Pregnant And Rejected

Pregnant And Rejected By My Alpha Mate By Caroline Above Chapter 48

Chapter 48

Bastien‘s POV

“You‘re doing this,” Selene accuses wretchedly, “Your wolf is doing this.”

What is she talking about? I demand of Axel.

She‘s near her mate. Her instinct is to change. It has to happen eventually her wolf has never been free.

I swear under my breath. I know he‘s right, but the timing is terrible. I remember my first shift vividly all wolves do. It‘s a horrible process, requiring almost every bone in the body to break and reform, slow and agonizing. Thankfully shifting gets easier and easier until it‘s effortless, but there‘s no way to make the first few any easier. You just have to suffer through.

“It isn‘t like that sweetheart. It‘s just your time.” I explain apologetically. I gather up Selene and deposit her on the sofa, moaning and writhing, before moving toward the bed to retrieve Lila.

Aiden! I call through our mental link.

He appears almost instantly, and I carry Lila to him, “Selene is about to shift, I need you to take the pup until it‘s over.”

“What are you doing?“ Selene snarls, trying to rise from the couch and crumpling, “you‘re not taking her anywhere!”

Handing off Lila, I return to my mate, pulling her up and speaking softly and urgently in her ear, “Easy Selene, he‘ll take care of her.”

“No!” She insists, a mother wolf in full defense mode, “you can‘t have her, she‘s mine!”

“Do you really want her to see this?” I demand sternly, “She‘ll be terrified.”

Selene‘s brow furrows, and I can see the gears in her head spinning with confusion, emotion warring with instinct. “Don‘t take her from me.” She finally begs, tears spilling from her eyelashes.

“No one is taking her from you, baby.” I vow, “You have my word, they‘re just going to get her someplace safe while you shift. I‘ll take you straight to her in the morning.”

“Let me hug her goodbye,” Selene requests pitifully.

Inod to Aiden, and he returns Lila to her mother‘s arms for a tearful cuddle before removing her again and leaving Selene and I alone in the safehouse.

My mate curls up into a little ball, rocking herself back and forth and clamping her eyes shut. “How long is it going to take?”

If you‘re lucky it will be an hour or so.

such a long transformation. I don‘t have the heart to tell her

nothing goes against the

know how to comfort her. Axel

to touch her.

she hurts, make her feel better. He orders, a note of strain in

Selene again, this time refusing to let her evade my grasp. She tries to fight me, but every time she lashes out, a new spasm of pain cripples her, and her attacks wane. Tucking

it‘s okay.” I promise, “I‘m here. I‘m not going

doing this?”

back in my arms. Yes, under any other circumstances I would be thrilled, but having her writhe in agony

you here?” Selene clarifies, a bit more

you need me”

back bows as she

for this.” She informs me when she can breathe again. If you‘d stayed in Elysium where you

without venom. “Do you really think

“No.” Selene keens despondently.

continue, petting her hair. “If you don‘t know what shifting is like,

logical when I‘m trying to feel sorry for myself.” She

I wish I could protect you from it

head back and forth now, her eyes clenched shut and face glistening with sweat, “Stop being nice to

“Why?” I question.

didn‘t want me without my wolf. She cries, seemingly out of

face, unsure whether or not she‘s

her

by

and I wish there was a way to steal these thoughts from her brain. “Selene, I have loved you from

“But Arabella”.

one I

“But” Selene tries again.

speaking as your husband, your mate, and your Alpha now I love you, and

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