Pregnant And Rejected: The Alpha's Cruel Choice

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