Pregnant And Rejected By My Alpha Mate By Caroline Above Chapter 66
Chapter 66 Luna’s Choice
Drake’s POV
I’ve been waiting for Selene to get over Bastien from the first day she set foot in Asphodel. I told myself
that as long as I was patient, as long as I proved myself a good friend to her and gave her the space
she needed to heal, she would eventually realize how perfect we are for each other.
I don’t care that I’m not her mate, or that this isn’t what the Goddess nned.
As far as I’m concerned mates are overrated. Bastien never appreciated Selene. He was never good
for her and she has always deserved better. I’ve worked incredibly hard thesest few years to help
Selene move past him, and I’m certain we could have been together by now if he’d only stayed away.
Except he didn’t stay away. He turned up in my city without notice or permission, and immediately set
his sights on the woman of my dreams.
It would not be so terrible if he only wanted L.
Make no mistake, I love the pup, but she isn’t mine. She has all of her mother’s sweetness and charm,
but she also shares her father’s fierce spirit and independence. L embodies the same temperament
that Bastien used to destroy her mother, and I refuse to let any more harme to Selene.
I feel like a fool now that I see them together. These past few weeks I’ve imagined that if I can only
keep Selene and Bastien apart, I can keep their bond from reform But life doesn’t work that way. As
soon as Selene saw the Nova Alpha, I ceased to exist.
Rationally, I understand that there’s nothing I can do to change what nature has predetermined, but in
my heart, I cannot help but hope for more. I never intended to attack Bastien, I only wanted to protect
Se lene. But what’s done is done, and now I may have very well sacrificed my life in her name.N?velDrama.Org content rights.
I throw myself into the battle with everything I have. Bastien is bigger and stronger than I am, and I
know my chances of defeating him on my own areughable, but if I have to go down at least I can go
down fighting.
I look to Selene as these final thoughts filter through my mind, and even as the rational part of my brain
questions the logic, there is no doubt in my mind: she’s worth it.
Selene’s POV
Everything happened so quickly I can barely keep up. One moment I was sobbing into Bastien’s neck,
the next l’m t on my back, looking up from the sofa while a pair of alpha wolves war above me. I can’t
imagine what Drake was thinking when he decided to attack Bastien, especially not when I was
standing between them, but his motives are irrelevant now.
Bastien responded to Drake’s assault as any wolf would, by shifting and meeting him head on. The
fight is already under way, and I have a terrible feeling that only one man wille out alive.
Unfortunately for my friend, the odds of Drake winning are abominably low. Bastien is almost twice
Drake’s size in this form, and I’ve seen my mate fight off half a dozen formidable opponents without so
much as breaking a sweat.
They sh in a fit of teeth and ws, their snarls rending the air in two. I’m certain L will wake at any
moment, and suddenly my only instinct is to reach my pup before the danger cannd on her doorstep.
I scramble to my feet, only to find myself trapped in ce by the massive tangle of fur.
Blood stters on the floor in front of me, and I look up in abject horror to find Drake nursing a paw
marred by a vicious gash. He whines in pain, but continues to fight, seemingly oblivious to the odds
against him.
Finally deciding to escape over the back of the couch, I leap to the other side and dart for the bedroom
where my daughter sleeps. I force my way through the door, eyeing the narrow mattress where L
contin ues to nap, astonished that she can sleep through this ruckus.
Carefully pulling the door shut before the noise can disturb her slumber, I turn back on the battling men.
I know it’s only a matter of time, Drake can onlyst so long against Bastien and his strength wanes
with every moment that passes.
Just as I ponder these condemning thoughts, Drake’s Beta, Hugo appears in the doorway, nked by
half a dozen guards. Theyunch themselves at the warring wolves at once, shattering my calm and
send ing my nerves haywire.
Drake’s guards attack as one, surging forward to challenge Bastien like a tidal wave of fire and fury,
They show no restraint, attacking my mate’s weak spots without even pausing to let him catch his
breath. Bastien fights one wolf after another, throwing them off of him with practiced ease and making
me wonder if there is any pack on the continent capable of truly challenging his dominance.
Luna loves his prowess, cooing and preening with every drop of blood he sheds. She loves how power
fully he expels his enemies, but she also frets for his safety when more and more guards arrive. What
was once six sentries bes ten, and the tactics Bastien once used to repel them begin to falter.
The greater Drake’s losses, the more wolves he calls to his aid. For every guard and sentinel Bastien
takes out, another lies in the wings, waiting for their chance to destroy the indomitable Alpha.
I dash to the doorway, scanning the hall for signs of Aiden or Donovan. This isn’t fair. Bastien is fight
ing alone while Drake has an army at his disposal, I never thought Drake would do something with so
little integrity. I understood it when I needed a ploy to escape the city and no other option was avable
to us.
If I thought Drake was attempting a simr strategy, I might not mind so much. I’m not ready to face
everything which transpired between Bastien and I. My heart still feels hollow and broken, yet I’m also
com ing to realize how wrong I was about our rtionship. Every instinct | possess tells me not to trust
the wolf; to protect myself at all costs. Yet my heart also aches for my mate. I want to believe Bastien, I
want to be lieve he loves me, that we could truly build a life together.
However it’s clear that this is no ruse. For one reason or another, Drake has lost his head. He’s going
in for the kill.
As more of Drake’s men join the fight, Luna tries to force her way out of my skin, straining and stretch
ing to make the painful shift we‘ve only managed once before. No, I beg her, it hurts, and we don’t
know how to fight.
We have to do something. She insists, They’re going to kill him if this keeps up.
For a few long moments, I continue to fight my wolf. She’s onlye out once before, and the pain
was such that I can onlypare it to childbirth. Still, I know Luna is stronger than I am. She
possesses skills I do not, and she can help me now.
Without thinking, I dive into the fray, putting my body between Bastien and Drake’s men and snarling
with every ounce of courage I possess. I assumed they would back off the moment a she-wolf stepped
in, but their aggression fuels their violence like a drug, driving them to destroy any obstacle which
stands in their way.
TWO wolvese at me at once, their glowing eyes boring into my psyche with more ferocity than I
can ever recall facing, Garrick may have hurt and abused me, but he never sought to destroy me as a
wolf. He always attacked as a man, and I was only able to fend him off because he remained in that
form. This is another matter entirely.
Bastien is still mid-fight with Drake, unable to reach me but clearly conscious of my actions. He’s
growling behind me, warning me off and threatening all sorts of retribution for interfering. Still, persist.
My mate might be strong enough to rule a pack, but I am strong enough to defend those I love, no
matter the threat.
I bare my teeth and offer up my fiercest snarl, determined to protect him. The wolvesunch forward,
and Bastien roars in the distance as they tear into my delicate limbs and send me flying. A pitiful
whimper leaves my lips even as I crash to the floor.
I’m hurt and afraid, not to mention confused beyond all reason. I’m not sure who ends the fight, only
that silence eventually falls in the room. However once the chaos halts, there is no question who’s in
charge. I would recognize the hands that pull me from the floor anywhere.
I’m barely conscious; barely breathing after the terror of the fight and shock of my injuries set in. Still
one thing is clear: I’m in Bastien’s arms now, and no matter what else might happen, I know I’m safe.
As long as I’m with Bastien, I will always be safe.