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Chapter 22 - No Options
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Ellie ScottA new update - let me know your thoughts. Poor Eric has some explaining to do. Thank you for all your support for this story! I have been travelling for work this week, but will be back on track for posting by the end of this week. Ellie xo
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Eric POV I had cringed internally when I had threatened Julia. I never wanted to do that to her, but I realized if I did not tell her bluntly that she was stuck here, she would have tried walking back to the city. And with the rogues that surround the kingdom, that would be tragic for all of us. I moved forwards, hearing her quiet footsteps behind me. They lacked confidence, like she was afraid to take a wrong step. I turned around, extending my hand to her, which she continued to ignore. Before I turned back, I noticed she was looking flushed again. “How are you feeling?” I asked. “Fine,” Julia replied coldly. I knew she was not fine. There was something wrong with her. “Why didn’t you tell me your birthday was today?” I asked her. “It did not seem overly important given everything that has been happening,” she replied. She paused for a moment, bending slightly as if she were experiencing pain. I took a
Rejecting the Prince's Mate Chapter 24 - Answers
Julia POV My heart hurt, my stomach was twisting with what I had just heard. I could not understand what was happening. How could he not know she could have been pregnant? I could not stay here, I thought to myself, this hurt too much. There were too many questions and no answers. I walked over to the bed and laid down, pulling the inviting blanket over my chilled body. Feeling warmth roll over my body, I fell into a fitful sleep. So many things racing through my mind. Louise and Eric, Eric and me, wolves, Louise pregnant with Eric standing beside her. That last part of the dream caused me to wake suddenly with a gasp. I opened my eyes looking around the darkened room. I reached over and turned the light on the nightstand on. As I looked around the room, I screamed as I saw a figure off in the corner. Standing, the man walked over to me. Eric. “What the hell are you doing in here?” I asked grabbing my chest.
Rejecting the Prince's Mate Chapter 25 - The Shift
Julia POV I felt Eric pick me up and carry me bridal style out the hospital room door. As my body started to stiffen, Eric ran out the Pack hospital doors and towards the forest. “Please do not leave me,” I managed to mumble as I tried to breathe through the pain that was now encompassing my body. “I will not leave you,” Eric promised me as he reached a clearing. My body stiffened straight as a board in Eric’s arms forcing him to lay me on the ground. He kneeled beside me, “Just breathe, Julia; just breathe,” he kept murmuring as he kept trying to touch me. I tried to breathe, but all I could focus on was the pain. “Hold her in your arms,” I heard the doctor say. Eric picked my rigid body up as best he could. As he did, I felt a calming cross over me. “It is helping to ease her pain,” the doctor murmured, as he checked my vitals. “Why is this happening?” I heard Eric ask to the doctor. “I do not know. I do not know how we
Rejecting the Prince's Mate Chapter 26 - Fight
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Rejecting the Prince's Mate Chapter 27 - Mine!
Julia POV “Eric!” I screamed as he went down hard. I turned helplessly and saw men racing towards us. I was terrified. Were they the good guys? I had to trust they were. “Help him!” I yelled, as they moved around me and raced Eric towards the hospital. I do not know how, but I kept up with the men, “Eric, do not leave me,” I kept chanting, hoping he could hear me. We raced into the hospital and as we walked in, the Queen and King were waiting, “What happened?” the Queen demanded of me. “I do not know. We fought off wolves, and were walking back here when he passed out,” I said staring at his body as they dragged him away from me. “You fought off wolves?” the Queen stuttered looking at me. “I know,” I said to her turning away and moving to sit in a chair. Suddenly everything I had learned tonight hit me. Wolves were real. I was a wolf. I was real. Eric was real. Yet it was all surreal. The Queen moved closer to me, “
Rejecting the Prince's Mate Chapter 28 - Marked
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Rejecting the Prince's Mate Chapter 29 - Awake?
Julia POV “What’s happening?” I cried out demanding to know what was wrong. All I got was being pushed out of the room by the nurse, with a growl. “Did you just growl at me?!?” I shouted slapping my hand on the door when it was shut in my face. Elizabeth came up to me, “What happened?” she asked gently. “I marked him, like you told me to. I waited a moment and then the machines went crazy,” I said as tears of frustration filled my eyes. “I am sure he is fine,” Elizabeth said, before I continued, “And then that nurse growled at me!” I declared still pissed off and confused by that. “Who growled at you?” Carter asked cautiously. I realized I was being childish, but I was distraught. “A nurse who pushed me from the room,” I said before looking at the closed door. “Nobody shuts a mate out of the room,” Elizabeth said as she stepped around me. “It is alright; I just want them to help him,” I said as Elizabeth wa
Rejecting the Prince's Mate Chapter 30 - Misunderstanding
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Rejecting the Prince's Mate Chapter 87 - Gone
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Rejecting the Prince's Mate Chapter 82 - Ultimatum
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Rejecting the Prince's Mate Chapter 81 - Demands
Eric POV “Will you stay with Lincoln, or will you come home with me?” I asked Julia. I waited, nervously, for her to reply. What was likely seconds seemed like forever, “Wherever you are is home for me,” she replied moving into my arms. “I love you so much, sweetheart,” I said to her. She looked up at me with her beautiful eyes, “I love you more,” she replied with a smile. I held her in my arms, happy that we had found a way forward. A plan to start with. “Let’s go and discuss our plans with Lincoln,” I suggested to Julia. She nodded, standing up and walking towards the washroom. She glanced back at me, “Shower first?” she teased as she raced to the washroom with me in hot pursuit. Later … much later … we were walking towards the dining area where Julia usually joined Lincoln and Laura. As we rounded the corner, we saw Lincoln and Laura in what seemed to be a tense conversation. As Laura saw us, she had a tentative smile.
Rejecting the Prince's Mate Chapter 80 - Connecting
Julia POV I laid in bed, feeling warm and cozy. I had the best rest and could only breathe in the scent of my mate. I must have been having a good dream to have his scent so strong surrounding me. I stretched out and then paused feeling an arm holding me close to their body. I screamed, and bounced off the bed, startling whoever had been holding me. I cleared my eyes and looked in shock as Eric looked back at me, confused with my reaction. “Eric?” I whispered, before I recognized he was in front of me, “Eric!” I squealed as I jumped back into bed and into his waiting arms. I kissed him all over his face, before landing on his smiling mouth. He had been laughing, but immediately captured my attention as his tongue slid into my mouth. I moved closer so I was straddling his body, his hardness awakening and pushing against my core. “When did you get here?” I asked, moving my head back slightly. “A while ago, I
