Pregnant And Rejected By My Alpha Mate By Caroline Above Chapter 98


    Chapter 98 The Sate House


    Selene’s POV


    Drake’s grim face stares up at me from my tablet, hisst words slowly sinking into my brain.


    This doesn’t make any sense.


    Maybe we misunderstood. Luna suggests with a whine.


    We didn’t misunderstand. Drake’s words werepletely clear, and I can tell from his expression that


    this isn’t some sort of joke. He seems every bit as confused as I am, only his first instinct is clearly to


    assume the worst, while I’m wallowing in denial.


    Just then Bastien walks in, and L races across the room to greet him, “Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!”


    He snatches her up and tosses her into the air, causing the pup to shriek withughter. “L, L, L!”


    He mimics, throwing her over his head a few more times before settling her against his broad chest and


    kissing her hello.


    “Daddy, we went to da woods! She exims,unching into her ount of the day. The trees were so


    big dey touch the sky!” L has seen forests before but never one like this. The pup had been so taken


    with the ancient sequoias dominating the Novan forest that she decided to name them. By the time she


    was done, the list was so long I had to promise to write down all the names when we got home, so she


    wouldn’t forget.


    L is rattling off her favorite ones as Bastien carries her into the living room, his wide smile


    disappearing when he sees the look on my face. I rise from the sofa before he can reach me, still


    holding the tablet.


    Bastien’s eyes dart between Drake’s face and my own, “Baby?”


    ncing at L, I hedge, “You remember when you arrived in Asphodel, and I took L to stay at that


    house in the hills?”


    “Yes.” He agrees, sounding like he doesn’t appreciate the reminder.


    “Well,” I begin, licking my lips nervously. “I thought it was Drake’s house. I thought he sent us there for


    our vacation.” I censor, still eyeing my pup. But it wasn’t him.”


    Bastien’s brow knits together. “What do you mean?”


    “When I got back to the apartment that day, I got a text from an unknown number, with all the


    information we needed to find the house and everything.” I exin, wincing when I see his expression.


    L, who has realized her father’s attention is no longer on her, huffs. “Daddy are you lisning?”


    “I’ll tell you what little one.” Bastien suggests, “If you give Daddy a few minutes to talk with Mommy, you


    can have extra dessert at the banquet tonight.”


    She readily agrees, toddling off to y in her room while I throw my mate an exasperated look,


    “Really? Bribery?”


    “She’s got to sit through a formal dinner surrounded by adults, I figured we’d be rewarding her anyway.”


    Bastien replies, changing course and closing the distance between us. “You followed directions from an


    unknown number?” I can see the anger simmering up inside him, “You drove out into the remote


    wilderness and blindly walked into a house based on the word of some mysterious stranger?”


    “I assumed the message was from Drake!” I counter defensively, “I thought he was using a burner


    phone or something to contact me so you couldn’t trace the text. I mean who else would have known


    what was going on in that moment?” I inquire, “Who else would have been trying to help me?”


    “It was a fair assumption, Bastien.” Drake pipes up from the tablet.


    A low growl rumbles in Bastien’s chest, and he looks down at the other Alpha. “You really knew nothing


    about this?”


    “I thought she’d found her own hiding ce. I didn’t press to find out where, because I figured if I didn’t


    know you couldn’t beat the information out of me.” Drake admits, rubbing the back of his neck.


    We’re in our own apartment, guarded by the Pack House’s elite security force, but Bastien starts


    looking around like he expects monsters to pop out of the walls at any moment. I sidle closer, sliding


    my arm around his middle to anchor him.


    It seems to do the trick. Bastien’s arm locks down on my waist, holding me tight to his side as he


    returns his attention to Drake. “Can you get a team out there?”


    “Of course, I’ll go myself as soon as you send the address.” Drake confirms, “But Selene is right, the


    real question here, is who knew what was going on between you two? Who had the ess to not only


    know Selene was alive and that you’d found her, but that she needed a get away?”


    it had to be one of your men.” Bastien asserts coldly, “The only people who were in your office with us


    were our Betas and your guards. Bastien grumbles. “And I know it wasn’t my Betas.”


    “I don’t think we can assume anything right now.” Drakebats, assumptions are what got us into this


    mess in the first ce.”


    “The bigger question is why,” I breathe, pulling the mens’ attention. “If it was someone in Drake’s camp


    it was probably done to help me, but if it was someone in yours…” I look to my mate, unable to


    continue.


    Bastien finished the thought for me, looking grave. “It was a betrayal.”


    ‘It’s a betrayal either way,” Drake corrects, whether they wanted to help you or not, they went behind


    my back and hid this information. That doesn’t portend good intentions.”


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    My mind races to process all this new information. I hate to think someone could have betrayed Bastien


    or Drake, but I don’t see any other exnation. Whoever sent me that message had to be from within


    our inner circle.


    Still, I don’t understand what could have motivated anyone else to send me to that house. “I’m so


    confused.” I confess, whether they had good intentions or bad, why this? Why help me hide? How


    could that possibly benefit them?”


    I should think that’s obvious enough,” Bastien rumbles darkly, “they did it to keep us apart.”


    Bastien’s POV


    “We need to get ready for the banquet.” Selene’s sweet scent wafts over me a few moments before her


    arms slide around my neck from behind, and her cheekes to rest against mine. Her skin is still


    dotted with drops of water from her shower, and I’m sure if I look over my shoulder I’ll find her


    completely nude.


    I’m seated on the edge of our bed, trying to work through the unexpected revtions that came to light


    during Selene’s facetime call with Drake. The Eros Alpha agreed to send investigators out to the house


    this very evening, but I can’t get over the fact that someone has clearly betrayed us.


    Is that why I’ve never been able to pin down the person responsible for all the trouble caused in


    Elysium since Dad died? Is it possible one of my own men betrayed me?


    “We have to be over at the hall in an hour,” Selene’s tongue traces the shell of my ear, and her sharp


    little canines nibble my earlobe. I have a feeling the mischievous she wolf is trying to distract me.


    “Though I suppose that’s actually quite a bit of time when you think about it.”


    I can’t contain my chuckle, “Come here, you naughty thing.” Hitching my arm behind me and snagging


    my mate’s waist, I drag her around and into myp. “Hmm,” i purr, raking my eyes over her bare


    curves, “You look awfully underdressed for a banquet, little mate.


    “Oh,” Selene looks down at her naked body like she’s only just noticing. “maybe you’re right.” She


    agrees, trailing kisses up my neck Her dripping wet hair sticks to my shoulder as her round bottom


    undtes over my quickly hardening arousal.


    “We’re going to have to do something about that.” i tease, mping my hands down on her hips to


    cease her movement. “I won’t have every wolf in the city drooling over my mate because she can’t


    decide on an outfit.


    *Are you sure it won’t do?” She asks, undoing my shirt buttons one by one. “After all, you’ll have to


    dress to match. Maybe you just need to see it on both of us. You know, get the full effect?”


    I arch my brow, shrugging out of my long sleeves. “If I didn’t know any better I’d think you were trying to


    get me naked.”


    Selene shes me a devious grin, “Is it that obvious?”


    The next thing I know she’s sliding out of myp, kneeling between my legs and tackling my belt


    buckle. Before I know it she’s pulled the leather implement free and slipped her small hand into my


    trousers, palming my engorged member. “Oh my.” Selene murmurs with faux concern. “Well you


    certainly can’t go to the banquet like this.”


    I can only groan, cupping her cheek in my hand as she looks up at me from beneath her long, dark


    lashes, “would you like me to care of this for you, Alpha?”


    A growl of primal lust vibrates in my chest, her words instantly triggering my dominant instincts. “I think


    you’d better,” I remark sternly, tangling my fist in her hair. “Since it’s your fault I’m in this state.”


    Selene’s two tone eyes glitter in the dim line as she pulls my cock free, her pink lips hovering just


    inches from its swollen head. “Your wish is mymand.”