All Chapters of Worthless to Priceless: The Alpha's Rejected Mate : Chapter 221 - Chapter 230

~Amelia~Serena showed up at the door with a gift bag and the energy of someone who had been dying to talk for three weeks and was finally being allowed to."Okay first of all," She stepped inside without being invited, shoved the bag at my chest, and pulled me into a hug before I could say anything. "You look amazing. You're huge and glowing and I hate you a little bit.""Hi to you too."

~Amelia~I was in the kitchen minding my own business, tea, crackers, the baby doing her usual morning gymnastics against my ribs when his mother walked in.My first thought was: so this is how it ends.My second thought was: I should have eaten more of those crackers while I had the chance.

~Amelia~It was actually perfect inside. Soft everywhere, dim, smelled like his hoodie. He'd already put the TV remote within reach. I pulled a blanket over my legs and immediately felt about seventy percent better, which I was not going to tell him because he would be insufferable about it.He appeared with a bowl of sour gummies, a bag of salt and vinegar chips, the jar of pickles I'd been eating straight from for two weeks, and a box of those chocolate-covered pretzels I'd mentioned wanting exactly once three days ago.He remembered the pretzels.I was not going to make a thing of it. But I noticed."Pick something to watch," he told me, dropping in next to me."I don’t mind watching a cartoon."He stared at me with disbelief."You said pick something and I think the baby wants it too."He took the remote and put it on without another word. He pulled my legs across his lap, opened the gummies, held one out. I took it. He opened the chips and set them between us. Settled in with his

~Amelia~I should have felt happy.But Tara stirred uncomfortably.My smile faded.Kaden noticed immediately.

~Amelia~My Vibrius power hit her at point-blank range.She screamed as it blasted through her and hurled her into one of the trees. Bark cracked. Her body folded wrong for a second before she dropped to one knee.I pointed at her.&