Pregnant and Rejected by My Alpha Mate

Chapter 48

 

Chapter 48 

Bastien‘s POV 

“You‘re doing this,” Selene accuses wretchedly, “Your wolf is doing this.” 

What is she talking about? I demand of Axel. 

She‘s near her mate. Her instinct is to change. It has to happen eventually – her wolf has never been free. 

I swear under my breath. I know he‘s right, but the timing is terrible. I remember my first shift vividly – all wolves do. It‘s a horrible process, requiring almost every bone in the body to break and reform, slow and agonizing. Thankfully shifting gets easier and easier until it‘s effortless, but there‘s no way to make the first few any easier. You just have to suffer through. 

“It isn‘t like that sweetheart. It‘s just your time.” I explain apologetically. I gather up Selene and deposit her on the sofa, moaning and writhing, before moving toward the bed to retrieve Lila. 

Aiden! I call through our mental link. 

He appears almost instantly, and I carry Lila to him, “Selene is about to shift, I need you to take the pup until it‘s over.” 

“What are you doing?“ Selene snarls, trying to rise from the couch and crumpling, “you‘re not taking her anywhere!” 

Handing off Lila, I return to my mate, pulling her up and speaking softly and urgently in her ear, “Easy Selene, he‘ll take care of her.” 

“No!” She insists, a mother wolf in full defense mode, “you can‘t have her, she‘s mine!” 

“Do you really want her to see this?” I demand sternly, “She‘ll be terrified.” 

Selene‘s brow furrows, and I can see the gears in her head spinning with confusion, emotion warring with instinct. “Don‘t take her from me.” She finally begs, tears spilling from her eyelashes. 

“No one is taking her from you, baby.” I vow, “You have my word, they‘re just going to get her someplace safe while you shift. I‘ll take you straight to her in the morning.” 

“Let me hug her goodbye,” Selene requests pitifully. 

Inod to Aiden, and he returns Lila to her mother‘s arms for a tearful cuddle before removing her again and leaving Selene and I alone in the safehouse. 

and forth and clamping her eyes shut.

when she flinches away. “Everyone is different. If you‘re lucky it will

have the heart to tell her what she‘s feeling now is

do now. Sitting by and doing nothing goes against the

how to comfort her. Axel

me to touch her.

now, she hurts, make her feel better. He orders, a note of strain in his normally steady voice.

but every time she lashes out, a new spasm of pain cripples her, and her attacks wane. Tucking her small body against mine, I hush her protests

it‘s okay.” I promise, “I‘m here.

this?” She asks deliriously.

any happiness to have her back in my arms. Yes, under any other circumstances I would be thrilled, but having her writhe in agony next to me kind of takes some of the romance out of the

here?” Selene clarifies, a

and you need

sickening cracking noise fills the air, and Selene‘s back bows as she howls with

blame you for this.” She informs me when she can breathe again. If you‘d stayed in Elysium where

very fair to your wolf, Selene ” I chastise, without venom. “Do you really think it would be

keens

shifting is like, how will you be able

I‘m trying to feel sorry for

wish I could protect you from it somehow. I‘d go through it for you if

eyes clenched shut and face glistening with sweat, “Stop being nice to me. She orders

“Why?” I question 

of nowhere. “I know you only

whether or not she‘s serious

head, “Stop

ignoring her pain, I grab Selene by the shoulders, giving her

me hopelessly, and I wish there was a way to steal these thoughts from her brain. “Selene, I have loved you from the first second i smelled you I have never wanted anyone else. I never will.”

“But Arabella–” 

I core for out

tries again

mate, and your Alpha now

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