Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
Cain chuckled as he remembered punching Tomas across the face.
“You also gave me a chance to punch that moron, so thank you.”
Cain took another deep breath. He was getting tired.
“After we started running all the blood samples, I realized something strange about my blood. I compared it to hundreds of others. And then to yours, we were different from the other wolves I looked at. Very different.
“Tomas had no idea how close he came to solving the mystery….” Cain sighed.
Cain laid back against the dirt wall. He took a deep breath as he remembered how unsettled he had felt when he made the discovery. If Tomas had looked at even one slide of Alexander’s blood…
He clenched his jaw. He couldn’t think of that right now. He needed to tell Alexander everything he knew before it was too late.
“Like I said, our blood was different from every wolf of Summer, Autumn, and all the samples we got from the lesser packs. And that got me thinking, what else is different about us? There was only one thing I could think of. Our lineage.”
Cain growled as a spike of pain shot up his arm and into his shoulder. Making him curl in on himself to support his arm.
“Fuck…!” he hissed. He drew a shaky breath and calmed himself.
“Our lineage,” he continued. “Our family line can be traced directly back to the first Alpha of Summer.”
Cain forced himself to sit up once more.
“I ran a genetic test on us and compared it to the one I ran on the bone… they came back as related. You and I are direct descendants of the fae.”
Cain leaned his head back, taking a deep breath.
“I know this is a lot. I’m sorry to drop it all into your lap. I’m sorry, Alexander. But the only way I can think to protect you now is to remove all potential power sources. Even if Gorn and Tomas can figure out that you are a direct descendant, they have no reason to come for you if there is no power to steal.”
Cain took another deep breath.
“I was able to track down twenty different mounds, including the one in Spring and the one in Moonguard… I have destroyed seventeen of them. Soon, this one will be gone too. But the last two… I can’t make it to them….”
He clenched his jaw and closed his eyes. Feeling the weight of his failure.
“I’m sorry, Alexander, I should have done more for you….” he whispered.
There was a beeping sound from his pocket, his perimeter alarm. The Autumn wolves had found him. He needed to take care of them before they stopped him from his mission.
“I need to go,” he said softly. “I have to get rid of some uninvited guests, but once I have, I am going to call Wyatt. I know I can trust him to give you this message.”
Cain chuckled to himself.
“Maybe I’ll try again to get him to agree to introduce you to his daughter, a dying man’s wish and all….”
Cain smiled bitterly; he held back the sob that caught in his throat.
“I love you, Alexander, I always have. You will be a great Alpha. I know you will lead our people better than I ever could,” Cain whispered, fighting back the surge of emotion. “Please, tell your mother… well….”
Cain smiled to himself as he thought of Fiona.
“She knows.”
He sat up and took a deep breath.
“Goodbye, son.”
Cain stopped the recording. He took a moment and then finalized the information saved to the drive. He set up a verification system, something to ensure it was Alexander and only Alexander that could access the files and the message.
Then he tucked it away into the false back of his pocket watch.
He made his way up the long dark tunnel to the surface. Carefully removing the stones and branches at the entrance he moved along the edge of the mound, he listened to the growling sounds of fighting. It was strange; he didn’t know why his hunters would be fighting amongst themselves, but the less he had to do, the better.
Cain hid in the bushes, trying not to draw any attention to himself. The sounds stopped, and then he heard something else. Someone was throwing up.
He moved quietly along the bushes until he saw someone he recognized. It was Wyatt, bodies of Autumn wolves surrounded him.
Cain let out a sigh of relief. Wyatt must have come in search of him. Slowly he approached his friend.
[Present, Simulation Room, Summer]
Alexander fell to his knees. His chest burned; he couldn’t get air no matter how hard he tried to breathe.
Selene dropped down in front of him. She held his face in her hands and called to him. Trying to get him to look at her, to listen to her voice.
But the world was silent for Alexander.
And all he could see was the phantom image of his father. A hollow shell that stared at him with empty eyes as he listened to his father’s last words to him.
Alexander felt as though he had lost him all over again.
After seeing his reaction to his father’s message, Selene decided it would be best for him to rest. She gave Clara access to the files from the drive and spoke with Fiona about all they had seen and heard.
Fiona gave a sad smile and nodded but said nothing else before she excused herself.
Selene checked in with Axel about the convoy. All the arrangements had been made, and Galen had approved the additional soldiers. All that was left was for them to go in the morning.
There was one slight change that Axel was somewhat bothered by.
“What do you mean?” Selene asked. “Why does she need to be scanned in twenty-four hours? Why can’t they do it in the morning before you leave?”
After witnessing Alice’s struggle with the computer, Axel called the doctor. They had her go back and do another scan. He told them she would need to come back in twenty-four hours in order to properly compare her brain activity to give them an accurate understanding of what was happening.
“It’s the amount of time they need to see a proper comparison,” Axel sighed.
“But what’s happening to her? She seemed fine this afternoon when she helped me with the drive.”
Axel looked back at the bed where Alice was taking a nap. He took a deep breath and turned back to his sister.
“The scans show that she has lesions in her brain,” he said. “They are… significant. The doctor thought that Bell’s blood could help heal some of it. But so far, they haven’t seen any changes. At least… not positive ones.”
Axel closed his eyes, trying to calm his thoughts.
“They said that she could start to forget things. Small things, big things,” he sighed. “They have never seen someone with so much exposure to Bitter Night, so they have no way of knowing for sure what will happen to her.”
“Lesions… what…” Selene didn’t understand. She looked over at Alice.
She seemed fine.
Every step of the way through the lab, she was fine. She led them to the children; she sealed off most of the guards and fought off Holden. Even today, she had solved a puzzle that they had spent months trying to solve.
“What happened?” she asked. “Why do they suddenly need another scan? This morning the plan was for her to go with you and Bell, so what changed?”
Axel swallowed.
“This afternoon, after she helped you with whatever problem you needed her help with, she lost something. Her memory got shaky. By the time we went for the new scan, her memory had come back, but the doctor was concerned. So, we agreed that she should stay for another day or two.
“Galen has already promised to make sure she has an escort back to Winter as soon as the doctor clears her to go.”
Selene let out a sigh of disbelief. How could so much have happened in such a short time? When she left the room, Alice seemed perfectly fine.
“Did I push her too hard?” Selene asked. “I didn’t mean to, Axel. I didn’t know.”
“Of course not,” Axel shook his head, “there’s no reason you should have known, Selene. This isn’t your fault. She was glad to have been able to help you. Trust me. This is just… something that is going to happen. Right now, we don’t have a solution.”
Selene felt a painful tug in her heart. She couldn’t imagine what her brother was feeling, what Alice was feeling.
“I’ll watch out for her,” Selene said. “While you can’t, I will.”
Axel gave her a gentle smile.
“Thank you, Selene. It means a lot,” he whispered.
***
After a night of sleep and a long time resting in Selene’s arms, Alexander could finally take a breath and absorb his father’s message.
He reassured her that he was fine. He returned to his duties, helping Galen to ensure that convoy was properly secure and ready to go.
Alexander said his farewells and watched, waiting to offer his support as Galen said goodbye to his family.
Galen kissed Ren’s forehead. He smiled and touched his cheek.
“I will see you soon, little man,” he whispered. “Take care of your mom. Make sure she smiles. No fussing, ok?”
“That seems like a pretty unreasonable request of a baby,” Bell laughed.
“He’s not just any baby,” Galen smiled. “He’s ours, and that means at least half of him lives to see you smile.”
Bell smiled at Galen as a warmth spread from her chest.
“Just like that,” Galen whispered, looking at her with a soft expression.
Bell swallowed and licked her lips.
“I love you,” she said.
“I love you,” he replied.
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