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?”

a red flush working its

of fear and arousal muddying her pristine scent. I can hear her pounding heart and panting breaths, and see the confusion tangling her nerves. Her pupils are great black discs,

Axel purrs in

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 we‘ve mated. She’s perfectly primed, probably nearing her heat and pushed over the edge by my wolf s provocation. But I still must

aren’t you with Drake, Selene?” |

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

father your child, but you aren’t together.” I assert, prowling near er. “He hasn’t marked

want a mate –

a mate?” I inquire, “what

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

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ask innocently, stalking her

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

the distance between us, flitting forward so that I’m standing mere inches away when she turns back to face me. I clamp my hand over her mouth before she can cry out, and

her cheek, “I’m sorry, I just didn’t

frozen in terror, but tensed to the point of shaking – as if she’s fighting some internal

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

forehead with a deep chuckle. “Not because I want to mate with you – though I absolutely do.” I promise, “But because that is the way

tears welling in her eyes. “You’re

up and down Selene’s spine, I search

do.” She informs me, eyes narrowed to slits. “You broke my heart once,

| growl, tightening my grip on her small body. “I don’t mind if you eavesdrop, or push me away, or even run from me.” It takes nearly all my strength to keep the anger I’m feeling out of my voice,

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

and I can feel her wolf trying to submit to me, trying to pull her eyes downward even as I force them up. “And I don’t care if Lila is Drake’s, or anyone else’s.

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