Pregnant and Rejected by My Alpha Mate

Chapter 45

#Chapter 45 On the Run

Selene‘s POV

By now they’ll have found the apartment.

By now Bastien will know about Lila.

Will he know she’s his? Will he recognize his own scent, like a bonfire in the nighttime forest, blended with my own through the apartment? Will Drake be safe at my mate‘s mercy now the truth is out?

I glance at my daughter in the rearview mirror, counting down the minutes until we finally reach the safehouse. She’s cozy in her carseat, playing with the cloth dolll gifted her at the equinox, babbling away happily in her own special language.

We‘ve been driving for more than two hours, and I’m beginning to worry that I haven’t heard from Drake yet. Surely he should have been in contact by now? Surely he should have checked in to make sure we made it to the meetup with his driver and were on the road.

“Mommy,“ Lila asks, catching me watching her. “Where we going?

“We‘re going on an adventure.” I answer, pushing away my worries and adopting a light-hearted tone.

Her tiny nose crinkles. “What‘s an venture?”

“It’s when you go somewhere new, and have exciting and unexpected experiences.” I explain, and do things you‘ve never done before, and..•* Run away from ex–husbands and psychopathic dictators, my unhelpful thoughts suggest. “Lots of things.”

Lila hums thoughtfully, staring out the window as the landscape whizzes by. “Where’s Rake?” She wonders, using her baby name for the Eros Alpha.

“Uncle Drake is with…” What do you call the father of a three-year-old who doesn’t know he exists? “A friend of ours.”

perks up

onto the description. “They’re playing... keep away.”

a toy?” Lila suggests

my voice, “With something our friend treated like a toy.” I can’t keep the smile from my face as I watch

play!” Lila exclaims, buying my flimsy falsehoods as only a child could.. “We’ll play all you want when we get to…” Our fully furnished

squeals. Whoops. “Well not a real one.” I hedge, not wanting to get her hopes up. “Not like the ones from your books, but it’s very high up and very safe, just like a castle. They were

home is until we arrive, and I have a bad feeling

him,

know you’re mad at me, I know you want Bastien, but you

impossible from the moment she caught sight of our mate, and I’m certain her agreement is a misdirect. She doesn’t disappoint. And her father is the only other person who

at worst he would claim her for himself and take her

Waansowe energy

of ou bene i never shifted when I reached physical maturity, blocked by the poison I never came into my power out of her that

probably never will most of the Ilmei’m

for the lone but Huht about how I’d give my left arm to transfom no matter

As the sun

automatically, and only ntieen

fortress like house comes into view, shielded on all sides by thick stone walle I pull into

jumping out of the vehicle as soon as I can, and gathering Lila to explore

We’re back in the Alpha’s offee, pacing around each other like etteling vultures, each overflowing with rage, worry and

don’t know much about children, but if I had to guess,

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