#Chapter 140 – Odette Puts Her Foot Down

Odette

“Dr, will Selene be all right?” I ask worriedly, speaking in hushed tones so as not to be overheard.

“She’s still unconscious.” Dr Kane replies, “She needs rest, and we’re still waiting on her lab work, but she’s young and healthy. As long as she takes care of herself she should be fine.”

“Is there anything we can do to help her?” I press.

“Keep an eye on her, I know she’s very ill, but you’ve got to get as much food and water into her as possible, even when she doesn’t want anything.” He instructs.

“But won’t that make her sick more often?” I fret, wringing my hands.

“I know it sounds terrible, but it’s about net gain. The more she takes in, the more nutrients she retains, even if she’s bringing the majority back up.” Dr Kane explains with an apologetic from.

“Thank you.” I say, pushing the unpleasant images from my mind. What he’s saying makes sense, I just don’t want to picture it. After he moves away I turn on my heel and stomp around the corner to where Aiden and Donavon wait.

“Well I hope you two are pleased with yourself.” I remark derisively, staring down the Betas.

“What?” They exchange nervous glances, “You can’t mean to blame us for this! It’s the pregnancy.”

“Your Alpha’s mate is struggling through a high-risk pregnancy while keeping herself and her daughter hidden from a homicidal maniac, at the same time as she’s starting a new business and serving as the symbolic head of the pack while her mate is off Goddess only knows where fighting off assassins, and you think it’s a good idea to stress her out further by picking arguments and hiding information from her?

Though both men stand at least a head taller than me, in that moment they look positively tiny. Donavon clears his throat. “Bastien told us to shield her from anything she didn’t need to know – so that she wouldn’t be stressed.”

“And you think she didn’t need to know he would fall out of contact?” | scoff. “That you had no plans in place to reconnect with him in the future? You don’t think knowing that in advance and having time to come to terms with that would have helped her?”

men exchange guilty glances. “We didn’t think about

didn’t.”

she awake yet?” Aiden

when she’s ready.” I say, glancing at Lila and Drake playing on the

Selene

sex. My back arches off the bed and I wind my fingers tightly into his

thrusting, rubbing and stretching me from the inside out. It’s too much to bear, and my body is so unused to being touched this way I’m coming within moments. He continues wringing the pleasure out of me until I come back down to earth. Once I do he crawls back up my

do you do that?” I

do it too, if you

with my tongue.”

I mean.” He replies with a

head in denial “it

me again, and I reach for the hard length between his legs. As usual, he’s still

catches my hand, “What are you doing?”

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– Odette

give you pleasure.” I whisper

Bastien rolls out of bed without

sliding out of the bed as if I meant to follow,

bathroom door. “If you touch me,

he meant he would be forced into doing something he’d regret. We had had this conversation before, earlier in our marriage, but I couldn’t stand it any longer. “Why don’t you want me?” As soon

looking absolutely furious.

words – but my husband certainly does. The

massive hand flattens against the wall by my ear, so forcefully the plaster shakes, “Don’t you realize you’re all I want? I crave you day and night, Selene/ It’s been absolute torture to touch you this

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