Pregnant and Rejected by My Alpha Mate

Chapter 98

#Chapter 98 The Sate House

Selene

Drake’s grim face stares up at me from my tablet, his last words slowly sinking into my brain.

This doesn’t make any sense.

Maybe we misunderstood. Luna suggests with a whine.

We didn’t misunderstand. Drake’s words were completely clear, and I can tell from his expression that this isn’t some sort of joke. He seems every bit as confused as I am, only his first instinct is clearly to assume the worst, while I’m wallowing in denial.

Just then Bastien walks in, and Lila races across the room to greet him, “Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!”

He snatches her up and tosses her into the air, causing the pup to shriek with laughter. “Lila, Lila, Lila!” He mimics, throwing her over his head a few more times before settling her against his broad chest and kissing her hello.

“Daddy, we went to da woods! She exclaims, launching into her account of the day. The trees were so big dey touch the sky!” Lila has seen forests before – but never one like this. The pup had been so taken with the ancient sequoias dominating the Novan forest that she decided to name them. By the time she was done, the list was so long I had to promise to write down all the names when we got home, so she wouldn’t forget.

Lila is rattling off her favorite ones as Bastien carries her into the living room, his wide smile disappearing when he sees the look on my face. I rise from the sofa before he can reach me, still holding the tablet.

Bastien’s eyes dart between Drake’s face and my own, “Baby?”

Glancing at Lila, I hedge, “You remember when you arrived in Asphodel, and I took Lila to stay at that house in the hills?”

“Yes.” He agrees, sounding like he doesn’t appreciate the reminder.

“Well,” I begin, licking my lips nervously. “I thought it was Drake’s house. I thought he sent us there for our vacation.” I censor, still eyeing my pup. But it wasn’t him.”

knits together. “What

I got a text from an unknown number, with all the

has realized her father’s attention is no longer on her,

little one.” Bastien suggests, “If you give Daddy a few minutes to talk with Mommy, you can have extra dessert at the

to play in her room while I throw my mate

Bastien replies, changing course and closing the distance between us. “You followed directions from an unknown number?” I can see the anger simmering up inside him, “You drove out into the remote wilderness and blindly walked into a house based on the

you couldn’t trace the text. I mean who else would have known what was going on

was a fair assumption, Bastien.” Drake pipes up from

Bastien’s chest, and he looks down at the other Alpha. “You

she’d found her own hiding place. I didn’t press to find out where, because I figured if

in our own apartment, guarded by the Pack House’s elite security force, but Bastien starts looking around like he expects monsters to pop out of the

98 The Sate

arm locks down on my waist, holding me tight to his side as he returns his attention to Drake. “Can you get

here, is who knew what was going on between you two? Who had

asserts coldly, “The only people who were in your office with us were

combats, assumptions are what got us into this mess in the

it was someone in Drake’s camp it was probably done to help me, but if it was someone in yours…”

thought for me, looking grave. “It

wanted to help you or not, they went

Drake, but I don’t see any other explanation. Whoever sent me that message had to be from within our

what could have motivated anyone else to send me to that house. “I’m so confused.” I confess, whether they had good intentions or bad, why this? Why help me hide?

should think that’s obvious enough,” Bastien rumbles darkly,

Bastien

few moments before her arms slide around my neck from behind, and her cheek comes to rest against mine. Her skin

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