Pregnant And Rejected By My Alpha Mate By Caroline Above Chapter 108


    Chapter 108 You Promised!


    Selene’s POV


    “Bastien, put me down!” i exim, squirming as he carts me through the pack house in his arms. “I can


    walk!”


    “I know you can walk.” He growls, hitching me closer, “I’m carrying you because I don’t trust you not to


    run away and do something crazy if I leave you to your own devices.”


    This isn’t good. Bastien has barely said a word to me since realizing that I must have intentionally


    jumped into the pool. Instead he scooped me up and stormed out of Nova Hall, refusing to speak to his


    mother or anyone else. He charged back over to the pack house so quickly I can scarcely believe he’s


    still in human form.


    Now he’s stomping around in a silent rage, swinging me around like a sack of potatoes while steam


    billows from his ears.


    Bastien charges up the stairs and pushes into the apartment without pausing, and the sounds of L’s


    tears immediately reach my ears. I twist around, trying to find my pup, but Bastien doesn’t let me move


    from his iron grip.


    “L?” I call, listening with Bastien’s breath as her wails dissolve to sniffles, and then her tiny voice


    chirps, “Mommy?”


    “I’m here, my love.” I promise, but to my surprise, when she appears in my periphery, I’m not the one


    she’s running towards.


    “Daddy where you go?!” She exims sullenly, charging my mate’s legs.


    *Im sorry, L Bean.” Bastien professes gently, setting my feet on the ground and leaning down to


    catch her before she collides with his shins. “I’m here now,e here.”


    My pup throws her arms around his neck, crying pitifully while he rubs her back and whispers soothing


    nonsense in her ear.


    I’m not entirely sure what to do – this is a first. I’m always the one L turns to forfort, I’ve never


    had to stand by and watch someone else care for my daughter this way. On one hand I think I should


    feel upset, but honestly I’m simply touched to know how quickly L has bonded to her father.


    “Thank you Anna,” I say to Donovan’s sister, knowing that in a few minutes thest thing we’re going to


    need is an audience. “I appreciate your help this afternoon. What do I owe you?”


    After paying Anna and seeing her to the door, I turn to find my husband ring at me from a few feet


    away. For one panicked moment I contemte running out the door behind the babysitter, but then my


    pup is looking me up and down with confusion. “Mommy, why’re you wet?” L asks, crinkling up her


    tiny nose.


    Before I can reply Bastien answers in a low growl, “Because Mommy has been very bad.”


    Shooting my husband a furibus nce I mouth, don’t tell her that!


    He arches a heavy brow, as if to ask if he should lie to her. Before I can react, L has another question


    on her tongue.


    “Mommies can be bad?” She inquires with amazement, her two-toned eyes wide.


    “Of course,” my mate exins ominously, “anyone can be bad, and today your Mommy decided to try


    and go for a swim.”


    “But Mommy, you can’t swim!” L reminds me.N?velDrama.Org holds this content.


    “No, she can’t.” Bastien agrees darkly, looking me up and down. “She’s lucky to be alive.”


    I don’t appreciate him saying these things in front of my pup, but I also don’t understand why he’s


    dragging things out this way. I know how angry he is, it doesn’t make any sense that he brought me


    back up here without first dealing with the matter at hand.


    I know he’s not going to fight with me in front of L, so why did he bring me back up here? Why is he


    dragging this out? Just what is he nning on doing with me?


    Bastien’s POV


    I’m working very hard to stay calm. I’d like to say I brought Selene back to the apartment so quickly out


    of concern for my pup, but the truth is I needed time to cool down. I knew that seeing L would help


    me reign in my temper, even if my mate is the one responsible for her current upset.


    Comforting my daughter put my wolf in a caring mindset, rather than a furious one. It’s a good thing


    too: if I’d attempted to talk to my mate about her little pool adventure before, I would havepletely


    lost control, and that wouldn’t be good for anyone.


    “You can’t leave like dat, Daddy.” L scolds me, her little face twisted up into an adorable glower. “If


    Mommy in trouble, I wannae.”


    “If Mommy is in trouble, thest ce I want you to be is anywhere near her.” I answer sternly,


    squeezing the grumpy bundle in my arms. “It’s very important for you to be a good girl and do what


    you’re told in those moments. In fact the times when it feels hardest to obey Mommy and Daddy are


    the ones when it’s most important you do so.”


    L doesn’t look convinced, so I continue, “I don’t like leaving you anymore than you like being left, but


    I promise I will alwayse back.”


    Movement shes in the corner of my eye, and I realize Selene is trying to slink off to our bedroom.


    “Hold it right there!”


    Selene freezes in ce, her little body overflowing with guilty energy. If I weren’t so livid I might find it


    tempting. She’s standing there in a sleek ck bikini, her dark hair wet and disheveled, her fair skin


    flushed with excitement and anxiety. A very pretty picture if only she hadn’t just risked her beautiful


    neck diving into a death trap.


    “I think you owe L an apology.” I announce, prompting my little wolf to wrap her arms self-consciously


    around her body.


    “Bastien, I think we should discuss this in private.” She remarks coolly.


    “Believe me, we will.” I promise menacingly, “but first, you owe our daughter an apology.”


    Her stunning eyes sh, and for a minute I’m certain she’s going to argue with me, but then her sullen


    gaze slips from my disapproving re to L’s confused expression, and she softens. Moving forward,


    she pulls the pup from my arms and cuddles her close, “I’m sorry, angel.”


    “Why Mommy?” L asks, returning her mother’s affection even though she doesn’t understand it. Her


    plump arms are wrapped around my mate’s shoulders, her face buried in the curve of her neck.


    “Because I wasn’t as careful as I should have been.” Selene murmurs, causing Axel to snarl in protest.


    Both she-wolves start in surprise, but my wife doesn’t amend her words. She offers me a defiant stare,


    and my palm begins to itch.


    I’m suddenly very d she sent Anna away, this way we won’t be able to speak until L goes to bed


    this evening. I certainly need the time to calm down, and I’m pleased to know my mate will be forced to


    stew in apprehension.


    By the time night actually falls, Selene is practically twitching with worry, her earlier bravado fading the


    closer wee to her inevitable reckoning.


    After putting L to bed, I take Selene by the hand and guide her into our bedroom, sitting on the edge


    of the bed and standing her between my legs. “Well little wolf,” I begin gruffly, what do you have to say


    for yourself?”


    Selene sighs in exasperation, her lovely pink lips parting on my name, “Bastien”


    “And don’t you dare try to excuse your actions.” I caution her.


    *Please don’t be mad.” She beseeches, sounding more frustrated than sincere.


    “It’s toote for that.” I confess gravely, “but I’ll do my best not to get any angrier.” Just when she’s


    beginning to look relieved I add, “assuming you don’t give me any reason to.”


    Selene squirms restlessly, shifting into her feet and avoiding my gaze. “I needed a way to test my


    strength without having you as a safety.”


    *Are you telling me that you nned this?” I demand. “You left our daughter with a babysitter and went


    to intentionally try drowning yourself while I was too far away to reach you?”


    “You make it sound a lot worse than it was.” Selene argues. “I brought Odette with me in case anything


    went wrong, and I knew my powers would save me anyway.”


    “No you hoped your powers would save you!” I explode, forcing myself to lower my voice when she


    flinches. “And you were very nearly wrong! I felt you dying, Selene. Do you have any idea what that


    was like? How painful it was?”


    “I’m sorry.” Selene’s brow knits together in concern,” truly Bastien, I didn’t mean to distress you. But I


    knew I’d never be able to feel enough fear to trigger my powers if you were with me.”


    “What were you thinking?” Keeping my hands braced on her hips, I have to resist the urge to curl my


    fingers into fists. “You could have been killed you have a child, Selene. And a mate! This didn’t just


    effect you!”


    *But I wasn’t killed, because I was right! I was right about my powers! They kicked in right when I


    needed them to and I’m truly sorry it hurt you, but I had to do this.” Selene insists, “For L’s sake as


    well as my own!”


    “If you thought it was such a good idea why didn’t you tell me about it?” I inquire bitterly.


    “Because you never would have let me do it!” She exims.


    “Damn straight I wouldn’t!” I retort fiercely, “I’m d you tapped into your powers, but not at the cost of


    almost losing you. I mean how are you nning on reaching them again? Do you intend on trying to kill


    yourself every time you want to practice?”


    “Bastien can you please just acknowledge that I made a huge breakthrough, today?” She requests,


    pressing her palms to my chest.


    “Don’t avoid the question, Selene.” I admonish.


    “I don’t know what to say,” my mate admits, looking determined. “You promised me it wouldn’t be like


    last time! You promised you wouldn’t coddle me!”


    “Coddle you?” I repeat, an edge of pure steel entering my deep voice. Before she knows what’s


    happening. I tip her facedown over myp, raising her round bottom into the air andnding the first of


    many hard spanks on her rear end. “How’s this for coddling, baby?”