Pregnant And Rejected

Chapter 77 Injecting

Selene’s POV

I don’t know how much time has passed since we arrived here. Without windows I have no way of deciphering whether it is day or night, and while it feels like it’s been hours, misery always makes time move more slowly.

Sophie has finally stopped crying and is manically hugging her knees to her chest and rocking back and forth on the ground. I feel sorry for the poor woman, but I cannot forget that she is partially responsible for our situation. I might be more understanding if she’d only involved me, but endangering my pup was un forgivable.

Lila is sleeping comfortably in my lap, and I am trying my best to hold it together. My head is pounding with stress and dehydration, and if we were anywhere else I would be terribly embarrassed by how loudly my stomach is growling. It sounds like an angry bear out for blood, but I know I can handle it.

I’ve starved before, I can starve again. Thankfully my daughter has not had to experience that particular hardship yet. I don’t think I can bear to watch her waste away as I once did, and I need to get us out of here before that happens.

Think. I hiss in my mind, there has to be a way.

Attack the bastard. Luna suggests, let me at him!

He’s too strong. I remind her, and I don’t want to risk pissing him off. He might retaliate by hurting Lila.

I stare hopelessly at the door. If it were just made of wood Luna might be able to smash through it, but Martin was clearly prepared for a hostage situation. Iron bars have been installed in front of the standard oak panel, and we don’t have any tools to try and pick the lock.

I don’t know what to do, and I hate feeling so helpless with my pup’s life at stake. We’ll find a way out of this. Luna declares, we always figure something out.

I know she’s trying to be positive, but the fact remains that Luna wasn’t around for the most difficult trials of my life. I haven’t survived through skill or intelligence; I haven’t solved my own problems.

I escaped Garrick out of luck. Bastien saved me from homelessness and starvation. Drake saved me from drowning and being assaulted. Someone I have never been able to identify rescued me from the fire, and kind strangers helped me make it to Eros territory when I woke up. I can’t even take credit for building my life in Asphodel it was handed to me.

If I’d been left to my own devices | would have died a long time ago, and I’m terrified that my string of luck has finally run out. I will never

emotion, and I try to force the feelings away. I can’t

when a loud clanking fills the air. Martin appears as the basement door swings open, followed by the thick black bars. He’s wearing his familiar smirk, dragging scornful eyes over his struggling sister and then closing in on

comes down the stairs, a thousand possibilities racing through my mind for what might happen next. He’s got something in his hand, and as he draws closer I realize

I think,

sure you don’t want me to

wall, placing my body between Lila and Martin. “Stay away from me.”

glares. “And unless you want me to

what?” I demand, nodding toward the

a little something to help you relax.” He states

to know what she wishes

thunders, his temper detonating

“You’re not putting that in me!” Luna is right at the surface of my skin, but I don’t know how to shift and keep hold

I can to keep my pup away from this monster. I’m snapping and snarling, thrashing with all my might but it’s no use. The needle stabs into my neck with a vicious sting, and burning

thing I see before the world goes black, is Martin preparing a second

Bastien’s POV

The meet is set.

to get my teeth in the mongrel who stole my family. It’s been

in the dead of night. A wolf I don’t recognize is standing in front of a parked

car, and I immediately recognize the

feel Selene and Lila. I know they’re close, but we can’t risk some sort of contingency or booby trap. It bothers me that his sister is not visible. Is she waiting just out of sight? Is she holding

and I step out of the car, and fear instantly

I’m too furious to speak. All I can think about is destroying this