Pregnant and Rejected by My Alpha Mate

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Selene

When Lila and I reached New Town, the streets rearranged themselves before my very eyes. All of a sudden the world around me transformed: the cars and modern advertisements faded, reverting to styles and campaigns from the forgotten past. New restaurants and shops disappeared, replaced by businesses which have long since closed.

Everything appears as it did fifteen years ago – the last time I truly spent time here – the last time I walked these streets before my mother died and Garrick took me prisoner. After I escaped I rarely came here. I avoided this neighborhood like the plague. But here I am again, ten years old and about to lose everything I ever knew and loved.

“This is it, Mommy?” Lila’s tiny hand squeezes mine, her beloved voice jolting me out of my reverie.

“This is it.” I confirm. “I grew up in that very house.” And lost everything there too. Luna adds.

– Hush. I tell my outspoken wolf.

“Can we go inside?” Lila asks eagerly.

“Okay.” I agree hesitantly.

Walking through the unlocked front door feels like stepping straight into the past. It’s even worse than being out of the street. In

this familiar foyer, I feel like I’m no taller or wiser than my pup. The house has been emptied, but the lingering scent of my childhood remains.

It’s not all bad. I was right when I told Bastien there were some happy memories here. I remember coming home from school to find my mother pulling freshly baked cookies out of the oven, or building blanket forts with her in the middle of the living room.

I can still see her smile, I can even imagine I smell her perfume. Being here evokes sensations I never thought I’d feel again, feelings I want to hold onto and never let go. However the moment I look at the heavy basement door, I see only darkness.

I turn away from the door with determination, watching Lila wander the deserted space. “Mommy, dere’s no furniture.”

“There was when I lived here.” I explain. “There was furniture and artwork and all the sorts of things we have at home.”

“Where’d everything go?” Lila asks curiously.

“Well,” I explain, gathering her into my arms. “My mother died when I was still just a girl. So after I met your Daddy, I went to live with him. There wasn’t a reason to keep anything here.”

Her little head cocks to the side, “what bout your Daddy?”

A heavy weight settles in the pit of my stomach. I’ve never talked to Lila about Garrick, and I don’t plan on doing so until she’s much older – if ever. “I never knew my Daddy.” I state calmly, sticking to the truth without revealing more than I have to

I didn’t?”

us, so now you’ll always know him.” I smile, trying to force

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Mama.” Lila squeezes her arms around my neck,

to life, rising inside me like a tidal wave of protectiveness. Suddenly my fury towards Blaise Denizen hits a fever pitch, and I have to smother the energy pulse fighting to

It seems now that I’ve unlocked my power, controlling it is going to be the true challenge. It’s enough to

for anything in the world, now it pulses like a wild thing inside of me, but I can neither harness it when I desire, nor hold

this way. Luna assures me, Better

to agree, though it does worry me to have this kind of force at my disposal when my precious pup is so nearby. “What do you think, angel?” I ask Lila, “Have

pup nods eagerly, “can we

way my daughter pronounces “ice cream,” I decide nothing has ever sounded more appetizing. “You bet.” |

now parked a few spaces down from our car. The windows are tinted, but I can just decipher the

of unease pulses through my nerves, but I remind myself that there could be a perfectly reasonable explanation. I buckle Lila into her carseat, then slide behind

the drive. I don’t think I looked forward for more than one second at a time through the entire route. Instead my eyes were glued to

the parlor as quickly as I can, pulling out my phone while my toddler presses her nose to the glass case holding the

shrill dial tone rings for only half a second. “Baby, is everything okay?” Bastien answers

breathe nervously. “Bastien, I think

you sure?” He asks,

us since before we got to New Town. We left a while ago and went for ice cream,

but somehow Bastien sounds more

and I can’t scent them. But it’s a man, he looks pretty big. Wearing dark glasses and a

I’m able to see my stalker

he taking a phone call?” My mate asks

Drawing out the word suspiciously, I add,

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okay.” Bastien sighs

just Jerome?” I demand.

My husband explains, as if this was the most

“What?” I question