Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
With those parting words, Peter left the room.
The sound of the curtain being drawn drew Myka’s eye. Before him was the woman that Peter had spoken with about trading patients.
Her arms were crossed over her chest, and she had an angry look in her eyes.
“I thought Peter was just being his grumpy self when he wanted to trade. If I had known how he really felt about you, I would have stitched you up. Without the anesthetic,” she said and turned to leave the room.
When Bell reached the door, she paused and turned back.
“And just so you know, Peter is the end of the journey. Not because your life would be over, but because he is the fucking destination, you moron,” she growled. “So, if you care at all about him, then do what he asks. Accept his rejection so that he can find someone who understands how lucky they are to have him care about them.”
***
The first meeting between the Alphas and the nomad representatives did not go well. It was as if they were speaking different languages.
Myka had left the conference room, feeling trapped and stifled inside. He wandered to a small courtyard and sat on one of the benches.
He leaned his head back and closed his eyes. All he could think of at this moment was whether or not Peter might be thinking of him.
He sighed.
It had been five years since they met. Peter had been traveling between packs, some kind of outreach for those with fewer doctors on hand. They had literally run into each other on the road. Their connection was instant, and they spent three blissful weeks together.
Toward the end of those three weeks, there was a full moon.
Peter asked Myka to mark each other under the light of the Goddess. But Myka refused.
He knew Peter wanted to stay in Winter, and Myka had no interest in becoming a pack wolf. It made no sense for them to be bound together.
But it didn’t hurt any less when Peter rejected him. In the end, Myka had never been able to accept it.
He knew that it wasn’t fair to Peter. That refusing to accept the rejection meant that they were still bound together in some form, even if they weren’t together. But breaking that bond was something Myka didn’t have the strength to do.
He sighed to himself.
“Hello there,” a gentle voice called to him.
Myka opened his eyes.
Before him, he saw someone unexpected. The current Luna of Winter, Corrine.
458 A Hint of Her Wolf
Luna Corrine was a beautiful woman with a fierceness that was both attractive and intimidating. Throughout the meeting, she had remained silent as the discussion went sideways. But she listened, and she heard every word.
The only other thing he knew about her was that she had once been a nomad like himself. He heard that she had come to Winter when her mother was sick, and in the end, her parents chose to stay.
After also finding her mate in the Alpha of Winter, all hope was lost for her.
Myka looked at her with pity as her journey had ended when she was still so young.
“Hello,” he replied with a gentle bow of his head.
“May I?” Corrine asked, indicating the spot on the bench beside him.
Myka moved over a little, ensuring her enough room. Corrine smiled and sat down.
They were quiet for a time. Then Corrine took a deep breath of the cold air.
“Have you been to Winter before?” she asked.
“No,” Myka replied. “Most of my journey has taken me to other places.”
Corrine smiled.
“Ah yes, the journey.”
Myka gave her a gentle look. Corrine saw it, and she chuckled.
“I’ve seen that look before,” she commented in a gentle tone. “Do you pity me?”
Myka took a breath.
“I wouldn’t say pity,” he lied. “I just find it…unfortunate that your journey ended so soon.”
Corrine laughed.
“Oh, child…” she said dismissively. “Tell me something. You are not a nomad by birth, are you?”
Myka furrowed his brows. He looked at her curiously and then nodded.
“No, I was born in a pack.”
Corrine nodded to herself.
“Those that join the journey have a very different view from those born into it,” she smiled. “What is your journey about, Myka?”
“Freedom, exploration. Seeing the world, experiencing all of its splendor,” Myka replied dreamily, smiling as he looked up at the stars.
Corrine nodded.
“And have you seen the world?”
“Not all of it,” he admitted.
“No, of course not,” Corrine laughed. “But you have seen all of our werewolf territories, right?”
Myka paused. He gave her an unsure smile.
“Not all of it, no.”
“And how long have you been on the journey, Myka?” Corrine asked.
“Ten years,” he said.
“Ten years, that’s quite a long time,” she said. “Long enough to have traveled these territories twice at least. Yet from my understanding, you haven’t gone much further than the greater territories. Why is that, I wonder?”
Myka swallowed.
“Have you been asking about me, Luna Corrine?”
“Of course, I have, darling,” she smiled. “I have to know the people with whom I or my family plan to be involved. In recent times, we’ve had far too many surprising characters appear in our lives.”
“Not all bad, I assume.”
“No,” Corrine smiled, “but enough.”
Myka kept his expression unchanged, but his heart began to race as he saw a hint of her wolf staring back at him.
“What is it that you seek, Myka? What is the destination of your journey?”
“That’s… rather personal for our first conversation, don’t you think, Luna Corrine?” Myka grinned, then leaned closer to her. “Perhaps we should get to know each other better first.”
Corrine smiled and looked away.
“Little boy,” she sighed. “You wouldn’t know what to do with me.”
Myka found himself laughing appreciatively.
“Besides,” Corrine continued. “I’m not the one you wish to know.”
Myka swallowed and looked away as Peter’s smile worked its way into his mind again.
“Word travels fast in Winter, it seems,” he whispered. “Should I be honored that the Luna is interested in gossiping about me?”
“I don’t care at all about you. I care about Peter,” she replied with a soft growl. “He is a member of my pack. But even more than that, a great friend to my children and me.”
“I see,” Myka replied, keeping his eyes focused on the ground. “The Peter I knew was quiet and lonely. But this Peter seems to have many friends.”
“That happens when you stay long enough,” Corrine smiled. “You build a community of your own.”
Myka let out a gentle scoff.
“My mother was like you,” Corrine said. “For a long time, she believed that the journey was only possible if you kept moving. Kept searching. It wasn’t until she was forced to slow down, to stop. To stay. She finally understood that many kinds of journeys are available in this life.”
Myka took a deep breath.
“Committing yourself to a people, a place, a person, these aren’t bad things. Building a life is just a different kind of journey. A brand new and less lonely destination.”
Myka chuckled softly.
“Do you think that by trying to convince me to stay in Winter and using Peter to do so, I will commit the others to this alliance?”
“Myka, I am not trying to convince you to stay. I never even suggested it. I am suggesting that Peter is on a journey of his own. You don’t have to understand it or join him. But perhaps, if you open yourself to it, you can find a way for your journeys to intersect.”
Corrine gave him another smile before standing from the bench. She moved to leave the courtyard but turned back.
“Oh, and Myka?” she called.
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