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?”

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

absorbing the blend 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, surrounded by coronas of

purrs in my

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

Drake, Selene?”

unexpected question, Selene scrabbles for an

near er. “He hasn’t marked you,

over her chest defiantly. “I didn’ t want a mate – I don’t want a mate.” She amends, “Drake understands

so determined to live without a mate?” I

“I know what you’re doing and

#Chapter 65 Worth It

I ask innocently, stalking

matter her paternity – so that I’ll mate with you.” She accuses, looking over her shoulder to

standing mere inches away when she turns back to face me. I clamp my

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

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 to mark

things” I let the words hang in the air, giving my

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

head, tears welling

Selene’s spine, I

is a horrible thing to do.” She informs me, eyes narrowed to slits. “You broke my heart once, wasn’t that

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

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 I believed

her eyes downward even as I force them up. “And I don’t

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