Pregnant And Rejected By My Alpha Mate By Caroline Above Chapter 122


    Chapter 122 Contingencies


    Bastien’s POV


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    “Daddy do you have ta go?” My pup’s tiny voice cuts me right to the core.


    Has there ever been a worse feeling than this? Than leaving my family and not knowing if I’ll ever see


    them again? Than knowing that if I can’t fix things with ise, their lives might be forfeit, and I won’t be


    around to protect them?


    “I wouldn’t be going unless I absolutely had to, L bean.” I exin earnestly, cupping her tiny cheek in


    my hand.


    “When youe back?” L questions mournfully, reaching towards me with both arms open.


    “As soon as I can.” I promise, pulling her out of Selene’s arm and into my own.


    “Next week?” She asks, her adorable face so hopeful I want to cancel my mission just to make her


    happy. I can’t believe how deeply I love this little being after so short a time. I’m touched at how


    attached we’ve be despite our brief acquaintance, and yet part of me wishes we had not formed


    this bond. Leaving would be so much easier.


    “No little one, probably not next week.” I answer gently. “But I promise I won’t stay away a moment


    longer than I have to.”


    L’s face is turning pink, and I can already see the tearsing on. Axelwhines in my head, Selene is


    already softly crying and the salty scent is driving me up the wall. Squeezing my daughter tight, I reach


    out and pull Selene into my embrace as well, holding my family close


    Sure enough, L is crying within moments, pitifully weeping against my neck as I kiss my mate


    goodbye. I have to fight the instinct to im Selene onest time before I go. We made love twice this


    morning already, but the taste of her honeyed lips beneath mine is only too tempting. “I’ll be back


    before you know it.” I swear huskily, staring into Selene’s red rimmed eyes.


    She nods, tenderly extracting L from my grasp and making soft shushing noises when the toddler


    objects with whines and wails. Thest thing I see before sliding into the car is Selene gently bouncing


    our pup in her arms while the child sobs my name. “Daddy! She’s squirming to escape my wife’s grasp,


    undoubtedly wanting to run after me, and Selene finally turns to carry her away into the house, the


    sounds of her own, muted tears tormenting my supernatural ears.


    Aiden slides into the passenger seat, offering me a sympathetic frown, “They’ll be okay.” He promises.


    “Donavon and I will take care of them.”


    “I know.” I breathe, “thank you, brother.” My beta is going to apany me to the border, and his face


    grows more drawn and serious as we pull out of the drive. “Everything is in ce, we’ll keep you


    updated with every new development here.”


    “Have you found out anything more about Odile?” I prompt, all the possible misfortunes facing my


    family tormenting my already.


    “No. We’ve been searching everywhere.” Aiden replies with a swift shake of the head.


    “If anyone has seen her, they aren’t talking. But I don’t doubt your mother’s word. If ODette says she


    saw Odile, I believe her. She’s here somewhere, we just aren’t looking in the right ce.”


    “You ought to visit Grigore, if Odile’s got any connections remaining in the city, she’ll know he’s primed


    to ally against us.” I suggest firmly, wondering if it was a mistake to treat the former elder councilor so


    harshly.


    “And the doctor?” Aiden questions.


    *Just keep an eye on him.” I instruct tensely. “I know your investigation didn’t uncover any evidence of


    wrongdoing, but finding nothing doesn’t mean there’s nothing to find. We’ve always known our enemy


    was talented. As far as I’m concerned, Dr Kane is a suspect until proven otherwise.”


    My Beta nods in agreement. “I think you’re right. There have been too many coincidences with his


    involvement, either someone is using him as a pawn, or he’s helping to pull the strings.”


    As we pull onto the main road out of the city, my mind drifts to our other unanswered question. “Any


    word on Arabe?”


    *Only that she went East after her exile.” Aiden exins, shooting me a meaningful look.


    “East?”


    I repeat. “You don’t think?”


    “I don’t know,” my friend grumbles. “But I wouldn’t put anything past the bitch.”


    “Well said.” I remark dryly, pulling the car over just before we cross the border into rogue territory. We


    both exit the car, and I circle around to my second inmand. “Take care of my girls.” I implore him,


    knowing I need not ask.”


    “I’ll guard them with my life.” He vows, “You just worry about getting back in one piece. If you die and


    force me to be Alpha, I’ll kick your ghost ass.”


    “I’ll do my best.” I chuckle, giving him a forceful hug and patting his back.


    “Goddess speed, Alpha.” He salutes me when we part. The next thing I know he’s transformed, shifting


    into a huge gray wolf and disappearing into the trees. I return to the car, pointing it towards the Calypso


    territory and praying this won’t be thest time! see my home.


    Drake’s POV


    The steady thrum of the shower emanates through the open bathroom door, an endless stream of


    water sttering against the tiles. As I near the doorway I realize the sound is slightly off, broken and


    scattered, as if the shower head has been removed from its cradle and redirected from its usual


    downward spray.


    The water’s clean scent is muddled by the familiar perfume of Sophie’s shower gel and her own unique


    fragrance. As l inhale her lovely aroma I realize it’s changing, deepening and growing even sweeter


    than before-heightened by arousal and the primal hormones triggered by meeting one’s mate.


    A muffled whimper punctuates the rain-like pitter-patter, and I realize why the water sounds so strange,


    and why my littlemb’s scént is so especially irresistible at the moment.


    “Just what do you think you are doing?” I demand yfully, peeking my head into the shower stall.


    Sophie jumps almost a foot in the air, a bright red flush coloring her cheeks as she jerks the shower


    head away from her swollen clit. Drake! What? It isn’t”.


    She stammers hopelessly, wrapping her arms around her body to hide her nakedness from view.


    My mark is still rosey red against my mate’s fair skin, the swollen indentation of my fangs zing at the


    juncture of her neck and shoulder. Though I couldn’t stop myself from marking her, I haven’t yet


    imed her body, wanting to give her time to get used to the idea of being mated before introducing


    sex into the equation. Apparently I’ve waited too long.


    “Yes, my love?” I tease, stripping off my clothes and joining her under the shower’s spray. Sophie’s


    eyes widen in surprise, and she determinedly keeps her attention above my waist.


    Her pink tongue darts out to lick her lips as she gazes warily up at me, “I don’t know what’s gotten into


    me.” She admits nervously.


    “I do.” I rumble warmly, pulling her taut body flush against mine. “You’re going into heat.”


    If I thought Sophie had been red before, she’s positively scarlet now. “I am?” She squeaks,


    unconsciously clenching her thighs to relieve the ache at their center.


    “You are.” I confirm with a predatory grin, but that’s no excuse for taking matters into your own hands.”


    but I don’t understand.”


    “I’m your mate. Your pleasure belongs to me and me alone.” I exin sternly, grasping her nape so


    she’ll look me in the eye.


    Squirming with need, Sophie frowns in confusion, “My pleasure?”


    Btedly I realize nobody was ever around to exin the ways of men and women to my sweet mate.


    The only person who might have borne the responsibility was Martin, and I’m extremely d he didn’t.


    “Why were you using the shower head that way, littlemb?” I inquire.


    Her golden eyes drop to the ground. “I don’t know.”


    “Yes you do, baby.” I encourage, petting her in slow soothing patterns.


    Her voice is so quiet I almost don’t hear her reply. “Because it felt good.”


    “Mhmm,” I purr, “And what do you think might have happened if I hadn’t interrupted you?”


    “I don’t know.” She says again, her anxious movements rubbing her naked flesh against mine in a way


    that is only too distracting.


    “Would you like to find out?” I tease, dropping my head to trail kisses along her throat.


    “Drake,” she whimpers, leaning into me. “I feel so strange, I need…” “Yes?” I prompt when she trails off


    in uncertainty, “what do you need, my love?”


    Before Sophie can get another word out my phone begins to ring, ring the ringtone I reserve for


    serious pack business. Cursing under my breath, I step out of the shower and lean down to retrieve the


    device from my abandoned clothes. Bastien Durand’s name shes across the screen, and I whip it up


    to my ear. “This had better be good.” I greet the Nova Alpha gruffly.


    Deepughter meets my ears. “I know that tone.” Bastien jokes, “Am I interrupting y time, Drake?”


    “What do you need, Bastien?” I question sharply, not in the mood for his jests.


    “I need to ask you a favor.” He replies, sounding so sober my annoyance wanes.


    “Has something happened?” I ask, my heart pounding a bit faster.


    “Not yet.” Bastien sighs, “But I have a bad feeling it will. I need your help.”