Pregnant And Rejected

Chapter 50

Selene‘s POV

That isn‘t fair. I object immediately. And it isn‘t ethical, how can you abide bringing an innocent child into your troubles.

You mean the way you oh so ethically chose to hide your Volana daughter in a pack you know is incapable of safeguarding her, all the while knowing the Calypsos are after you? Bastien growls, genuine anger in his voice.

From the sounds of it we wouldn‘t be any safer in Elysium. I rebut, conveniently omitting the fact that I know we‘re safer here because his saboteur is far from our only antagonist.

At least in Elysium there‘s an Alpha capable of protecting you. He rumbles. Now come on, out with it, who is her father?

Why do you even care, Bastien? I exclaim. She‘s not yours so why does it matter whose she is?

He prowls forward, circling me ominously. Because until you give me another viable candidate I‘m not going to believe she isn‘t mine. His molten eyes flash. And because if she is mine, then you‘re in trouble for a lot more than faking your death.

For the last time, I grind out, I did not fake my death!

Then who did? He thunders.

Probably your damned saboteur! I throw back, narrowing my eyes to slits. Or maybe it‘s the person who set the fire after locking me in the closet. I can‘t imagine they were very amused when they realized I escaped.

Bastien freezes. What are you talking about?

What, you didn‘t think it was an accident did you? I goad him, feeling particularly feisty in my wolf‘s skin. And I just magically got. locked inside in the small window of time your mother was gone.

No, of course we assumed it was murder at the time. Bastien combats. I just.

What? I prompt. Thought a fake body eliminated the element of foul play?

Then you saw who did it? Bastien questions urgently.

them, the whole nine yards. I bare my fangs, and by the way Mr. Alpha Protector, that wasn‘t

chew. Bastien has gone from circling me to stalking me into the hillside. You

double down. I can tell you who fathered Lila, or I can tell you who tried to kill me.

very carefully, Selene. Bastien threatens, If

I to take it that your answer is

trying to put some distance between us as the larger wolf turns to follow me. And this is how you treat your mate‘?

stalks me for another long moment, Is this little

falter at my daughter‘s name, pausing just long enough for Bastien to make his move. He lunges forward and catches my scruff between his teeth, holding me in place but not applying any pressure. I wriggle and squirm but he simply pulls his head up and lifts my feet off the ground, leaving my paws

actually snorts. Nice try

Drake is my

tail between my legs and trying to curl my legs up to protect my belly. Bastien sets my paws on the ground

Drake Lila‘s father?

to think, it‘s the most believable answer, but it‘s also the one most likely to

you were in love with while we were together? The one

What? I croak dumbly.

me.

that? I don‘t think he remembers meeting me

Father‘s birthday. I assure him, You know, the time he saved my life because you left me alone with a pack of she

ignores the accusation. Is he

the word tumbles from my lips before I can stop it, Yes! I exclaim, Alright? Yes,

slightly, and I can feel his disappointment through our bond. Then, another feeling filters through, a slight tinge of betrayal, Did you… Was she conceived while

You would have known. You would have smelled him on

to look up at Bastien as he thinks, What are you saying? I

need to bother lying. Bitterness coats my

I‘m not lying. Bastien claims

the nights out, midnight rendezvous, jewelry shopping trips.

earnestly I almost think he believes it. A long time ago, I thought about marrying her, but that was before

lands on my shoulder, keeping me pinned beneath him.

of enough rumors that I should think you wouldn‘t be susceptible