Fated to My Forbidden Alpha – Chapter 28
The seal activated fully.
The entire underground chamber transformed.
Walls lit up with ancient Bloodwind runes.
Chains of silver energy wrapped around Selene’s body, lifting her slightly off the ground.
But this time—
She did not scream.
She looked at Lucian Blackthorn.
Calm.
Dangerously calm.
“You said I am the key,” Selene said.
Lucian smiled faintly.
“Yes.”
“Then what happens when I unlock it?”
A pause.
Even Lucian seemed surprised by her clarity.
“You don’t understand what you’re standing on,” he replied.
Selene’s silver eyes narrowed.
“Explain it.”
Silence.
Then—
Lucian raised his hand.
The ground beneath the seal responded instantly.
A deep rumble echoed through Blood Moon Manor.
And below them—
Something moved.
Jackson stepped forward violently.
“Selene, get away from him!”
But the barrier flared again, pushing him back.
Alexander reacted immediately.
“This seal is synchronizing with her.”
Ethel shook his head in horror.
“No… it’s not synchronizing.”
His voice dropped.
“It’s recognizing her.”
That sentence changed everything.
Inside Selene’s mind, Lyla was trembling.
“Selene… stop pushing it.”
“I’m not pushing anything.”
“You are becoming the seal.”
Selene’s breath hitched.
“What does that mean?”
A long silence.
Then Lyla whispered:
“It means… the seal was built from Bloodwind blood.”
Selene froze.
“…What?”
“And you are not just unlocking it.”
“You are completing it.”
Suddenly—
A memory burst forward.
Not from Selene.
But from the seal itself.
A laboratory.
Ancient magic circles.
A child crying.
Selene.
And a voice saying:
“Only a Bloodwind vessel can stabilize the system.”
Selene gasped.
“No…”
Her body trembled violently.
“This is not a prison…”
Her eyes widened.
“It’s a system.”
Lucian smiled.
“Finally.”
Jackson roared.
“WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!”
Lucian turned slightly.
“I didn’t do anything to her.”
A pause.
“I built the world she was born to control.”
Silence.
Alexander’s eyes darkened.
“Control?”
Lucian nodded.
“The Bloodwind lineage was designed to govern sealed territories.”
His gaze shifted to Selene.
“She is not a victim.”
“She is a function.”
Ethel collapsed to one knee again.
“That’s a lie…”
Lucian glanced at him.
“Is it?”
A pause.
“You erased her for fifteen years and called it protection.”
Ethel’s hands shook.
“I saved her…”
“No.”
Lucian’s voice sharpened slightly.
“You hid her.”
Selene suddenly screamed again—
Not in pain.
But realization.
The silver crest on her chest exploded outward.
Runes expanded across the chamber.
The entire underground structure began responding to her emotions.
Like a living machine.
Jackson stepped forward again.
This time—
The barrier weakened slightly.
Because Selene had reacted to his voice.
He froze.
“…Selene?”
Her eyes flickered.
For a brief second—
Human.
Then silver again.
“Jackson…”
Her voice cracked.
“…this place knows me.”
Alexander immediately looked at Lucian.
“What is the endgame?”
Lucian’s answer was quiet.
“The seal is incomplete.”
A pause.
“And now she is awake.”
He turned toward Selene.
“Which means the system will restart.”
Selene’s eyes widened.
“…Restart?”
Lucian nodded.
“And everything Blood Moon buried…”
“Will be rewritten.”
Suddenly—
A massive shockwave erupted from beneath the chamber.
The ground split open.
Dark energy surged upward.
Not Bloodwind.
Not Moon Goddess energy.
Something older.
Corrupted.
Jackson’s wolf roared.
“GET HER OUT!”
Alexander moved instantly—
But the seal rejected both of them violently.
They were thrown back into the walls.
Ethel shouted.
“No! It’s reacting to fear!”
Selene looked down.
Her hands were shaking.
The seal was pulling her deeper.
Not physically.
But genetically.
Like it was rewriting her existence.
Lyla whispered urgently.
“Selene… you have to choose.”
“Choose what?!”
“Control… or surrender.”
Selene’s breathing became unstable.
“I don’t want either!”
Lucian stepped closer.
“Then you’ll lose both.”
Silence.
For the first time—
Selene looked at him directly.
“And if I refuse?”
Lucian smiled faintly.
“Then Blood Moon collapses.”
A pause.
“And so do you.”
Jackson forced himself up again.
His voice broke through the chaos.
“I don’t care what you are becoming!”
Selene turned slightly.
“…Jackson?”
“I don’t care if you’re Bloodwind or the seal or whatever this is!”
His aura flared.
“I chose you.”
Alexander’s eyes narrowed sharply.
Jackson continued.
“And I will not lose you here.”
For a moment—
Selene’s silver eyes flickered again.
Unstable.
Human returning.
Lyla whispered softly:
“He’s pulling you back.”
But Lucian’s voice cut through everything.
“Interesting.”
He raised one hand.
“And what about him?”
He looked at Alexander.
Alexander didn’t speak immediately.
Then calmly said:
“She is not a system.”
A pause.
“She is a person.”
Lucian tilted his head.
“And if the system disagrees?”
Alexander’s wolf surged.
“Then I destroy the system.”
Silence shattered the chamber.
Two Alphas.
Two truths.
One girl in the center of collapse.
Selene’s body trembled violently.
The seal reached its final phase.
And beneath Blood Moon Manor—
Something fully awakened.
