Page 34 of Rejected and Pregnant By the Alpha King

“Leave us,” he tells both shifters, who are crowding near me. Inside me, my wolf lets out a vicious growl. She may want to stand up and protect me all she wants, but no matter what, we’re powerless to our alpha.

I hate that I want to beg the other two not to leave me here alone with him, though I doubt they’d even listen to me in the first place. In fact, I’m sure they’d revel in my begging.

“Sir, there’s something you need to know,” Lelana says. “She was dropping this off when we spotted her.”

My heart absolutely sinks into my stomach the moment my package from the mailbox is set down on Daniel’s desk.

No.

No, no, no.

The entire room grows fuzzy, my head swimming.

Daniel glares down at the package before saying, “Leave” once more.

I swallow thickly as they both turn and head out, shutting the door to the office behind them. Daniel’s alpha energy is more oppressive here than when I first walked into his estate. So much so, that I actively have to fight myself not to drop to my knees before him and grovel.

“I’m going to give you one chance to tell me why you were out past curfew.” His voice is calm and quiet. It scares the shit out of me.

It takes me a few tries to get the words out, but I finally manage to say, “I-I was…s-sending a package…”

“To?”

Instantly, my mouth clamps shut.

Just punish me,I want to beg.Punish me and get it over with.

My eyes drop down to the carpet in submission. I’ll do whatever I can to seem as nonthreatening as possible. Maybe he’ll take mercy on me and toss the package without bothering to look at it. Maybe he’ll let me go with a simple lashing.

I can handle that.

Anything but him opening up the package.

“Kneel.”

My knees buckle instantly.

I fall to the floor at his feet, bowing my head until my hair is a curtain around my face. My eyes squeeze shut, waiting for theblow to the head from his shoe or something else within reach. All I hear though, is him ripping into the package.

“Please,” I whisper.

“What is this?” he asks, though not really to me, more to himself.

I peek between the strands of my hair to see he has my letter to Aiden in one hand, slightly crumpled, and in the other is the pregnancy test.

His eyes widen when he realizes what it is and then he flips it over to read the result. “You whore…so this is what you were doing while you were supposed to be gathering intel for me.”

I don’t have time to react before he tosses the letter on the ground and then grabs me by the hair, yanking me up from the floor. Pain radiates along my scalp, making me wince.

“You think spreading your legs is going to be what saves you? No male is going to want a used-up slut like you.”

His words sting enough to make my eyes water.

Aiden will be different. He’s not going to think of me like that. Hewantsto be with me, he said so himself.

“I should’ve sold you off as a breeder a long time ago,” Daniel goes on, “since you want to spread your legs for any male that comes your way. Hell, I should be renting you out right now to any alpha who wants a piece of you.”

“Please.” Tears fall from my eyes. “Don’t.”

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