Pregnant And Rejected By My Alpha Mate By Caroline Above Chapter 194
Chapter 194-0 DIT
Selene
“Why are we still in lockdown?” | demand, ring at ise. “I thought you said the danger had
passed.”
“It has passed, my beauty, I’m merely being cautious.” He insists, reaching up to drag his knuckles over
my cheek. “It’s an annoyance to be sure, but one we’ll get through.”
“This is what happens when you abuse your people.” | grumble, “if you don’t want to be annoyed
maybe you should respect their rights.”
“Rights.” He scoffs, “more like a city full of spoiled children moring for attention and making
unreasonable demands.”
“I want to go back to my rooms.” I announce, overflowing with disgust for the horrible man.
“You can’t do that yet.” He informs me brusquely.
“Why, what’s going to happen?” I ask:
“You know I normally don’t mind your sass, but I don’t have the patience for it today.” He gripes, turning
away from me.
“Wait!” | exim, sping onto his arm as a rush of inspi ration strikes me. We‘re in his safe room
surrounded by guards, but a man as paranoid as ise made sure his emer gency refuge wasrge
andfortable, so our audience is safely out of hearing distance. Forcibly settling my zing temper,
I adopt the meditative calm I’ve learned to embody to capture the Alpha’s mind, and stare deep into his
eyes.
“Please, tell me what’s going on?” | beg sweetly, pulling at his tongue with hypnotic force.
His tense muscles rx, and he speaks in a dull droning voice. “There was a prison break.” He utters
emotionlessly. “The rebels freed everyone from my dungeons.”
It takes all my willpower to stay in my calm trance, be cause my heart is immediately trying to leap out
of my chest. “Do you still have Bastien?” | whisper anxiously.
“No.” ise announces in the same stoic tone, “that’s why we’re here. He’ll being for you.”
My mind is racing a hundred miles a minute. I can’t be lieve it, I went back with ise when Bastien
was already free. If I’d fought him in the park like I wanted to, this could all have been over by now.
“Won’t you please let me go back to my rooms.” I plea, stroking his arm, “the babies are making me
tired and I need a nap.”
“Go back to your rooms,” he repeats dully, “I’ll tell the guards.”
“Thank you,” I breathe, fully intending to run right out the front door rather than going back to my suite.
“Let her go.” ise orders the man blocking the door. “Take her back to her rooms.”
“But Alpha, you said -”
“Are you questioning me?” ise roars, not needing any encouragement from me to lose his temper. I
don’t doubt un der other circumstances that the guard would never have dared to push back against
the Alpha, but ise had been so
adamant about me staying on lock down that the man must have forgotten himself.
The door swings open immediately, and the guard escorts me from the secure safe room. He’s silent
as we retreat down the hallway, and I hold onto ise’s mind as long as I can; but I haven’t learned to
use this particr power at a distance yet. It works beautifully as long as I’m looking into his eyes, but
unless I alter his memory it wears off rather quickly once we part. In hindsight I should have made him
believe that the danger was passed, but my trick was so spontaneous that | didn’t think of it in the
moment.
ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .
The guard and I have reached the floor below the safe room when ise’s sentriese racing after
us, charging down the stairs with fangs bared and ws extended as I make my escape. I can hear
ise’s bellowing voice above, and my heart plummets into my stomach as I realize my
shortsightedness might have just cost me my powers. “Se lene!” He thunders, drawing closer with
every second that passes.
He appears at the top of the stairs above me, breathing heavily. “What have you donel” He demands,
eying my silver cuffs with suspicion. “Grab her!”
Feeling that I have nothing left to lose, I send out an ener gy burst towards the guard who’d been
escorting me, knock ing him to the ground before he can every a hand on me,
“Clever beauty.” ise smirks, eyeing me hungrily, ‘what else have you been up to while I thought your
hands were tied?”
The sentries are closing in on me, and I’m preparing to
I’m having a hard time keeping track of all the guards, re alizing with horror that a number have circled
around behind me while I was distracted. I send out more energy pulses, but there are too many of
them, and I can’t call the shadows with out also blinding myself to my exit routes. Just then a familiar
voice sounds at my back. “Selene!”
Whirling around, I gape as my wide eyesnd on Frederic. “What are you doing here?” | cry, edging
toward him as ise draws nearer.
“I came to save you.”. He exins in a tone saying this should be obvious.
“Where are the others?” | question, not trusting the wolf on his own.
“They’re fighting on the lower levels.” He shares, ring past me at ise, “the game is up old man.”
ise glowers, “And just who are you?”
“Frederic Durand.” Bastien’s cousin exins, “And I’m not letting you take Selene.”
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“It’s not up to you.” The Calypso Alpha deres. “She’s mine and so are her pups, now if you care for
your life you’ll leave us before it’s toote.”
“Selene,”Frederic grits out, “you need to run.”
“What?” I cry, feeling the room begin to spin around us.
“Run.” Frederic repeats. “Helene and Bastien are just two floors down.”
His wolf is right at the surface, his eyes glowing and mus cles rippling. “What about you?” I ask
anxiously, watching the way his jaw ticks with tension.
“Don’t worry about me.” He instructs sternly, “just go.”
Suddenly I realize what he intends. There’s no way Freder ic can take on ise alone, let along ise
and two dozen guards. “Frederic, he’ll kill you.” | insist.
“Listen to her boy.” ise smirks, “she might be a defiant, impossible little thing, but she’s got twice
your brains.”
“Selene, I can’t get you out of here, but I can buy you some time.” Frederic whispers urgently. “Let me
do this for you – before it’s toote.”
“But -” | object, not knowing why I feel so distraught by the idea of losing someone who tried to destroy
everything! care about “Go!” Hemands fiercely, raising his voice until I flinch.
I turn tail and take off down the corridor without another words, my pulse racing in my veins as I hear
ise shout, “Af ter her!”
The sounds of feral snarls and shing wolves fill the air, and I move as quickly as I can in my
condition, cradling my swollen belly as I veer down the spiral staircases. I can hear whimpers and
crashing, and when I nce over my shoulder l’
m surprised and pleased to see Frederic holding his own against ise’s men. Guards litter the ground
around his huge gray wolf, and for a few moments I actually think he might be able to seed.
However almost as soon as I think the damning words, two guards close in on Frederic from be hind
while his attention is diverted.
The Calypso wolves rip Frederic off his target, and he crashes into the wall with a sickening crack.
Before he has time to get to his feet the sentries lunge for his exposed belly. It all happens very fast.
There are only a few seconds of ago nized howls before Frederic’s voice goes silent, reced by thick
gurgles of blood in his throat. I can see the moment the life leaves his eyes, and my stomach flips
violently with pain and nausea. I never wanted anyone to die for me, not even Frederic.
Still, I don’t have any time to stop and process the horrify ing scene, because in the next moments
ise’s sentries are after me, and I have no choice but to run.
I make it down another flight of stairs before fleeing down the hall, repeating Frederic’s words over and
over in my mind. They’re on this floor, they’re on this floor.
Wolves on my heels, I round the corner and almost crash headfirst into Helene. She’s with a tall wolf I
don’t recognize, who’s ears cock towards the sounds of my pursuers. The man shifts in a sh while I
throw my arms around Helene. “God dess, I’m d to see you!” I exim.
“You too, little mother.” She greets me warmly. “Where’d Frederic?”
I can only shake my head, the sounds of more fighting ex ploding behind us. Helene purses her lips
and nods, “I feared as much. He was determined to make amends for his past crimes.”
“That isn’t what I wanted.” | gasp, “not like that.”
“I know darling.” Helene assures me, rubbing my arms infort.
Scanning the hall behind her, I try to catch sight or scent of my mate. “Where’s Bastien?” | ask,
immediately on edge when I don’t find him.
Helene’s frown deepens. “He can’t let ise go free, Se lene.”
“What?” | choke, “You mean…?” | can’t bring myself to speak the terrible words.
“Yes.” She confirms bleakly. “He’s gone to finish this – once and for all.”