Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
Alexander returned to the room to check-in. Galen was having the bandage on his leg replaced but felt uncomfortable not knowing how Bell and Ren were doing. It was going to take some time for Galen’s sense of danger to relax.
Alexander wondered which would come first, would Galen relax and accept that the danger had passed, or would Bell murder him for being unbearably overprotective?
He chuckled as he approached the door.
He glanced in the room, noting that Bell was sleeping comfortably, he looked around, his eyes landing on Selene.
She stood beside the window with Ren in her arms, smiling as she looked down at him with playful whispers.
Alexander took in a slow breath; he smiled as he watched her.
Selene rocked and shushed Ren, the smile on her face warming Alexander’s heart. Is this what she would look like with their own child in her arms?
The thought made him smile.
He entered the room, making his way to her quietly.
She felt his approach and turned to him, her smile adjusting to him. Alexander chuckled internally; had he noticed before that he had his own smile?
“What are you so happy about?” Selene asked.
“You,” he said, moving to stand behind her, he put his hand on her waist and kissed her shoulder.
“What did I do?” Selene laughed.
Ren cooed quietly and then let out another yawn. Selene turned her attention back to him.
“Are you tired, little man?” she asked sweetly. She brought him gently to her shoulder, rocking him and making soft shushing sounds.
“You’re good at that,” Alexander whispered, watching her with a happy smile.
Selene looked at him and furrowed her brows.
“What does that look mean?” she asked with a laugh.
“What look?” he asked.
“That smile,” she said. “It’s that cat with the canary look.”
Alexander laughed.
“Well,” he said, looking at her with all the love in his heart pouring out of him. “I was just thinking of what it will be like when it’s our child in your arms.”
Selene’s eyes widened.
“That’s a… pretty far-off thought, isn’t it?” she said, moving toward the bassinet at the end of Bell’s bed.
“Of course, I’m not saying we need to start trying now,” he chuckled.
“Oh, good,” she replied with some relief as she lay Ren inside his bassinet, making sure the blanket was wrapped snuggly around him.
“But, perhaps, after the war is over, we can start planning,” Alexander said.
Selene stood up straight, she chewed her lower lip and swallowed.
“After the war…” she whispered.
She licked her lips and turned to look at him.
“There will still be so much to do after the war,” she said. “We will need to pick up the pieces and find order again.”
Alexander looked carefully at her. His smile fell and he straightened up, taking a deep breath before he spoke.
“Selene,” he said. “Do you not wish for us to have a family together?”
“I do!” she replied quickly. “I just…”
She lowered her eyes and took a breath.
“I just want to wait a while,” she said, looking back up at him. “A few years, at least…”
Alexander looked away and Selene could feel his disappointment through their bond. She moved forward and took his hands in hers.
“Hey…” she whispered.
He looked up.
“I am just now starting to understand things about myself and who I need to be. I still haven’t even begun to be a Luna to Summer…. Right now, our responsibilities are huge.”
He swallowed.
“I love you, Alexander, I want a life together,” she said. “I want a family too, someday. But for now, for a while… let’s just be the cool aunt and uncle. We can spoil Ren rotten and drive Bell and Galen crazy.”
Alexander gave a gentle smile. But Selene could still feel the disappointment that lingered between them.
Alexander and Selene stayed only one day. Just long enough to ensure the repair team arrived at the communications tower and to work with Saul on arranging a new defense unit around the building.
On their return to Summer, Alexander was immediately pulled into meetings. He reached out to Jonas and Sofia about arrangements for the other towers. The last thing they needed was to lose communications with their allies.
At this point, reports of attacks in the eastern lands were coming in. Crazed rogue and fae creatures. Most of the lesser packs had either evacuated the area or been able to defend themselves against their attackers.
Fiona pulled together a team to head east in order to bring the survivors who had lost their lands into Summer and the other packs in the area willing to take them in.
With Alexander busy in meetings and Fiona out on a mission, Selene found herself with a bit of time on her hands. She found the journal right where she had left it on the coffee table. She sat back on the couch and opened it to the entry about Alpha Gorn’s request for Cain’s aid.
[October 7, 19XX
I have met with Gorn, and I have investigated the area that he spoke of. His concerns about the unknown power source are valid. There are strange readings in the area. I will be staying longer and running more tests. It will take time, but I believe I will be able to find the source of the strange power.]
There were small, printed notes that Selene didn’t understand. Formulas, reference points, and questions Cain seemed to be asking himself about environmental conditions.
[October 14, 19XX
All the tests I have run from the environment are inconclusive. I suspect that the source is somehow deeper in the ground. I will need to find a way to get deeper without drawing too much attention or disrupting the ecosystem.]
Selene turned the page. There were sketches of Lilies of the Valley. Different sizes and angles. Notes on their preferred climate, season, and size.
[November 3, 19XX
Irina and I have found a cave deep in the forest. Lilies of the Valley cover the surrounding area and into the mouth of the cave. It is strange to see them growing here.
There is a faint signal from the cave. I suspect we will find a passage that leads deep into the mountain. And there is where we will find the source of the strange power.]
“Irina…” Selene whispered aloud.
The name was familiar, but she couldn’t quite place it.
[November 18, 19XX
We have gone deeper and deeper into the cave but still have not found the power source. Gorn has sent word that there is no need to continue the search. He believes that if the source is so far into the earth, it will be of no use to Spring. But Irina insists that we should continue.
I gave my opinion to Gorn on who to listen to. After all, there is a reason we all know the phrase ‘happy wife, happy life.’]
“That’s right,” Selene said. “Luna Irina.”
Selene had never actually heard what happened to the Luna of Spring, only rumors of her mind having gone before she ultimately took her own life. Nevertheless, she wondered how many of the stories were true and what led to such a decision.
She took a deep breath and decided not to think much about it. Then, turning the page, she furrowed her brows at the sketch she looked at.
A gnarled and twisted black tree surrounded by what appeared to be crystals, like an open geode. With white flowers and mushrooms that grew along with the exposed roots.
[December 15, 19XX
I went home for a couple of weeks, but Irina and I made an incredible discovery on my return. Not only have we found the source of the power. But something even more impressive.
We went further than we had ever gone before. We were about to turn back when Irina said she felt something. We pressed on, and ten minutes later, we found a chamber. It was large and mostly empty.
But at the center was a tree. A black and twisted tree with roots growing out of the ground and diving back in. There were crystals surrounding the roots, bright, colorful crystals glowing in the darkness. Mushrooms and lilies as well.
We approached the tree, I stepped forward to take samples, but Irina stopped me. She suddenly said that we needed to go. I do not understand why she suddenly became so insistent that we leave.
Hopefully, she will regain her senses tomorrow, and we can get back to work.]
Selene sat up and set the journal on her lap.
“They found a hidden fae mound…” she said, remembering her father’s description of the fae mound at Loki’s Fall.
She had never heard of a fae mound inside of a mountain before. But then again, the information on the fae mounds was always a bit hazy.
[December 16, 19XX
Irina became irrational and hysterical when I mentioned returning to the chamber. She is pretty agitated by the thought of returning. I offered to go without her, but she threw my bag at me and ordered that I leave Spring territory.
I could not argue. As Luna, it is her right to send me away. But I plan to send word to Gorn once I have returned home.]
The following entry jumped two whole months.
[February 21, 19XX
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