Chapter 78 – Fated to My Forbidden Alpha Novel Free Online (Alpha Alexander & Selene)

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After the shock of the situation had worn off, Alexander and Galen talked over the report’s details and how it had been discovered. Though there wasn’t all that much to go over. The bugs had all been rooted out and eliminated. A security team was already hard at work creating more robust firewalls and defenses.

The data that had been sent had not been deciphered yet. It would take time to break through the encryption and tear down all the false data layered over it. Which meant some poor analyst in Summer was going to spend a lot of time staring at Jerry’s dick pics.

The only thing they knew for sure was that Alice had found a way to mask her transmissions in her games. When she played the story game, her choices compiled the data sent to Jerry. While her puzzle games hid the bugs. She would then release them into their system.

“How many people know who it was?” Galen asked.

“Not many. The two of us, the three heads of our information systems, and Clara.” Alexander replied.

“Clara?” Galen said with surprise, “your little protégé?”

“She’s the one that found the link between them,” Alexander smiled.

“Wow,” Galen laughed.

“What?” Alexander questioned.

“Nothing, I’m just blown away by this proud papa smile on your face,” Galen mocked.

“Shut up.”

Galen laughed again.

“I have to be proud of someone. I raised you and look at the trouble you cause,” Alexander sighed dramatically.

“First off, I didn’t cause–“ Galen paused as he thought about what he was going to say, quickly correcting, “ok, well, it wasn’t just me. Second, you didn’t raise me. Your mom did.”

“I’m going to tell her you called her ‘my’ mom,” Alexander smiled, pulling out his phone.

“Don’t!” Galen shouted, “Alexander, don’t! I am wounded, don’t put me in the grave yet!”

Alexander pushed a few buttons and then placed his phone back in his pocket.

“What did you do?” Galen asked carefully. Alexander only smiled back.

A text notification sounded from Galen’s phone, and his eyes widened.

“What did you do!” Galen cried out.

“Look at your phone,” Alexander laughed.

Galen nervously pulled up his phone, the notification showed a message from Fiona. He looked up at Alexander once more, then back to the unread message. He opened it.

[Aww, Galen, I love you too, honey! Alexander said you were upset that I didn’t send any snacks for you! I promise to have a basket of chocolate Pocky waiting for you when you get back! Love you!! – Mom]

He smiled as he read the message, sending a quick thanks reply.

“That was mean,” Galen said, looking back up at Alexander.

“Uh-huh,” Alexander chuckled. “Seriously though, what do you have to report?”

Galen sighed, such a serious man his alpha was.

“I received a copy of all the patient reports except for one. Although apparently, you were supposed to have received them, they were sent to all the Alphas. As is standard practice.”

“Interesting,” Alexander said, having a seat on the stool beside Galen’s bed. “What about the reports themselves? Anything strange?”

“I’m still in the process of comparing notes. But from what I could see, almost every patient was hit with an arrow. The tips were likely coated in wolfsbane.”

“Any knife wounds?”

“A couple,” Galen replied, “not unexpected. I had assumed that they coated all the blades and arrows. But that doesn’t make sense since there were many more people injured without any of the poison. And only the first attack had any wolfsbane at all.”

“Which was already strange,” Alexander added, “everyone else was attacked at the same time in the evening while Winter had been attacked in the afternoon.”

Galen nodded in agreement.

“What about Selene’s report?” Alexander asked. “Anything unusual about it?”

“Yes,” Galen stated flatly.

“What?” Alexander asked with concern.

“It was missing,” Galen answered. “That was the only report that was missing from the pile. If I didn’t already know she had been poisoned, I wouldn’t have even known it was missing.”

“Did you look into it? Why was it missing?” Alexander asked.

“I hadn’t gotten a chance yet; I was on my way to ask Bell when Selene found me first,” Galen replied.

“I see,” Alexander answered. The encounter with Selene had left him shaken. He was torn between his concern for her and his anger at how she had treated Galen.

Galen noticed his sullen expression.

“Why don’t you go back to our room? You can take a look at the reports yourself. Maybe see something I missed. In the meantime, Bell is around here somewhere. I’ll see if she can stop by, and I will ask her about Selene’s report.” Galen offered.

“You aren’t just trying to get some alone time with Bell, are you?” Alexander laughed.

“Maybe,” Galen gave a sly smile.

They laughed together for a moment before Alexander stood to leave. He looked back down at his injured friend.

“Galen,” he called to him.

“Huh?” Galen asked, looking up at him.

“It wasn’t something I want to experience again,” Alexander said quietly, his jaw tightening.

“What’s that?” Galen asked.

“The smell of your blood in the air.”

Alexander walked out the door before Galen had a chance to respond.

“I love you too, brother,” Galen whispered to the closed door, knowing that even as he walked away down the hall, Alexander could still hear his words.

***

As Alexander approached the building he had been told was where he and Galen would be staying together, he caught her scent.

The sweetness danced around his nose, comforting and drawing him in like his mother’s hot chocolate. For a moment, all he could do was close his eyes and let it wash over him. He had longed to be with her, to bathe himself in her scent.

“Alexander?” she called to him softly.

Her voice, though there was hesitation and sadness laced into it, was still an enchanting melody for his ears. He forced his heart to steady itself.

“Selene,” he replied simply.

“Hi,” she said, stepping out from behind a tree near the door of his room. “I figured you had to come back here at some point.”

“You were waiting for me?” he asked.

“I wanted to talk. I don’t want you to get the wrong idea about what happened earlier.”

“Galen already explained. There is no need for any further discussion about it,” Alexander replied, trying to walk past her and continue on his way.

“No!” she shouted, grabbing his arm before he could pass her. “Don’t go!”

The words from her lips played in his ear like an incantation, preventing him from thinking on his own. Her hands on his skin stopped him instantly. Alexander felt his desire for her stirring within the deepest darkest corners of his mind.

His heart was beating fast. His chest heaved in heavy breaths as he tried desperately to keep in control of himself.

“Selene…” he let out a shaky whisper.

Her hazel eyes glistened up at him. Soft but powerful breaths escaped her mouth. Her small tongue slipped out to moisten her lips as her teeth grazed the bottom lip. Alexander let out a low growl in response.

His control was slipping. He hadn’t felt their bond with such intensity since the full moon. But there was still another night until the next one, so why was it happening now?

“Alexander… “ Selene whispered breathily.

His name on her lips sent a hot tremble through his body.

“What’s… happening to me?” she whispered anxiously.

“You…?” Alexander asked, his voice was heavy. “What’s happening to me?”

He turned to face her, his hand reaching out for her. His fingertips hovered above her skin. Begging to touch her, to feel her softness with his own hands.

‘No…’ a quiet voice in his mind called out, ‘She doesn’t want this!’

He pulled his hand back as though it had been burned. Then, pushing Selene away gently, he took several steps away from her. He shook his head, trying to clear away the desire and longing.

Selene felt the cold surrounding her as he moved away. She wanted him to come back, to put his arms around her. Didn’t she?

She had gotten so scared that he was mad or hated her. For two hours, she could think of nothing but him. Selene had cried for a long time after Galen and Alexander had disappeared.

She debated going to the hospital, but she thought he would still be angry. So, in the end, she chose to come here. No matter what, he would come here eventually. She had stood beside the tree for almost two hours, reminding herself that he would come back.

“What is wrong with me?” she asked again. Her voice was stronger this time.

“I don’t know,” he answered, closing his eyes to focus his thoughts. “Maybe it’s the full moon.”

“But that’s not until tomorrow,” Selene replied through deep breaths.

“I don’t have any other answer you will accept,” Alexander said.

Selene looked at him. He was leaning against the building now. Facing away from her.

“What does that mean?” she asked.

“Is it that difficult to figure out?” he asked, looking back over his shoulder.

She clenched her jaw.

‘Yes… arguing. If we argue, I can focus,’ Selene hoped to herself.

“I guess I’m just not as smart as you, Summer wolves. Why don’t you spell it out for me?” she growled.

Alexander laughed.

“You know exactly what I mean,” he sighed, “you just want to fight.”

He turned himself around, resting his back against the wall. Putting his firm body on display for Selene. Again, her heart began to beat faster.

“I can hear it, you know?” he smiled.

“What?” she asked, swallowing.

“Your heartbeat. The way it picks up when you look at me.”

His voice was different than usual. It was thick, deep. It sent a shockwave of warmth through Selene from head to toe.

She took a step towards him, he smiled again. She stopped as an image surfaced in her mind.

Jackson, smiling at her painfully on the hospital bed.

Looking away from Alexander, she reached her hands into her hair and pulled hard.

“Damn it!” she shouted.

“Selene!” he called out, moving towards her.

“No!” she shouted quickly, stepping back. She put her hand up toward Alexander to keep him away. “Don’t!”

“But–“ Alexander tried to object.

“Don’t!” she screamed, tears beginning to pool in her eyes.

Her mind was jumbled. Images of Alexander, his sweet words, kindness, warmth. Jackson, his romantic moments, passion, and devotion to her. She shook her head, trying to push them all away.

More images flooded her mind. Alexander’s coldness, hostility, the sound of his wolf howling angrily as she ran away. Jackson’s possessiveness and jealousy. Her own tears in her room at night. The images came faster and faster, spinning and melding. Their faces overlapped. Pulling in and out like a twisted kaleidoscope of flesh and bone.

She fell to her knees. Tears streamed down her face.

“Selene, please. Please! Tell me how to help you!” Alexander begged.

He, too, was down on his knees, only an arm’s length away from her, desperately hoping he could help her in any way.

“I don’t know,” she whispered, hugging herself and letting the tears fall, “I don’t know how to make it stop.”

“What?” Alexander asked, “what needs to stop?”

“I’m losing my mind!” she cried out painfully, “it’s too much. It’s all too much.”

Alexander felt tears rolling down his cheek. Seeing her like this was devastating. He wanted to hold her, to tell her it would be alright. But he couldn’t do that. She didn’t want him to.

“What’s too much?” he asked softly, hoping he could coax her into talking. Maybe it would help ease her pain.

“You…” Selene whispered, “…him….”

Memories swirled to the surface of holding Alexander, his head in her lap as he slept peacefully. Jackson in the forest, they laughed together. She sparred with Alexander and ran through the trees with Jackson.

He pinned her roughly to a wall, he forced wet kisses on her throat, he bit at her like he would tear the flesh from her body.

His voice was filled with disappointment. He hated her, he hated her people, he hated her father.

“Who?” she asked out loud, the images and memories swirling together. Then, finally, she couldn’t separate them anymore.

“Who?” Alexander asked, “are you looking for someone? Come on, Selene, talk to me.”

Selene looked around, but her vision was blurred. She felt heavy and hot everywhere. Jackson’s face came once more into her mind, his bruised and bloodied face. The soft whimpers of pain and then his frightening words echoed in her ears.

‘… I thought he would kill me. Selene, the look he had, the glow in his eyes….’

“His eyes…” she whispered. Looking around for something, for someone.

“Selene, Selene, what’s going on?” Alexander called to her.

Selene turned around. She looked at Alexander. The memory of his glowing grey eyes as he held her against the building overwhelmed her.

Her muddled fevered brain couldn’t put time and place together. Instead, all her memories were overlapping each other.

“You…” she hissed. “You tried to kill him!”

Selene ran at Alexander. He was surprised, but he recovered quickly. He caught her by the waist as she jumped at him.

He tried to hold her back as he called her name, hoping to get her attention, to wake her from whatever had her in this state.

“Selene!” he shouted.

She looked down at him and snarled. Then, pushing both legs down at him, she caught him in the chest and pushed off him. The movement sent him falling down to the ground while it gave her enough lift to throw herself back and land on her feet.

Alexander sat up. He looked at her. The look on her face was wild. There was no sign of the funny, happy, rational woman he loved. He needed to stop her before she hurt herself.

“Selene! Listen to me! Something is wrong. We need to get you to the hospital!”

She ran at him full speed again. This time, he couldn’t stop her. She jumped into the air, and when he tried to catch her, she used her momentum to throw herself onto his back. Selene wrapped her arm around him, trying to choke him. But he was able to slip his hand in to push against her. He threw her off once more.

Selene stood up; Alexander prepared himself to block her again. Her world was spinning. She looked at him. The haziness all around her lifted for just this one moment to see him clearly.

“Alexander…” she whispered with a bright smile.

Alexander stood up straight. He saw her. He saw his mate.

“Selene?” he called to her, but then she began to fall. “Selene!”

Alexander dove for her, barely catching her before her head hit the ground.

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