Page 65 of Rejected and Pregnant By the Alpha King

“Or I could take her into town to shop for herself.”

His lids lower over his eyes, just enough for the corners of his lashes to press together. That same smile is playing on his lips, but it twists slightly. Almost in a way that has his lips thinning slightly—whether from Rose’s candidness or annoyance at her talking back, it’s hard to say.

Wren isn’t reeling his sister back though, simply watching the conversation unfold with his thick arms crossed over his chest. That gives me a little comfort, since clearly this is a common occurrence between his alpha and sister.

“Perhaps we should give her a few days to acclimate and then revisit the topic,” Nyx finally says.

Rose grunts. “Fine. I’ll bring over a suitcase. Raine, do you need any toiletries?”

“She needs everything,” Wren mumbles.

My cheeks burn with shame.

Looking away quickly, I focus on a spot on the ground that has a smooth-looking rock poking out of the packed dirt. It’s not my fault Daniel was stupid in not sending me with anything that a proper breeder would be, then again, as his final act in humiliating me, he’d done a magnificent job.

Even if I try to continue keeping this charade going, it’ll unravel eventually. By then I may just be cast out for being a liar, or selling Nyx a false promise.

“We’ll send someone into town to grab those for her,” Nyx says, breaking up the sudden silence that has fallen over all of us. “Rose—”

“Yeah, I’ll go with them. Just don’t send me with Ryker. He’s too frugal and it’s going to drive me insane.”

“Take whoever you want, I don’t care. Just get it done.”

“Sure thing,” she says. “Raine, do you have anything you’re particular on?”

I shake my head. Honestly, I’d just be happy with a bar of soap and clean water.

I hardly got that at all back in Andromeda, if my water pump was on the fritz. Trips to the lake a quarter of a mile from my cabin had been a daily thing during one particular summer before I’dlearned to fix it myself, since everyone in the pack refused to come out to help me.

“Alright…well, I’ll see you all later then.” The sound of Rose’s shoes crunching on the packed dirt road has me glancing up just enough to watch her walking away from us.

My stomach clenches again at being left alone with my new alpha and his beta. Or…I guess Wren is now my beta too.

How strange to have one again.

“Food” is all Nyx has to say before Wren gives him a firm nod and follows in the direction of his sister, not once looking back at us.

Oh gods…

Twining my fingers together is the only way to keep them from visibly shaking. So far, Nyx has been…polite, which is not at all what I’d been expecting. However, that was when we were surrounded by his pack. Now that we’re alone…

I’m glad he’s standing a bit away from me. The fear leaking through my pores is probably horrendous.

He doesn’t spare me a glance at all as he turns and heads up the steps to the mansion, the doors opening from the inside without him even having to touch them. I’m stuck standing at the bottom of the stoop, struck dumb on if I should follow him or not.

Am I? Or am I just supposed to wait out here until Rose gets back?

If this were Daniel, I’d be made to wait in the middle of the courtyard for the rest of the pack to come to jeer at me.

“Are you coming? Or are you delighting in basking in the hot sun?”

I jolt and snap my focus up to the doors where Nyx is standing, his brows raised.

“I—um…sorry…”

His eyes roll up and down my figure slowly. “You could certainly use some color if you are.”

Again, my face burns.

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