My Lycan Mate of Suicide Forest

Chapter 335  Selah's Backstory 2

"Okay, obviously something is going on that you are not telling me," Selah groaned. "Just tell me what it is so I can help."

"What makes you say that?" Graeme asked, brows furrowed. Was he that bad of an actor?

"Because you are not nearly enraged enough to have just lost your mate, and you two keep exchanging these weird looks. Something is going on. And I get it! You aren't going to surprise me with whatever it is, okay? You have no idea the kind of shit I have seen both in the portal and outside of it," she explained. "When a vampire gets involved, much less alyko of varying capabilities, things get wonky. But I can't fully help you if you don't tell me what it is."

Graeme and Sam exchanged another look, and Selah rolled her eyes.

"Okay," Graeme relented. "You're right. I… I can't remember anything," he groaned, raking a hand down his face. "I can feel her. I know August is my mate, but I can't remember anything that has happened within the last two months or so."

"And…" Sam began, nodding to Graeme to indicate that he thought it was best to tell her everything.

Graeme's eyebrows shot up. Really? He needed to tell her everything? Selah looked between the two males, waiting for the rest.

"And August is pregnant," Graeme reluctantly finished. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Selah gripped her pant legs beneath the desk, trying to hide the tension that shot through her with that information.

"Okay," she nodded, giving them both a hopeful look. "Well my guess is that there is a memory enchantment on you," she told Graeme. "An enchantment like that would have been created by an alyko, possibly my mom, and that we can break no problem—especially if you are so accepting of the fact that there are significant memories you have lost. That is a good sign."

Graeme's expression visibly relaxed.

"Well that's great to know," Sam confirmed from beside them.

"And the pregnancy?" Graeme asked, eyes squinting slightly as if he was awaiting horrible news.

"Well," Selah sighed, eyes darting around the room as she thought about how many challenges her mother had faced. And her mother had her own private residence, her own mostly private life. She was trusted by Zagan, and that is why she had succeeded in having two babies that he didn't even know about. "August is a Luna, which means her body will hide the pregnancy better than most."

Graeme grunted his knowledge and approval of that hopeful fact.

"That and the time effects of the portal mean everything should be fine until we get her back. As long as Zagan doesn't drink her blood," she added.

Selah watched as Graeme closed his eyes and then looked down into his lap, hiding the emotions that the thought caused. There was a possibility that this undead creature would drink his mate's blood and find out about the baby, and then they would both be at risk of who knows what. What the hell kind of story had his life become? He had to stop this. His future was not going to be defined by the whims of a fucking vampire. The past may be something he couldn't control, but the present and future sure were. And he wasn't going to lose a mate or a pup or anyone else to this creature.

"How did you sneak in to retrieve the pup you brought back to us?" he asked, his voice taking on a cold, emotionless quality as his brain went into plotting mode.

"My mother created a back door for me—a portal to use when I want to visit her so I won't be caught," she told him.

"And who is your father?" he asked, piercing her with his questioning eyes. If they were going to trust her, they needed to know more about this backstory of hers. Was Zagan her father? Was it even possible for vampires to breed? Because if she was his child, that was going to be an issue.

"A lycan there. One of his lycans," she said it like a whisper.

"Who?" he repeated. "And does he know about you?"

Selah's mouth twitched, almost forming an embarrassed smile before it vanished.

"No, he doesn't know. She wasn't sure she could trust him," she admitted. "It's different for alyko, you know? Even when you find someone… there are no mate bonds to cement it or to ensure your awareness of your partner's feelings. And this male serves Zagan, so… No, he doesn't know."

"Even after Sage was born?" Sam frowned his disapproval. This male should know about his pups, and if he couldn't be trusted, then why did she continue to mate with him?

"Look, I know what you're thinking. But you have to try to understand, she has been alone there for years… years! And they love each other. The only reason she is still there and has agreed to help Zagan at all is because Zagan knows about how she feels and has threatened to kill him if she doesn't cooperate," Selah exclaimed.

"What's his name? Your father?" Graeme asked again.

"His name is Seth," she sighed. "He is Zagan's second-in-command."

"Second-in-command?" Sam's eyebrows shot up. This fact was something they could potentially exploit. "Maybe it's time for Seth to know about you and your brother."

"No," she scoffed. "No, that is not a good idea."

"It could help your brother, Selah. And it could help us," Sam explained.

"Or it could get my brother killed. At the very least, it could get Seth killed if he decides that he might actually care," she told them.

These were all things her mother had already thought about, and as much as she hated her mom's choices, she trusted her judgment about the males on that island. Because Selah knew nothing about them. She had not ever even seen her father. Her mother insisted she stay far away from any lycans on the island lest she be scented and found out.