Page 127 of Rejected and Pregnant By the Alpha King

He’d been well respected within my pack for many decades. Filling his shoes is already a monumental task that I’ve been struggling with since being named alpha.

Missing him, however?

I wouldn’t go that far.

“You know…” I mutter. “You are far too nosy for your own good. As your alpha king, you should at least pretend to be more respectful.”

She smiles at me. “Well, according to your soon-to-be Luna, you’re not alpha king yet.”

Ugh.That has me groaning.

I can’t believe Anais. Of all the times to burst in and accuse me of such heinous acts with my mate’sbest friend,who has been helping me locate her, is just…I can’t even put it into words.

Her anger at me was new. I had a feeling that her being pushed away from me would build some kind of negative feelings toward me, but I never considered it would be resentment.

“I have Camden handling her,” I say.

“Wow, I feel bad for him.”

“Me too.”

She laughs. “What a nice pack alpha you are. Throwing your poor beta to the bears like that.”

“Look, he’s going to need to face tough challenges while I’m gone sometimes. Why not start with my clearly overly obsessive future Luna?”

Delilah laughs again, nudging me with her elbow. “You’re terrible. I hope you’ll at least let him get in a good swing once we get back.”

“Absolutely. He’s earned it. And Constance.”

Though, knowing Constance, she’ll just give me a tongue lashing instead. Her lectures tend to cut deeper than any physical wound I’ve ever received. Her knack for pointing out the flaws of everyone around her should truly be studied.

“Will you be staying with us once we rescue Raine?” I ask.

Delilah sighs. “I don’t know. Actually, I don’t even know if Raine will want to stay.”

I don’t like the sound of that.

While I figured Raine would have a tough time adjusting to life away from her home pack and whatever she’s endured at the hands of Calloway, never did I consider she’d want toleavePollis for somewhere else.

Getting her back after so long not seeing her, even just thinking about it is making me twitchy.

“We’ll see,” is all I say.

“I’m serious, Aiden. She probably isn’t going to want to stay in Pollis.”

“Where will you both go, then?” Trying to keep the challenging tone out of my voice is nearly impossible. “Back to Andromeda and to the alpha who sold her?”

“Gods,” she breathes out. “No. Of course not.”

“Then where, Delilah? There isn’t a corner of this earth that you both could run to that I won’t find her.”

Her frown is deep as she stares at me. “Gods, you mated males really are something, aren’t you?”

That has me snapping back to reality for a moment.

She shakes her head. “Anyway, all I’m saying is be prepared. That’s it. If you really love her, you’ll respect her choice on where she wants to go.”

I…hate that.

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