Pregnant And Rejected

Chapter 79 The Truth Comes Out

Selene’s POV

When we arrive at the hospital I’m on the verge of hysterics.

My mind is still foggy from the Starlight, and my emotions are all over the map. I feel as moody and sensitive as I did when I was pregnant, like my feelings are a surging river dragging me along and I’m pow erless to stop it.

More than anything else, I’m afraid for my pup’s life. I’m terrified we‘re going to be too late and furious with myself for not protecting her better. I should have shifted when Luna wanted to, I should have at tacked Martin no matter the risk.

The guilt is crushing, not only for failing my daughter, but for the secret which is about to come to light. I’ve already caused Bastien so much pain, and I’m about to cause him more. I don’t know how I’m going to tell him he’s going to be so angry. I know Bastien would never hurt me, but his temper is still a dreadful thing to behold.

. His anger is only the tip of the iceberg. Once the truth comes out, my life in Asphodel is going to be over. The future I imagined, everything I’ve been working towards since arriving here, disappears. Losing those things will hurt, but not nearly so much as losing Lila.

There’s no doubt in my mind that I’m doing the right thing. I just wish I’d never told this damned lie in the first place. Bastien loves me, he’s claimed me, and all the things I thought I knew turned out to be wrong. It’s hard not to feel like everything I went through trying to survive these last few years was for nothing.

My knees buckle when I try to step out of the car, and Bastien catches me before I fall. He tries to hand Lila to Drake so that he can carry me, but I cry out in protest, latching onto my pup even as I hang in his arms.

“Shhh,” He croons, carefully prying my fingers off of Lila. “We‘re not going to take her from you, little wolf. We just need to get situated.” With that he hands off the pup, sweeping his arm behind my knees and lifting me into the air. Afterwards Drake returns Lila to me, and Bastien carries us both inside.

Donovan is already in the lobby, rattling off orders and clearing the way for us. No one raises a single objection when the two Alpha’s storm inside, stalking straight past the admissions desk and triage station and into the treatment area. Nurses and orderlies jump out of the way to let us pass, and before I know it l’ m being lowered onto an upright stretcher.

A doctor is already standing at the foot of the bed, her sharp eyes scanning Lila and me. “Just the pup, or Mom too?”

“Just the pup.” I sniffle at the same time Bastien replies, ‘They’re both patients.”

my head stubbornly, “I’m fine, my daughter is having an

both kidnapped.” Bastien interjects sternly, “She needs to be checked out after

at Bastien, but both he and the doctor seem unfazed.

adjust Lila, arranging her so the physician

is growling as the unfamiliar shifter begins measuring Lila’s pulse and vital signs, but I fight back my protective instincts. My daughter might

the same impulses, though he’s not quite as successful at quelling them. He moves around to my other side, reaching out to rest his hand on

sore muscles, and I wish I could climb back into

long ago was she given the drug?” The doctor asks, lifting Lila’s eyelids and shining a stark

me. I don’t know the answer. How much time passed between Martin administering the Starlight and his meeting with our supposed buyers? How long did

presses, still poking

to get impatient. “Does it really matter?

take about half an hour and we need to keep her stable until it’s complete. Knowing

don’t know.” I repeat pitifully, looking

supplies, stroking my neck comfortingly. “I don’t know exact ly when he did it or what

chart in her hand, and I think I might explode. How can they possibly be moving this slowly? Doesn’t she understand that my pup is dying? If it weren’t so frustrating I might find humor in the irony moments ago I was in a tizzy over

a pre-existing

loudly. “But we were never able to get

making another note. “We’ll need blood from both mother and

I answer immediately, My heart

gently, “We need to get Lila set up with an IV and start her on some fluids. We’ll keep

before they take her away, and I feel a deep pang of longing and remorse. He doesn’t even know she’s his, and already he