บททั้งหมดของ Not His Destiny : บทที่ 51 - บทที่ 60

When Dante returns later, I’m so pissed my blood is boiling. He ignores me and goes into his parents’ room to talk to them. I’m fuming on the stairs, ready to launch into a well thought and firm speech I worked over while arranging furniture and unpacking boxes. I am not going to tolerate his use of pheromones to control me any longer. If I let it go, it will turn into a habit. I am going to stand my ground right now and put an end to it.As he passes me the words dry up from my head and leaves me blank, blinking at nothing. Dante smells weird. I sniff the air, trying to figure out what’s wrong. He doesn't smell like anything. That's the problem. There is no powerful aura or pheromones leaking out of him.It takes me a second to remember the only thing that could remove his scent like this. A scent blocker. Dante is wearing one of those scent blockers. I’ve never actually seen one. It’s way too expensive for a rogue to even get near, but I’ve heard of rogues using them to block the

The day grows brighter. People start filling the streets, and still no Lia. I worry Mom might wake up and disappear too, so I send Elvira back to take care of her while Dante and I search everywhere. My worry has turned into full-blown panic as I shout her name, running ahead of Dante. He uses his heightened senses to track her, but he can’t catch enough of her scent to pinpoint the direction she went. With more people coming out, her scent will only get harder to isolate. “Lia!” I call, running and snapping my head left and right, trying to spot her behind the houses. Surely if she hears my voice, she’ll answer. Unlike the Puremoon pack lands, there’s no forest behind or around us, just buildings, houses, and more cars than I’m used to seeing. Since the land is still under construction, there are piles of building materials, tarp covers stretched over structures, and open foundations with damp red soil. There’s also a lake Dante said cuts across the land, separating it from the w

Dante hurries past me to Lia and checks on her. “She must have spent too long in the water,” he says quickly, lifting Lia into his arms. “Let’s take her to the hospital.” He rushes past me, but it’s like I can’t really see or hear him. I’m stuck on the sound of Lia admitting she’s pregnant.But how? My mind spins. She isn’t turned yet. She doesn’t have heat yet. I thought only turned wolves could get pregnant. I thought without heat, young wolves don’t feel sexual desire. Did Alberto force himself on her? No… she said she got pregnant. The smell of perfume on her, the weird behavior, it suddenly makes more sense. But how could she be– “Cici!” Dante yells my name, already across the lake. “Let’s go.”I hurry past Alberto, then stop. “You better shut up about all this nonsense,” I snap, because I know this bastard cannot love her. He has a fated mate, who already has a child for him. He cannot say that. “I don’t ever want to lay eyes on you again.”With that, I rush after Dante, and

No one else knows about Lia’s pregnancy, so the smart thing is to keep it hidden for as long as we can, especially the truth about who the father is. Everyone in the Red Fang pack already hates us and wants nothing to do with my family. If it becomes known that the father is Alberto, a mated wolf who already has a fated mate, a fated bond, I can’t even imagine what they would do to Lia.“You will go to school as usual,” I tell Lia three days later. Mom, Elvira, and I stand in the room together while Lia stays in bed. She hasn’t gotten up since coming back from the hospital. She barely eats, and I know it’s not the pregnancy, it’s her own feelings tearing her apart. She needs to get out, live her life like normal, like nothing has changed.“I don’t understand,” Lia says, looking from me to Mom, then Elvira, and back again. “How can I go to school like this?”“You’re not showing yet,” Elvira says. She shifts, planting one hand on her waist. “Honestly, it’s still early enough to get rid

The school’s principal is female, the Luna of a pack that lives on the Dancotta, Dante’s former land and likely once his ally. She smiles at the sight of Dante, and they shake hands like old friends. She’s shorter than me, with curly brown hair cut to her neck, and her warm smile gives me the impression of a confident, genuinely kind person.“It’s nice to see you, Alpha Dante,” she says, then her eyes drift to me. Elvira and Lia are waiting outside.“And you must be Cici, Dante’s chosen mate.” She studies me. “You’re gorgeous, no wonder he’s rejecting his fated mate.”My cheeks heat up. I take her hand and shake it. First time someone in a pack complimented me. It feels good. “Thanks for allowing my sisters to attend your school,” I say.“It’s no problem at all. Dante is like a brother to me,” she says, shooting him a look that makes him smirk. “I’ve always known he was stubborn, but to outright reject your fated mate? Never heard of in history.”The topic knots my stomach. Dante has