Pregnant and Rejected by My Alpha Mate

Chapter 130

#Chapter 130 – Odile Learns a Secret

Selene

“What do you mean, Frederic wants to claim me for himself?” I ask nervously. glancing back and forth between the two betas.

“The message he sent Bastien made it very clear, Selene.* Donovan sighs. “He plans on taking you for his mate, whether you agree or not.”

That doesn’t make any sense. I think uselessly.

Why not? Luna asks. You’re the Alpha’s mate, you have his child and the pack loves you both. Who better to convince them to accept Frederic as their new leader than you?

Ignoring my wolf, I press, “Why? Just to spite Bastien?”

The men exchange a look that sends my stomach lurching up into my throat. “That’s possible.” Aiden admits.

“But?” I prompt, knowing there has to be more to this.

“But we think-” Donovan begins, only to have Aiden cut him off.

“No, we promised Bastien.” The younger man argues.

“You promised.” Donovan corrects, “I think she has a right to know.” Pursing his lips and eyeing me with staid resolve, he continues. “We it’ s highly likely Frederic has been posing as someone you know.

He probably doesn’t just want you on principle… there’s a strong chance he’s truly interested in you.. romantically.”

“How is that possible?” I ask. “How could he be in the city without being recognized?”

“He was only a boy when his father was killed, and he hasn’t lived here since.” Aiden sighs, “Besides, he could be in disguise for all we know. It’s clear he’s very clever.”

“And I suppose Bastien intended to keep all this from me?” I demand, indignant anger rising up inside my chest. Suddenly I don’t feel nearly so bad about lying to my mate about Dr. Kane. The nerve of the man: forbidding me from keeping secrets, then turning around and keeping a thousand of his own.

“He wanted to protect you.” Donovan sighs. After what happened with the safe house-”

“You know I’m getting really tired of people trying to protect me by keeping me in the dark.” I snap, cutting him off before he can remind me how badly I wished I’d stayed in the dark about the spy cameras in Asphodel.

my palm to my belly. “And what about the baby? What about Lila? Did Frederic say anything about

Lila, but she’s a girl, she wouldn’t be a threat to him anyway.”

the way the betas are looking at me, their eyes full of

far as we know he doesn’t have any idea you’re breeding.” Donovan admits, “And we need to keep it

Frederic

mother announces, striding into the

note the thick layer of makeup

submission. “it’s all over the city. The Alpha’s mate is carrying his second child – almost guaranteed to be a male heir, or so they

frustration, I hiss, “How can they

that her scent has changed.”

She’s pregnant.”

gossip.” | growl. “Let me know when they see

sentries.” My mother informs me coolly, “Trust me, he knows what’s

a lowly guard could be more in tuned with pack happenings than I am? “What the hell were you

“I didn’t!”

of her fear spiking between us, “I was eavesdropping, he

Selene and started rutting her day and night for all to see. Now I’m not only going to be stuck

is a boy. If it’s another girl

people know he’s left the city again. We need to make sure they don’t forgive him this

going to do that?” She asks, “We don’t have an insider

 

one.” I proclaim, “I have an inside track with the Novan press, and you know as well as I do that there are some offenses which can’t be forgiven. This time he can’t march back into

tell me what you’re planning, I can help.” My mother insists

to sit down, shut up and do what you’re told.” Raising my

She immediately

Bastien

she doing here?

cares? Axel counters, surging forward with

idea is appealing. I want nothing more than to charge into the shop and take the woman I once considered a surrogate sister into custody. Almost as quickly as the impulse strikes me, fear rises up alongside it. Arabella knows Selene

now know about the reward, and she wouldn’t hesitate to turn my mate in even if

very, very bad.

do we do? Axel presses, some of his anger fading amidst our shared concern for

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