Pregnant And Rejected

Chapter 80 Antidote

Selena’s POV

Shock, fury and betrayal war for dominance in Bastien’s imposing features. He’s looking at me the same way he did when he first discovered I was alive, as if he’s realizing he doesn’t recognize me at all. Tears have been rolling down my cheeks since I woke, but a fresh surge rushes forth as I wilt beneath his scrutiny.

“Bastien, they need it now.” Drake interjects.

As if in a trance, Bastien shoves out his arm toward the lab tech, “Take it.” He orders coldly.

The poor tech is shaking as he tries to draw the enraged Alpha’s blood, and he’s not alone. Every lesser wolf in the room is positively quailing in the face of the apoplectic energy Bastien is putting off, myself in cluded.

When the young man completes his duties, he practically sprints out of the bay, heading off for the lab. No one says a word. We’re all waiting with bated breath to see how Bastien will respond, even the doctor.

When Bastien finally finds his voice, he says just about the last thing I expected. “Put on the gown.” He commands, nodding toward the ugly garment at the end of my bed. “You’re being admitted.”

I blink, my limbs frozen in place. What?

This isn’t good. Luna whines, her tail between her legs, His wolf is really mad, I can’t bear it.

It’ll be okay. I think back, trying to convince myself as well as her.

I don’t know where I find the courage to protest, but I do. “I need to be with Lila.“

people in the room. “Leave us.” He orders,

me. Everyone but Drake. The Eros Alpha stands stubbornly inside the curtain, not looking at my mate. Instead he watches me carefully, waiting to follow my cue. I really don’t want to be left alone with Bastien, but I know that Drake staying will only result in a fight between

okay.” I promise Drake. He nods and slips out of the bay, ignoring Bastien’s low growl

bedside, towering over me while I sit defenseless on the gurney. “You’ve been through something very traumatic today.

may be right, but I don’t care.

so savagely I flinch away from him, cowering against the pil low. “My decision is

dress off over my head. He snatches up the hospital gown and removes my bra, bundling me into the scratchy garment while I sit there too shocked

his anger has absolutely nothing to do with my resis tance to staying in the hospital, and everything to

meekly, “I’m sorry. You have every right to be angry with me, but deflecting it

for treatment.” | insist. “Lila is more ill t she’s ever been before, I can’t be apart from her until I know she’s going to be

me like I’m a bug he’d like to smush under his bc “You’ve got a lot of

Bastien’s POV

up at me like a deer in the headlights, her beautiful eyes wide and bloodshot. It amazing that I can

was dead for three years. I was outrage when I learned she didn’t think we were mates. I was irate when I

and betrayal; between relief and wrath; between worry

the greatest gift I’ve received since finding my mate. I’ve loved Lila from the moment I met her, and I got over it when I learned she belonged to another man. I hated the idea of sharing her with Drake, but he didn’t seem to want to be involved in her life, so I made my

elated and ec static that she’s mine. Axel is still howling

happiness is tainted by Selene’s

be feeling it so keenly if we hadn’t reconciled, if I hadn’t finally claimed her or we’d been on rockier footing. I can almost get past the fact that she never told me that she didn’t come back to Elysium when she found out she was pregnant. After

given Lila’s vulnerability as a Volana, but I know Selene thought she was protecting her pup. She thought she was doing the best thing for them both. I can even ex cuse the first lie, to a point. Things were chaotic and challenging in the extreme when

been misled by Arabella and accepted how deeply I love her. We cemented our bond and are finally together the way we were always meant to be. We agreed to start fresh and move forward with no more lies and still