The Pursued (The Breeding Prophecy) by Alexx Andria Read Free Book Online Page B

“I couldn’t just let the situation work itself out on its own. I came here to Tieran to enlist his help in finding you. We were mobilizing when you appeared on your own.”
    “That’s me. Impatient to the core. I couldn’t even wait to be rescued,” she quipped. “But to be fair, you guys were taking your sweet time.”
    “We were moving as swiftly as possible,” Cristophe said. “But there were…complications.”
    “Such as?”
    “ Well, Tieran wasn’t all that eager to find you.”
    Ouch . That hurt. But she forced a smile as if Cristophe’s statement hadn’t punctured her deep inside. “ Well, that’s not very Prince Charming of him to not want to rescue the damsel in distress.”
    “Yes, well, Jandin and Koris were quite vocal in their opposition of his slow to act position.”
    She smiled warmly at the twins’ loyalty but even as they were hot as hell and built like semi trucks, she felt nothing more than brotherly affection for them, which was a tragedy because she had a feeling a life with those two would’ve been decidedly easier than one with the hard-hearted Alpha Tieran. And yet…when she thought of Tieran, her palms began to sweat and little flutters heated up her insides, which told her she had a snowball’s chance in hell of forcing her heart to want anyone else.
    Particularly now that she was growing his bambino in her belly.
    And apparently, the little bundle growing beneath her heart, was one helluva binding force for them both . There were times when Tieran simply couldn’t deny himself any longer and he would burst into her room, eyes blazing and muscles taut, and Cassandra knew he was going to fuck her raw. Just thinking about being with Tieran was enough to send her heart racing and her core to heat. They were epic together. Until it was all over. Then, Tieran would retreat and leave her coldly behind.
    “Do werewolves get more than one mate?” she asked, unable to help herself.
    “The werewolves mate for life with one true mate .”
    Cassandra swallowed, accepting Cristophe’s answer. Was she Tieran’s true mate or was Serra? To see how torn up he was over losing Serra, Cassandra would have to say that yes, Serra had been The One. But then, it was hard to imagine that he’d shared the kind of epic sex he and Cassandra had together with anyone other than his mate. Too many questions made her head spin. She suspected Tieran was faced with the same questions, which was probably why he was being such a royal jerk all the time. Cristophe had left her with that final thought and Cassandra had obsessed on it since.
    To be honest , Cassandra was getting tired of Tieran’s routine. Yeah, so he had to give up h is girlfriend, Serra. Well, she’d had to give up her damn life for this prophecy. And now she was likely going to get stretch marks, too. In Cassandra’s estimation, they were equal in the misery department.
    The door opened and Cassandra expected to see Tieran but was surprised to see the seer, Iona, walk in. The petite nature of the woman belied the power that rippled from her aura. No one knew how old Iona was —   Cassandra had asked around after meeting the grizzled woman for the first time when she’d fainted after experiencing a vision of her two babies in the womb —   but Cassandra was fairly certain, she was at least one hundred years old if she was a day .
    Cassandra tried to hide her disappointment but it must’ve been plainly written across her face as Iona laughed and said, “Not the person you were hoping for? Has your heart softened toward Tieran?”
    Cassandra’s gaze narrowed. Had she softened toward the biggest prick she’d ever met since Rory McAdams, the same guy who pointed out to the entire cafeteria that a bird had crapped on her head? Um, no. “He was supposed to bring me food. I’m starving. I wouldn’t care i f it were the devil walking through that door as long as he held a sandwich in his hands.”
    “Be careful with your words.