Pregnant And Rejected

Pregnant And Rejected By My Alpha Mate By Caroline Above Chapter 176

Chapter 176

Bastien

My head is swimming with too much information. I don’ t remember any of the events Selene is describing, and so much of it defies everything I believe to be true. Still the ev idence in front of me is overwhelming. The videos Selene showed me prove that Arabella has been lying to me, and as strange as it seems, it’s actually a relief. Things have felt off ever since I arrived here, as if I’ve been trapped in some strange fog. I thought it was simply a side effect of losing my memory, but now I suspect it’s Arabella’s doing.

As I look down at my beautiful mate, Axel rages in my head, urging me to claim her, protect her and punish her for risking her safety all at once. However there’s not time for any of that now. “You need to get out of here.” | com mand, rising from the couch and pulling her up with me. “You can go down the fire escape.”

“Come with me.” Selene begs, “she’s going to know ! was here either way.”

“I’m not running away like a coward.” I announce.

“Oh but it’s alright if I’m a coward?” She demands, full of sass.

“You are far more precious than I am.” | inform her, eye ing the slight swell of her belly. “I’ll find you after I’ve dealt with Arabella.”

“Just, do me a favor and keep this.” She requests, push ing the cell phone into my hand. “You can reach me through Helene. You can also track me that way – we‘re set up to share our locations.”

“Alright.” | agree, opening the window and lifting her out onto the fire escape. “Now hurry, and be careful.”

“Bastien wait!” She exclaims, before I can close the win dow.

“What’s wrong?” | pause, scanning her lovely face, which looks deeply conflicted.

small voice,

ask twice. Leaning out the window, | drag her mouth to mine, perhaps more roughly than I in tended. I’ve been trying to resist doing precisely this from the moment she walked in the door, at first feeling terribly twisted for being so attracted to someone so evil, and now relieved beyond belief that it isn’t true. I slant my mouth over hers, drinking her in with an urgency that pulses deep in my bones. Coaxing her tongue out to play with mine, I run my

s keys jingling on the other side of the front

her, finally closing the window, “I’ll come for

return to the living room. When the door pushes open and Arabella appears, she looks

a lot cleverer than you gave

that so?” Arabella questions, eyeing

 wrong.” | continue, stalking my way around her. “The only thing you had right is how

trick you again already?” Arabella sighs, attempting to

keep this up, Bella? Did you really believe you could turn me against my entire fam ily, my betas?” Bastien

other night – you saw her magic. Everyone in

demand. “Re mind me why I was mysteriously so ill that I slept through a week of news coverage

Arabella ar gues, backing away from me into the kitchen, “Please don’t let her divide us this

my mind is you!” | thun der, “How have you been doing it? A potion? A

adopting a put upon expression, “How could you think I would

give it up Bella!” |

looks like herself again. The weak, frightened little girl image nev er did sit right with the woman I remembered. The furious blonde on the verge of a tantrum however, that

really think you could go on doing this forev er? For the rest of my life?”

She snarls with a cruel smile, “But in my defense, I didn’t plan on the rest of your life being all that

have no idea how much guilt | carry because of his death, but killing me won’t bring him back. And he wouldn’t want you to tarnish your own soul for his sake. How many innocent people

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