Pregnant And Rejected

Chapter 4 Marry Bastien

Selene’s POV

I jerk awake, jolting to a sitting position in an unfamiliar bed. It takes a moment for my nerves to catch up with my head, sending shouts of protest and pain once they do; every inch of my body aches.

One of my eyes is swollen shut, but the other blinks rapidly against the light. The room – a large bedroom suite decorated in muted colors is far too bright.

The silken fabric of my nightgown scratches my overly-sensitized skin despite its softness. How long has it been since I’ve worn clothing?

Someone has washed and braided my hair, and bandages have been wrapped around my feet and arms. Muffled voices reach my ears, and my attention swings to a closed door on my left. The fine hairs on the back of my neck stand on end, and I slip from the bed as gracefully as I can.

I cross the small space, settling with my back against the door and pressing my ear to the cool wood.

“Selene Moreau.” I don’t recognize the voice speaking my name. “She’s supposed to be dead.”

“Well clearly she isn’t.” A second voice answers. “Has anyone found Garrick yet?”

A growl drowns out the final word, followed by a familiar bass. Aiden is leading the hunt, he has instructions to check in the moment they catch his trail.” A heavy pause punctuates Bastien’s words. “I don’t understand how we didn’t know.”

“Garrick put on a good show.” The first speaker remarks, “No one ever suspected he could do anything like this.”

“It’s a failure on all our parts.” The second man states gravely. “We should have asked more questions. Volana wolves are not easy to kill – two going at once should have been a red flag.”

“We couldn’t have known.” The first man placates.

“No we should have known.” This has to be the Alpha. As heir Bastien is second in command in the pack; no one else would be speaking with him this way. “Instead an innocent pup was left to suffer for almost a decade.”

I was so busy trying to sort out all the implications of their words that I didn’t notice the approaching footsteps. I heard the knob turn half a second before I felt the door pressing into my spine, sliding my body towards the wall.

Suddenly Bastien is peering down at me, an amused look on his handsome face. “Eavesdropping, little wolf?”

one arm

my path. Too late I realize running is a sure fire way to spark a wolf’s prey drive. I watch him warily as the other men enter, so focused on

were he a

large body to hide myself from view. I cannot explain it. I do not want any of them to be in this room with

I can contemplate fleeing. “Come here, you.” Bastien deposits me back into the

Bastien’s POV

She’s huddled among the pillows, leaning

spikes, I’ve promised Father that my men will return Garrick to the pack house to stand trial once he’s found, but in truth I have no intention of letting the bastard back into the city. Outside of Nova jurisdiction

was saying, prompting Selene to meet his gaze for the first time. She hasn’t been able to look at any of us directly, not even my father’s

smiling sadly, “She helped me at a time when I could not help myself. I feel I owe it to Corrine to do the same for you now. You have my word that Garrick will be caught; he will

had been in the forest. “What do

suggests, triggering my instinct to scent mark the sweet creature in front of me. I leash in the desire, gritting my teeth against

helpful, Axel. I think with

helpful. He quips in

and foremost we need to get you better.” Father says reasonably. “The doctor is quite concerned that your injuries have not healed yet.” He glances at me reluctantly. “There was an inordinate amount of Wolfsbane in your

silence, and she turns her eyes to me. I fall into bottomless pools of sapphire and violet, sensing a profound hopelessness I do

that I know I need to get out of the room before Axel forces his way out of my body. I stand as he roars in

be done for it, I can make apologies for my rudeness later, but right now I’ve got to get to a safe distance. I storm from the

Selene’s POV

inexplicable reason I feel tears well in my eyes. I don’t know why I told him about Luna. I certainly hadn’t planned on doing so, but when I looked at him some force deep inside pushed the words to the

to find some comfort in sharing the secret; instead

us for a moment.” Gabriel’s gravelly voice

mother even more hideously than I knew.” He says once

understand.” I murmur

if anything ever happened to her. She saved my life and I’ve repaid her by letting her only daughter suffer unspeakable abuse.” Disgust laces every word. Before I can ask the questions waiting on my tongue, the Alpha pins me with a fierce stare. “I know the Volana secret. I know why Corinne brought you here.” He admits, “If I’d known you survived the car crash I would have made arrangements long before now,

“Arrangements?” I repeat dumbly.

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