Pregnant And Rejected: The Alpha's Cruel Choice
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ian Pack, believing Alpha Emilio was my Fated Mate. I spent four years building hi
h his heir, he stood on the dais and publicly gave my
reveal the truth about our baby. Emilio didn't o
own, E
he stage and slammed me onto the stone floor. The impact didn
k at me with regret. He shielded his mis
guards coldly. "If she dies as a Ro
ng a broken tool. He thoug
ould wash up on the sho
powerful wolf in Europe, had been admiri
r, I returned to
uild his walls. I came
pte
na
y sanctuary, grounding me in lines and logic. But tonight, t
ray as I smoothed out the final blueprint for
reinforced concrete facings textured to mimic natural granite, and escape tunne
Pack's Beta female, her approval carried weight, but as my only real friend, her
my eyes darting to the heavy oak doors
rs swun
t and dominance. He smelled of rain-soaked earth and ozone-a scent that used to make my inner
the intricate drawings that had cost me three we
rembling slightly. "The norther
d out, his large hand brushing the top of my head in a g
he murmured, his v
un
t in private, or when he needed something, but I had no Mark on my neck
isappearing down the corridor. "Elana, you gave up the scholarshi
rchment, though my hands shook so hard the paper crin
y for *her*," Ayl
e if I listened, the cracks in
ranging in agony. Emilio had been there. He had wrapped me in his jacket, his scent ancho
I built the training grounds. And tonight,
h anticipation. I stood near the back, clutching a small ve
up. An heir. He couldn't ignore this
g magnificent under the chandeli
I was sturdy, my hands rough from work, my skin often stained with ink. She was pristine,
hanced by his Alpha aura, "we celebr
going to announce our
Emilio said, his
stairs. He was five years old, with messy ha
cy," Emilio announced. He pul
ght. A bracelet made of wo
e. I had designed that bracelet. I had drawn the sketch on a napkin three years
it around the bo
ed. "My... ward. And th
t out a low, confused whine. That was
s moving before my brain
den lean down to Leo, whisp
and screamed, his voice shrill and p
t me like st
ng onto the dais. "What is thi
were cold. There was no lo
Elana,"
cket. "I'm pregnant, Emilio! We are having a
face twisted into a mask of horror. "She'
in me rising, angry and hurt.
" Emilio
m dropped instantly, suckin
own, E
e Alpha's
bend; they collapsed under the weight of his magic. My body obeyed the com
just sit.
in ripped through my abdomen, hotter than fire,
amed, curlin
gs. The metallic scent of c
solation. The tiny spark of life I had f
is. He wasn't looking at me with regret. He was looking at Hayden, shielding h
io said, his voice devoid o
thing I saw was the moonstone bracelet glitterin