Pregnant and Rejected by My Alpha Mate

Chapter 65

 

Bastien’s POV

I close the bedroom door as quietly as I can, unsurprised to find my mate waiting on the other side. I al most smile; some things never change. My little mate seems just as prone to eavesdropping as ever, and

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stands with her arms coiled defensively around her body, eyeing me with apprehension.

“Still listening at doorways, little wolf?” I ask, striding forward until I’m towering over Selene and she’s forced to back away to escape my shadow.

Rather than answering, she glowers and says, “Why did you do that?”

“Do what?” | feign ignorance, “Put your pup to bed?”

“No.” She corrects me immediately. “Why did you say those things to her?”

“Because Lila wanted a bedtime story.” I shrug, watching her skirt away from me with amusement. She should know better than to run from a predator – especially her mate. I follow her at a distance, never com ing close enough to make contact, but making my intentions all too clear.

You can run, little wolf. Axel rumbles, but you can’t hide.

“What did you think of it?”

Selene is beginning to look rather distraught, like a cornered rabbit with nowhere to turn. “It sounded like a fairy tale.” She replies dismissively.

“So?” | ask, taking too much pleasure in baiting her. “What could be better for a growing pup?”

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I can hear her pounding

Axel purrs in my

mate is straddling the precipice of lust and nervousness which never fails to send my blood rushing south. It’s been too long – far, far too long – since I’ve seen her this way, and far too long since

Drake, Selene?” |

Selene scrabbles for

You joined his pack, you let him father your child, but you aren’t together.” I assert, prowling near er. “He hasn’t marked you, he hasn’t formally recognized Lila as his child,

didn’t want him to.” She counters, crossing her slender arms over her chest defiantly. “I didn’ t want a mate – I don’t want a mate.” She amends,

determined to live without a mate?” I inquire, “what is

Bastien.” Selene pleads, “I know what you’re doing and it’s

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I doing?” I ask innocently, stalking her skittish

think you love me, and that you’ll accept Lila no matter her paternity – so that I’ll mate

so that I’m standing mere inches away when she turns back to face me. I clamp my hand over her

I croon, shifting my hand to cup her cheek, “I’m sorry, I just

completely still, not frozen in terror, but tensed to the point of shaking – as if she’s fighting some internal battle I

to make you think those things” I let the words hang in the air, giving my mate time to backtrack our conversation. When she remembers the last words spoken before I surprised

I want to mate with you – though I absolutely do.” I promise, “But because that is the

shaking her head, tears welling in her eyes. “You’re being cruel.”

down Selene’s spine,

me, eyes narrowed to slits. “You broke my heart once, wasn’t

from me.” It takes nearly all my strength to keep the anger I’m feeling out

long hair, tangling my fingers into a fist and tugging her head back so she’s forced to look me in the eye. “I love you, Selene.” I profess. “I have always loved you and I’m so sorry I didn’t show you enough.” I insist. “I was trying to protect myself. I didn’t think you could feel our bond without your wolf and

to submit to me, trying to pull her eyes downward even as I force them up. “And I don’t care

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