#Chapter 179 - Bastien Makes a Choice

Bastien “You bitch.” I growl, glaring at Arabella. Without my full memory, I can’t begin to fathom why she is doing this, but it’s clear now Arabella is not my friend. The only reason she’s even still standing is because she has my mate, and I don’t have the first idea how to find her in this strange city. “Ouch, Bastien!” She pretends to pout, “You’ll hurt my feelings with talk like that.” “Where is she?” I demand, “why are you doing this?” Axel is seething in my chest, begging me to let him out so he can put an end to this woman. It all feels impossibly strange. A few days ago I still saw Bella as Flynn’s understandably flawed little sister, now years worth of memories have reappeared in my mind all at once, and I’m seeing her more and more as an unforgivable villain. “You know I don’t remember much about my mother,” she tells me, “but I’ve always remembered her telling me that some men needed a little bit of extra encouragement to get down the aisle. I guess what they say is