Beauty and The Beta (Bailey)

Chapter 0252

His later nights within the office seemed to have been reduced, and now I cannot help but wonder if that was to give him time with the beautiful Bailey. After all, they were both residing in the packhouse together. Had they become close, and now he had allowed himself to open his heart to another, she was so close to being cruelly ripped from him? No. I cannot allow that to happen. Not after the pain losing Isla had caused him.

‘Thor, we need to find that girl. For Ash. Now!!’ I ordered my wolf. Determination rushed through me, which my wolf had to have sensed as his pace only seemed to have picked up.

‘I know, dumbass.’ He grumbled, like he did not appreciate my snappiness. But I was so desperate now to find her. And the more our wolves scooted between the many trees within the darkness of the forest, there seemed to be no trace of Bailey. Was Marc sure it was here she had headed? My mind filled with the possibilities of what the rogues could have done to the poor girl if they had singled her out to get her alone, and it was not pleasant... if Asher's theory was right, and they had been sent by her former mate to kidnap her, we may stand no chance of finding her...

‘I think they may have already got her, Cal.’ Asher linked, and I could already detect the defeated tone to his link. No, we could not give up. We had to continue to look. She still had to be here. She was a strong wolf. I had seen her running a number of times, early in the morning before work. Eden said she trained twice a day too, though with a Beta for a father that did not surprise me.

‘No. Do not think like that. We will find her. Warriors are out too, right?’ I questioned, knowing he would have sent them, and already able to detect their scent in the forest ahead of us. © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

‘Yes. But why can we not find her?’ he grumbled. He was slowly losing hope. But I knew why. Isla had been his everything and when he lost her it had changed Asher forever. The happy, go-lucky, and carefree guy I had grown up with was gone. The joker of the pack left with his mate. He changed overnight, and it hurt me to see that change. Only through support and the inner-strength

of Asher nd his wolf did he survive. But, I truly do not think he could survive it again. Not when it had taken him so long to even contemplate opening his heart to another.

Suddenly, Thor skidded to a halt, his nose was in the air, and as he tilted his head to the side, I could catch a glimpse of Zion at his side doing the same. They had detected something…

And soon they were off again, at a slower pace, noses down, side by side. As close as brothers, like Asher and me… and as they turned the corner there was a bloodied Bailey laid on the forest floor. With not a rogue in sight. Which made no sense with regard to Asher’s theory, something clearly panicked them… or did they break their allegiance to the upcoming Alpha? But right now that was irrelevant, we needed to help Bailey… And Asher had already shifted, and was on his knees next to the wounded body of the woman he loved, tears in his eyes…