Pregnant and Rejected by My Alpha Mate

Chapter 162- Selene Decides to go to Tartarus

Selene

Within moments, I have five fully grown wolves hovering over my shoulder, reading the strange letter with sounds of confusion and disbelief. The tension in the room is palpable, but within moments it explodes into chaos.

“What on earth?” Odette murmurs. “This is madness.” Drake agrees.

Aiden is doing nothing but curse, while Donovan has taken to pacing and reading the annulment papers. Sophie is the only one who hasn’t said a word, but she seems stunned into silence.

“This doesn’t make any sense, is it in code?” Aiden finally exclaims, apparently running out of four letter words.

“I don’t think so.” Donovan frowns, “we’ll look into it, but there aren’t any patterns jumping out at first glance.”

“Selene,” Sophie asks gently, “Are you okay?”

“I think I’m going to go back to bed.” I decide, convinced I’m dreaming. “This is a nightmare. It has to be a dream, so if I go to sleep here, I’ll wake up back in reality, right?

Five pitying expressions close in on me, and I sigh in defeat, “Well it was worth trying.” Flopping down onto the couch, I read the letter for a fifth time. “I don’t understand… it’s his handwriting, but it’s like…”

“Like he’s lost his memory. Drake finishes my thought. “Lost his memory and swallowed a pack of conspiracy theories.”

“Why is he talking about the assassination attempt like it just happened?” I ask, “we spoke afterwards, of course I know he survived.”

*More importantly, why does he think you sent the assassins?” Donovan questions. “Maybe there was another attempt.” Odette suggests. “One Frederic pinned on you.

“Maybe, but he wouldn’t tie himself to it as well.” Aiden reasons, “it’s one thing to frame Selene, it’s another to expose himself.”

SEX

keep going back to the line where he says he’ll disown Lila. “No, this isn’t Frederic. Someone has made him believe I had an affair with Frederic, that Lila belongs to him.” | speak the words as they enter my head, “Frederic himself would never claim a pup

we can assume it isn’t Blaise because he would just

and this time I refuse to answer it. “Uh-uh, things didn’t go so well

towards the front door, but Drake intercepts her with a growl, spinning her to

the wooden panel swings open and Helene

documents from Odette, bypassing all introductions as she scans the pages. When she finishes she offers me a solitary nod.

anxiously, guiding her into the living room and

chair.

begins hesitantly.” And I found… well, it’s like

urge her, my agitation growing by

clucking her tongue when she feels it racing. She lurches to her feet and walks to the kitchen, moving around the open space as if she’d been there a thousand times before. While she started the process of making tea, we all look on in stunned silence, unsure how to react to her strange behavior. She seems so

flame, she looks back to me. “Your mate is very

Helene shoots him a glare,

the only one who has to smother a snort of laughter, seeing Aiden respond to being called a pup by the old crone was beyond

weight of Helene’s glare. “I mean his spirit.” She explains. “He’s lost his way, and he’s not alone. Someone is leading him astray they’ve stolen his memory and his strength. With every day that passes he falls further, and though he’s safe for the time being, that will only last as long as he serves a use

is his captor? Donovan

thoughtfully. “But I can tell you it is a woman. A woman with the soul of a snake and

mutter, not understanding how I’m so certain, but knowing without doubt she is the person behind

in the Calypso territory?” Aiden

Donovan ponders aloud. “She wouldn’t have been able to flee to our allies, and that wouldn’t leave her

fool Bastien?” Odette questions, “when he left here he would have

cryptically. “it doesn’t matter what his true opinions were. He’s forgotten

to whisper, the shrill noise piercing my dazed mind and making my skull throb as Drake’s meaning sets in.

is under a spell,” Helene assuręs me, pouring steaming water into a mug with

make him forget the past, but it’s not like she could enchant all of Elysium. She has to

get Selene to leave before they arrive.” Odette suggests as Helene presses the warm mug into

plain stupid.” Drake grumbles, prompting a round of müttering nods. “Selene being absent won’t stop the rest of