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?”

aren’t real.” Selene argues, a red flush working its

hear her pounding heart

Axel purrs in my

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

aren’t you with Drake, Selene?” | question

thrown off balance by the unexpected question, Selene scrabbles for an answer before

near er. “He hasn’t marked you, he hasn’t formally recognized

“I didn’ t want a mate – I don’t

so determined to live without a

it, Bastien.” Selene pleads, “I know what you’re doing and it’s not going

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doing?” I ask innocently, stalking her skittish

you love me, and that you’ll accept Lila no matter her paternity – so that I’ll mate with you.” She accuses, looking

mere inches away when she turns back to face me. I clamp my hand over her mouth before she can cry out, and lock my free

croon, shifting my hand to cup her cheek, “I’m sorry, I just didn’t want you to wake

frozen in terror, but tensed to the point of shaking – as if she’s fighting some internal battle I cannot see. I wonder if her wolf is doing as Axel is: urging her to rub herself all over my body

Selene.” I declare gently, “I am trying 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 her,

to her wrinkled forehead with a deep chuckle. “Not because I want to mate with you – though I absolutely

already shaking her head, tears welling in her eyes. “You’re

hand up and down Selene’s spine, I search

informs me, eyes

from me.” It takes nearly all my strength to keep the anger

“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

her wolf trying to submit to me, trying to pull her eyes downward even as I force them up. “And I

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