All Chapters of My Alpha Mate Rejected my Divine Pregnancy : Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

Lila’s POV I liked catching him off guard. It wasn't often I got to see the great Alpha Dante fumble for words, and I intended to enjoy every second of it."I could tell the moment you agreed to this," I said, leaning back slightly in my chair. "You've had that look all evening, the one where you're calculating something in the back of your mind. This whole date was a well-dressed excuse to find out what I can do.""That's not entirely…" he started, and I waved a hand to cut him off before he could talk himself into a lie."Don't. It's fine. I already knew, so there's no point pretending otherwise."He was quiet for a moment, studying me across the table, and then he reached over and took my hand, his thumb brushing lightly over my knuckles."You're right," he admitted. "I wanted to know more about what you can do. But that's not the only reason I asked you here. I wanted this too. The date, not just the answers."He's telling the truth, Eryndra murmured, quiet and certain. I can fee

Lila's POVHe pressed a kiss to my cheek before he left, brief and warm, the same spot his mouth had touched days ago when everything between us started shifting into something I still didn't have a name for."Be up early tomorrow," he said. "There's a council meeting. I'd like you there.""I'll be ready."He nodded once, something soft still lingering in his expression, and then he was gone, his footsteps fading down the hall until the quiet swallowed them completely.I stood there for a long moment, my hand pressed against the spot he'd kissed, my thoughts a tangled mess I didn't know how to untangle.Well, Eryndra said finally, breaking the silence in my head. That was quite a night."Don't start," I muttered under my breath, finally moving toward my room.I'm only saying, you could try being honest with him. With yourself, even."It's not that simple."Isn't it? She sounded amused now, which only irritated me further. You've spent this whole evening dancing around what you feel, w

Lila’s POV The meeting droned on around me, voices discussing supply lines and troop rotations, but none of it managed to hold my attention for long. My mind kept slipping between two things, the sting of watching my idea dismissed so easily in front of the entire council, and the lingering weight of that dream, Ash's face this morning, the certainty in his voice that unsettled me more than I wanted to admit.I didn't even register the meeting ending until chairs scraped back around me and people began filing out.I stood quickly, gathering myself enough to slip toward the door before anyone could stop me and ask what had me so distracted, but Dante's voice cut across the emptying room before I made it halfway there."Lila."I kept walking, pretending I hadn't heard him clearly. "I have to check on the twins.""Lila." His hand caught my arm gently before I could reach the door, turning me back to face him. "What's wrong? You've been somewhere else for the last hour.""Nothing's wrong

Lila’s POV I jerked awake gasping, tears already streaming down my face before I even understood where I was. The ceiling above me looked familiar, my own room, my own bed, but my chest still ached with a phantom pain I couldn't shake, the memory of that battlefield clinging to me like smoke that refused to clear."Eryndra," I whispered, my voice cracking.I'm here, she said gently, none of her usual teasing left in her tone. You're safe. Breathe."That wasn't a dream, was it." It wasn't really a question. I already knew the answer somewhere deep in my chest, the same place still throbbing with the memory of dying.I don't know what it was, she admitted. A vision, perhaps. Something the Goddess showed you. But visions are rarely simple, Lila. They don't always show exactly what will happen. Sometimes they show what could happen. Sometimes they show what must be avoided."It felt so real." I pressed a hand to my chest, half expecting to find a wound there. "I felt myself die. I felt i

Dante’s POV I stood at the edge of the training field, arms crossed, watching my soldiers move through their drills with the kind of precision I'd demanded since the reports of Ridgemont and Hollow Creek first reached me. They were sharper than they'd been weeks ago, faster, more disciplined, and something in me eased slightly at the sight of it, even if it wasn't enough to fully settle the unease that had been sitting in my chest since the council chamber."They're coming along well," the army commander said, falling into step beside me as he approached, a stack of reports tucked under one arm. "Still a few weak points in the eastern flank formations, but nothing we can't correct with another week of drills.""Show me."He walked me through the reports, pointing out gaps in coordination during the mock skirmishes, soldiers who hesitated a half second too long when switching formations, weaknesses that could mean the difference between holding a line and losing it entirely against an