Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
Alexander suddenly pushed away, leaving her with a longing howl in her thoughts and a libido already in overdrive.
She stepped toward him, but he raised a hand to her to stop as he tried to catch his breath and keep control of his thoughts and actions.
“Wait…” he whispered.
“Alexander…” she called to him like a siren at sea.
Alexander growled and turned away.
“Your Luna… she accepted you?” he asked.
“Yes,” Selene nodded.
“This is… this is why I have been staying away,” he said.
“Why?” she asked, moving toward him, but he quickly moved away.
“Because our wolves, Alpha and Luna, they… feel each other,” he replied.
“How is that a bad thing?” she smiled.
“Normally,” he said, “it’s not.”
He took a deep breath and blew it out slowly.
Selene couldn’t help but notice how tempting his mouth looked at the motion. She bit her bottom lip and considered stealing a kiss.
“The bonding between Alpha and Luna is not just a sexual act, Selene. It’s power. It’s primal. It won’t be like any other moment we have shared.”
“You’re terrible at making this sound like something I don’t want to happen,” she replied.
“Right now,” he continued, “while your brother waits to hear that his mate will even wake up again, it is inappropriate for us to act on that bond.”
Axel’s heartbroken eyes and tear-stained face appeared in her mind like a bucket of ice poured over her body.
Selene took a deep breath.
“You’re right,” she sighed.
“I wish I wasn’t,” Alexander replied.
“Me too,” Selene smiled.
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They started with only a small amount of Bell’s blood, testing it to make sure there would be no reactions or rejections. But almost immediately they were able to see signs of improvement in Alice.
It was decided that the best course of treatment would be an exchange transfusion.
They would remove Alice’s blood slowly in cycles and replace it with new healthier blood. Bell would provide only enough to jumpstart Alice’s system, while the rest would be synthetic.
The entire process would take a few hours.
Bell would stay with Alice through the entire procedure, Axel had been reluctant to leave, but Bell insisted. While she was confident in her choice, she still felt uneasy about being on display as her blood was being shared.
So, kicked out of the room, Axel chose to pace outside instead.
“Axel,” Alexander called out as he approached.
Axel turned, giving his brother-in-law a brief nod of acknowledgment.
“I assume the procedure has begun?” Alexander asked.
Axel nodded.
“Bell said it would take a few hours,” he sighed.
“You plan to pace out here the whole time?” Alexander asked.
“What else am I going to do?” Axel sighed.
Alexander nodded, remembering how he felt each time Selene had been injured or hospitalized.
“You need something to distract you,” he said. “As it happens, I am headed out. Maybe you should come with me.”
Axel glanced up and then looked back at the door.
“I should probably stay, just in case something happens,” he said.
“I understand,” Alexander said, reaching his hand to Axel’s shoulder. “Believe me. But even if something happens, Bell or one of my people are going to be the ones you want handling it. We won’t be that far, and they will let us know right away.”
Axel hesitated.
“Keeping your mind occupied will make the time move faster. From what I heard, Alice was already responding to a small amount of Bell’s blood. Who knows, she might be awake by dinner tonight,” Alexander smiled.
Axel smiled but tried not to think too much about it. He didn’t want to get his hopes up yet. Alexander was right, he needed a distraction.
“Alright,” he said. “Where are we headed?”
Alexander had received word from the men he had left behind to keep an eye at the site of the lab. They reported the appearance of the Spring wolves that had been sent to investigate. They stayed in the lab for two days. During that time, machinery and devices were removed, men with flamethrowers had entered the building, and explosions were heard.
Once the Spring team finally left, the men waited twenty-four hours to ensure that no one else returned before reporting to Alexander that the lab was abandoned.
The two Alphas and a small team were on their way to see if anything was left behind. Anything that might give them answers about what kinds of experiments or development were made there.
They knew it was unlikely they would find anything, but they needed to know for sure.
Alexander split the team when they arrived and met up with the two scouts. Most of them were sent with one of the scouts to find a way into the upper levels. Axel, and two others, including one of the scouts, remained with Alexander and approached the exit that led into the security office.
Inside they found the room had been stripped. There was no fire damage in the room, but the armory had been emptied, and the computers had been taken.
They pushed forward into the hallway.
Each team member had been supplied with a personal oxygen tank and mask, just in case. But as they entered the hall, there was no need for it. The burnt smell clung to the walls, but the air was not sharp or smokey.
It was likely that the team from Spring had found a way to vent the smoke to finish their cleanup.
There were a few labs on this floor. They went room to room but found nothing salvageable or operational.
Once the floor was properly cleared, they made their way to the stairwell.
The elevators were inoperable, so it was the only way down to the bottom floor and the lab where the children had been kept. Here they ran into some debris that prevented them from using the stairs to get all the way down, but they were able to set up a rope and climb down.
The door to the lab was already opened.
The scout and the other man went in first while Axel and Alexander took up the rear. As they entered the room, Axel’s eyes were drawn to the right. The beds were still there, though most had some sort of fire damage.
“They didn’t bother removing the evidence,” Axel sighed, thinking of all those children in this room.
“We’re already at war. I doubt Spring is concerned about our opinion of their morals at this point,” Alexander replied.
Axel nodded.
He looked back around the room. Selene had described a group of tables filled with running experiments and a wall of computers where Alice had accessed the security feeds and locked down the upper levels.
But all that remained of these things were charred desks and fallen debris of scattered glasses and wood. The computers were either smashed or taken. And the experiments? It looked as if most of them had exploded.
Alexander looked around and grimaced as he imagined Selene and Alice here.
“I wish they would have told me,” he sighed.
“You wouldn’t have let them come,” Axel chuckled.
“If I knew about the children, I would have,” Alexander replied defensively.
“Really?” Axel asked, turning to look at him with doubt.
Alexander looked away.
“I would have a sent a team at least,” he sighed.
Axel laughed.
“Alice would never have let you do it without her,” he said softly. “Which is why she reached out to Selene.”
Alexander looked back at Axel, and Axel smiled.
“Selene is also unwilling to let the risk outweigh the rescue.”
Alexander smiled and nodded.
“Alpha!” the scout called out. “We found something!”
Both Alexander and Axel hurried over to the other man. He pushed at a charred wall. Behind it was a heavy door.
“Panic room?” Alexander asked aloud.
“Could this be where Holden went when Selene lost sight of him?” Axel asked.
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