Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
Bell leaned forward, careful of Ren in Galen’s arms. They shared a sweet and tender kiss, each feeling deeply the longing for the other.
Galen hugged Ren once more and then handed him to Bell.
They turned away, neither wanting to see the other go.
“It’s not forever,” Alexander said quietly as he watched Bell get into the car.
“Even a day will feel like forever,” Galen replied sadly.
“I understand,” Alexander said. “I can’t know your pain, but I understand that you feel it. We will do all that we can to win this war quickly. And bring your family home.”
Galen nodded.
“We will bring all these families home.”
Alexander nodded and put his arm around Galen’s shoulder.
A few feet away, Selene hugged her brother and said goodbye before she returned to Alexander’s side.
Alice looked up into Axel’s eyes. She wore a soft smile.
“I’ll see you soon, sweet boy,” she said.
Axel sighed and pulled her tightly to his chest.
“Why am I always having to say goodbye to you?” he whispered.
Alice smiled.
“At least I know someone is missing me,” she replied softly.
Axel lifted her chin toward him, lowering his face to hover just about hers. His lips brushed hers as he spoke.
“Every second of every day.”
Alice moved to her toes, closing the small distance between their mouths, and kissed him hard. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and he lifted her into his arms.
They held each other until their lungs burned with need.
“I love you,” she whispered through her desperate breaths after they pulled apart.
“I love you,” he replied, giving her another quick kiss before setting her down. “If I don’t go now, I won’t be able to.”
He touched her cheek, giving her a loving smile.
“A day, two at the most,” he said.
“Two at the most,” she smiled. “With three calls each day.”
Axel chuckled and nodded before lowering his head as he turned and got into the car.
Clara had been digging through the documents since the moment Selene had granted her access.
All through the night and the morning. As the others said goodbye to their loved ones, Clara continued to read every document, look at every image, and run her own research.
By the afternoon, she was exhausted but enraptured by the things she was learning from Alpha Cain.
Almost three hours after the convoy had left Summer, Clara was deep into a stack of books. Some were written by humans, some by werewolves.
Selene, Alexander, and Alice arrived in a conference room that Clara had commandeered as her personal headquarters for her research mission.
Nessa had created a small corner for herself, complete with a laptop, a couple of sleeping bags, and a box of snacks and water bottles.
She had forced Clara to take a short two-hour nap and eat at least a few snacks during the night.
“Clara?” Selene called out to her.
Clara lifted her head, and Selene’s eyes widened at how tired she looked.
“Have you even slept?” she asked.
“Yeah, totally,” Clara replied with an awkward smile.
“Liar…” Nessa replied from her corner as she looked at something on her computer.
“Shhh… you’re supposed to be on my side!” Clara snipped.
“I am on your side. Sleep is good for you. Not sleeping is bad,” Nessa replied in a mocking tone.
“Hush, or go back to your room.”
Nessa motioned that she was zipping her lips.
“Clara, I appreciate your enthusiasm, but you shouldn’t make yourself sick over this,” Alexander said. “Take a break. This data has been sitting for almost three years. I doubt a few hours will change much.”
“I disagree,” Clara said, jumping up from the table.
“Did you find something?” Selene asked.
Clara smiled.
“Alpha Cain… is amazing… he saw so many things, and he had theories, and guesses, and ideas, and he just… wow….”
Selene chuckled. She had almost forgotten how excited Clara could get over research and anything related to the fae or the origins of the wolves.
“Ok, so why don’t you think the theories and ideas can wait a few hours while you get some sleep?” she asked.
Clara took a deep breath and grabbed some of the piles of notes.
“Alpha Cain took a lot of samples from the mounds, and he found that some of them were older than us. By years. And the way they were spread out, these things were essentially mass graves. So why were they spread out? Why were there so many and in different places all over the territories?”
“Did my father have a theory about the reason?” Alexander asked.
Clara shook her head and smiled.
“No, but I do.”
“Gotta give her credit,” Alice smiled. “This one knows how to keep you on the line.”
Clara smiled proudly before continuing.
“I have been researching historical records, maps, drawings, anything I could find, both human and werewolf. Trying to figure out what it all meant. I found locations of great battles and hints at even more powerful fae than Loki.”
“What?” Alexander asked, his interest in the conversation increasing tenfold.
“Yep,” Clara nodded.
“Why haven’t we ever heard of these powerful fae?” Selene asked.
“Well, a lot of information on them comes from legends and stories from humans and lesser packs. In fact, it looked like the great packs avoided the topic entirely. The old stories from Summer, Winter, Autumn, and Spring all focus on Loki and the part that each played in the final battles. Still, they hold very little about the times before the battles.”
“Stories and legends?” Alexander asked, then how do you know they are true?”
“Well, it’s all theoretical still….” Clara replied, chewing her bottom lip nervously.
“What did they say?” Alice asked. “These legends and stories.”
Clara looked up excitedly.
“These fae had complete control over their territory. From the images I found and the stories in the human myths, I think these were the Fae Queens. They were powerful, aggressive, and territorial leaders, believing their clan was the strongest and the greatest.”
“So… alphas?” Alice asked.
Alexander scoffed.
Alice shrugged.
“Actually… yea… the stories I’ve read… they had very similar powers to those of the Alphas of the great packs. Only… way more powerful. Like compulsion and weather control. They could appear miles away out of thin air.”
“Ok, so very powerful fae. I can see how it’s interesting,” Selene commented. “But how does this information change anything? Why is it important to know right now instead of tomorrow or the next day.”
Clara took a deep breath.
“From what I could piece together, I think the fae were already in a war by the time the werewolf was born. And I don’t mean their subjugation of humans. I mean amongst themselves, between these Queens. A power struggle, it sounds like at the end, when wolves arrived, there may have only been two of them left in play.”
“Ok…”
Clara swallowed and licked her lips. She was drained, but this was important. She needed them to understand what she understood.
“Some of the stories from the lesser packs talk about these powerful beings fighting each other, about how when one died, their mound would be destroyed in order to prevent their clan from bringing their power back somehow. Sound familiar?”
“The power source in Spring….” Alexander whispered.
“You think Gorn was trying to bring back a Queen?” Selene asked.
“No, I don’t think Gorn knows anything about the Queens. Not even Cain knew that,” Clara replied. “And I don’t think the mound in Spring belonged to a Queen. But I believe that the mound Alpha Cain found in Moonguard, the one with bone scattered into the roots, might have.”
“Goddess… if Gorn gets ahold of that mound….” Selene whispered.
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