully at Axel.
“He held on for a long time,” she said softly. “He was a strong man.”
“Yes,” Axel nodded sadly. “He was.”
“He told me something in the car….”
Axel listened closely.
“He told me that… there is a traitor in Winter.”
“What?”
“Someone set Wyatt and his team up,” Alice whispered. “They knew the route they were taking and the escape routes back to Winter. This person, whoever they are, did this intentionally.”
Axel clenched his jaw and let out a low growl.
Someone had done this intentionally.
They had tried to kill the team and then kidnapped and tortured Wyatt.
Now Axel was seeing red. He needed to find the traitor and teach them never to betray Winter again.
But then he saw his father’s proud smile at Papa’s feast. Axel sighed.
“I can’t hear anymore…” he said.
Alice began to protest, but Axel put up his hand.
“Until my father has been honored, I cannot begin a search of any kind,” Axel said.
“But—”
“Alexander, however, is not actually a Winter wolf,” Axel said. “He would be able to begin an investigation if you’re willing to talk about it.”
“For you,” she smiled. “Anything.”
The last remnants of sunlight streamed through the grand windows with their curtains drawn back. It was the soft light of the setting sun. Gone was the blinding yellow, replaced by dark hues of purple and gold.
There was music playing, a soothing melody that seemed to force a person to close their eyes even for a moment and breathe.
She looked around her. The sheer green and blue fabric were familiar. She sat up and then got to her knees.
She crawled down to the end of the bed and pulled the fabric apart. Before her was a space that she was very familiar with.
The treehouse.
But Selene didn’t remember coming to the treehouse.
She got off the bed and walked toward the enormous window where she could see the sunset in the sky.
But when she reached the glass, she found herself more confused than ever. Selene was well aware of the view as she had admired it countless times.
It should be the hills and trees of Summer. But instead, it was the blue green waters of her island honeymoon.
She turned and found herself standing in the middle of the oceanside cabin she had shared with Alexander.
Selene furrowed her brows and stared back out at the water.
His arms slipped around her waist, and his chin rested on her shoulder. Selene reflexively leaned back into his body as though it were an extension of her own.
“Hello,” Alexander whispered.
“Hi,” Selene replied.
She turned in his arms and nuzzled against his throat, inhaling his comforting scent. Breathing it in and pushing it over her body until she was sure she smelled like him.
“Do you feel more comfortable here than at the treehouse?” Alexander asked.
Selene looked back out at the ocean and the small island in the distance.
“No,” she said. “It just felt… far.”
Alexander nodded.
“I understand,” he whispered.
The music she had heard, the soft lulling melody, faded. In its place came a song she recognized from several of the movies Renee had insisted they watch.
A slow song about falling in love.
Alexander began to sway, still holding her in his arms.
“What are you–?” Selene started to ask, but her own laughter stopped her as Alexander spun her around and pulled her close again.
“For I can’t help,” Alexander spoke the lyrics. “Falling in love with you.”
Selene smiled as Alexander continued to sway and turn her as the song went on. It was only then that she realized this was the first time she had ever danced with her husband.
They danced for three more songs. Their bodies pressed together as they swayed and moved to the music.
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