Page 96 of Rejected and Pregnant By the Alpha King

“So...he’s like a peacekeeper?”

She laughs.Hard. “Fuck no. Think of him as a slap of reality. He’ll go over there and beat them all into submission if that’s what it takes.”

A chill rolls down my spine.

Well, now I know where the rumors about his ruthlessness have cropped up from. “I take it the civil issues resolve themselves pretty quickly once he arrives?”

“Yup. Although there are some idiots that enjoy going toe-to-toe with an alpha like Nyx. Sometimes I think they start the issues on purpose to test themselves against him.”

There are packs like that?

I’ve never heard of any shifter willingly going up against an alpha king in order to see what would happen. To me that just seems like a suicide mission.

“What happens to them when they lose?” I ask.

Rose shrugs.

I guess that’s all the answer I need to come to my own conclusion.

“Look, don’t worry about it,” she says. “He’ll be back soon. He’s never gone forthatlong.”

That comforts me a little, even if I’m worried that he’ll come back in rougher shape than when he left. Nyx is a strong alpha, much like Aiden. While Aiden and I are significantly younger than Nyx, he’s still quite spritely.

“I was thinking about taking you somewhere today,” Rose says.

That has me perking up. “Oh? Like out of the pack?”

She grins. “Yeah, but you can’t tell anyone. Nyx will kill me and then Wren will bring me back to kill me again.”

Oh boy.

I hope that means it isn’t anything dangerous.

She waves her hand. “Don’t worry, I’m not taking you somewhere that’ll hurt you or the baby. It’s a watering hole that I discovered on a patrol one day, this little oasis that you’re going to die over. Trust me, the hike out there is worth it.”

Hike, huh…

Why does this sound like we’re about to embark on a day-long adventure?

“Won’t people notice we’re not here?” I ask.

She shrugs again. “I doubt it. Most people think you’re going to be staying in the house until Nyx announces that you’re pregnant. You know, like that whole ‘mating period’ thing.”

My cheeks flush. “Oh…right.”

I forgot we’re supposed to be pretending here.

Luckily, I’m still barely showing. Which either means I’m carrying farther back, or this baby is going to be small.

Neither of which will be a bad thing. It’ll give me time to acclimate here before people start coming up to me and congratulating me on Nyx knocking me up.

Strangely, heat begins to gather between my legs at the thought.

WouldNyx ever want to do something like that with me? He hasn’t expressed interest so far in making any of this official,but then, that could be him respecting me getting settled in first. He’d been all for passing this baby off as his, so I doubt he’s desperate to get me into bed.

But still…

Would he ever want to?

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