Chapter 65 Worth It
Bastien’s POV
I close the bedroom door as quietly as I can, unsurprised to find my mate waiting on the other side. I al most smile; some things never change. My little mate seems just as prone to eavesdropping as ever, and stands with her arms coiled defensively around her body, eyeing me with apprehension.
“Still listening at doorways, little wolf?” I ask, striding forward until I’m towering over Selene and she’s forced to back away to escape my shadow.
Rather than answering, she glowers and says, “Why did you do that?”
“Do what?” I feign ignorance, “Put your pup to bed?”
“No.” She corrects me immediately. “Why did you say those things to her?”
“Because Lila wanted a bedtime story.” I shrug, watching her skirt away from me with amusement. She should know better than to run from a predator especially her mate. I follow her at a distance, never coming close enough to make contact, but making my intentions all too clear.
You can run, little wolf. Axel rumbles, but you can’t hide.
“What did you think of it?”
Selene is beginning to look rather distraught, like a cornered rabbit with nowhere to turn. “It sounded like a fairy tale.” She replies dismissively.
“So?” | ask, taking too much pleasure in baiting her. “What could be better for a growing pup?”
“Fairy tales aren’t real.” Selene argues, a red flush working its way up her cheeks.
long moment, absorbing the blend of fear and arousal muddying her pristine scent. I can hear her pounding heart and panting breaths, and see the confusion tangling her nerves. Her pupils are great
Axel purrs in
precipice of lust and nervousness which never fails to send my blood rushing south. It’s been too long far, far too long since I’ve seen her this way, and far too long since we‘ve mated. She’s perfectly
aren’t you with Drake,
the unexpected question, Selene scrabbles for an answer
prowling near er. “He hasn’t marked you, he hasn’t formally recognized Lila as his child, and he hasn’t moved you into the Pack House until
mate – I don’t want
live without a
what you’re doing and it’s not going
I ask innocently, stalking her skittish
accept Lila no matter her paternity so that I’ll mate with you.” She accuses, looking over
mere inches away when she turns back to face me. I clamp
I croon, shifting my hand to cup her cheek, “I’m sorry, I just didn’t
holds herself completely still, not frozen in terror, but tensed to the point of shaking as if she’s fighting some internal battle I cannot see. I wonder if her
words hang in the air, giving my mate time to backtrack our conversation. When she remembers the last words spoken before I surprised her, her brow furrows
because I want to mate with
welling in her
up and down Selene’s spine, I search her
a horrible thing to do.” She informs me, eyes narrowed to slits. “You broke my heart once, wasn’t
if you eavesdrop, or push me away, or even run from me.” It takes nearly all my strength to keep the anger I’m feeling out of my voice, and I only succeed in
forced to look me in the eye. “I love you, Selene.” I profess. “I have always loved you and I’m so sorry I didn’t show you enough.”
to submit to me, trying to pull her eyes downward even as I force them up. “And I don’t care if Lila is Drake’s, or anyone else’s. I
hiccups, “And you don’t know me anymore. I’m not the same person ! used
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