Pregnant And Rejected

Chapter 182- Selene Decides

Selene

Thad a nightmare like this once: being helpless before Blaise while my family hangs in the balance. However even my worst dreams couldn’t have predicted this fate: being forced to choose between Bastien’s life and my own. Bastien is roaring and raging at me, ordering me to leave him behind, but I can’t bring myself to turn my back on him, Every time I see the knife go deeper into his back, Luna howls in agony and despair, freezing me in place.

I know Blaise’s offer is a trap, but I also know that there s no way I can undo what he’s already discovered. One way or another Blaise knows who I am now, he knows where I live and he knows about my unborn child. He doesn’t know about Lila, and the only person in Tartarus who might have betrayed her existence to him is dead now. If I run away now, he’ll simply follow me back to Elysium, and then there’

s no guaranteeing that I can keep my daughter safe.

“Bastien,” | sniffle, begging him to understand, “If I go now he’ll only come after me, he’ll follow me home.”

I can see my message click into place in his mind, but he only pauses for a moment. “Then don’t go home!” He hisses, “go to ground, go somewhere he’ll never find you. Don’t sacrifice yourself for me, I’m not worth it – think about the baby!”

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“I am,” | cry, feeling more helpless than I can ever re member. Even if I went to ground, Blaise would find out about Lila, and I can’t stand the idea of running forever and losing Bastien too. “And you’re wrong, you are worth it. I’ll find a way out of this, but I can’t let him kill you.”

he learned I was alive and had hidden our child from him, I didn’t know the definition of the word. I’ve never seen rage like the emotion that pours out of my mate as I lower my hands and step towards Blaise. The sound of his fury

my mate, stopping him be fore he can collide with the tyrant in front of me. Bastien falls to the ground with a groan as the magic traps him in its hold, and I try to close the distance between us. Instead Blaise catches me around the wait, and I can only weep

| tell Bastien

my beauty.” Before I can stop him, he straightens me up and looks me over, studying my fair skin even as he makes it positively crawl. Already I can feel myself lighting up again, the moon’s light surging through my veins out of instinct rather than skill. Blaises tsks, “We’ll have to do something about this magic of yours. You

can count on it.” | vow, trying and failing

piece of meat, “You’ve already proven yourself capable of satisfying the strongest of Alphas, it’s almost as if he’s been preparing you for

fangs, “I will never willingly allow you to lay a finger on

ters, “do you

loves making others miserable, I soften my pose, ceasing to try and fight him and instead leaning into his large body. “By all means, Alpha.” | encourage, hoping my

back and laughs, the same sort of delighted cackle he emitted when he realized I’d man aged to harness my powers. “Oh my clever pet, do you have any idea how

“I’ve been running from you my whole life – even be fore I knew it. You killed my father, you caused my mother to

magnificent than she was.” He traces a finger down my cheek, “the last Volana,”

eyes, I wonder how much he actually knows about my bloodline. After all, there’s no guarantee the child will inherit the gene, and that’s assuming it’s an other girl. The magic is only passed from mother to daugh ter. Still, telling him that can’t

it to be.” I feel my eyes widen, and a skitter of worry works it’s way through my body. “But I’ve been studying your kind since I was a boy, since the very first time I ever heard about the bloodline. I

on his words, because his guards are busy shackling Bastien’s legs and

there’s about a seventy percent chance the child will inherit the Volana gift if it’s a girl – and