Beauty and The Beta (Bailey)

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Chapter 31 Ellis

I had been looking for this girl all day. She was like hunting for f**g gold. I thought I had found her when I got told by the doctors she had arrived at the hospital, but by the time I had got away from Miles and reached the hospital, Harley’s parents told me she had left. Telling them she needed some time because she was struggling. Struggling with what exactly I am not sure. I am sure as hell that his parents were struggling a whole lot more. Their son mauled by my older brother to within an inch of his life… not that they knew that part of the story… oh no. I was under strict orders to depict a tale of a rogue attack. Us having been on a run together and finding him. In truth, Miles would not tell me what he was doing there, likely running off his temper like he so often did. His temper was beyond control at the best of times. But, I had been out for my usual training run, and had caught the scent of blood. It wasn’t a small amount either, making me concerned, because neither me nor my wolf could dismiss that as injured prey and continue on with our run like we truly wanted to. Integrity won over and made us go and investigate to find my brother’s wolf, Jet, ripping into the warrior guy. A guy I now know is called Harley. The moment I yelled his name, he oddly retreated like he didn’t expect to be caught in what he was doing, and he ran off for the trees. The blood… was everywhere… his injuries were h**d**s… worse than I have ever seen before… though I have never been in war myself… his clothes were torn, deep wounds littered his body… bites across his body… I was terrified Miles had already killed him… but I had to help. So, I scooped him up in my arms, my wolf pushing forward to lend me his strength, and we ran toward the hospital. Linking forward to allow them to prepare for his arrival. I could see smaller wounds were closing, but the larger ones I think were simply too much for his wolf to heal with the amount of blood he was losing. This guy was close to death. Of that there was no doubt. But, what I didn’t understand was why my brother would attack one of our own pack. He was meant to reign that temper in. Our Dad had told him he could attack rogues if he felt the need to take his temper out on anything larger than small prey… had he mistaken him for a rogue? Yet he

roared through the link. ‘He deserved to die. You had no right in interfering.’ Interfering? How was I interfering? Was I not doing the decent thing and saving the warrior’s life? No man deserved to die at the hands of their Alpha for no reason. And, if I discover there was a logical reason for him to be punished, then he can be punished in an appropriate way when he is healed. If he can be healed… of course. Because the amount of blood that seemed to be leaking over me, was worryingly large. ‘He needed help. He is dying. I am taking him to the hospital. I told him bluntly. ‘Well, you tell them it was a rogue attack. Do you hear me?’ he was not with me, the attem Chapter 31 Elis power over nie, being the next in line. He was trying make me do what he wanted. Trying to make me lie on his behalf. He knew he had done wrong. You want

he ever going to rule as Alpha if this is how he reacts to things? ‘He questioned you? And that was all?’ I linked in disbelief. ‘He has been with Bailey. And he implied I was lying about there being no matebond. He knew of our matebond. Knew I rejected her. He needed to go. His eyes look like pits of fire right now, as he stares at me. He seemed to think everything he did was more than reasonable. But, his words sunk in, he said he rejected her. That was different to what he had originally told me. He said she had rejected him. He had lied? My mind whirled with possibilities. He wasn’t focused on his words here, so chances are he was saying the things that first came to mind, making them more likely to be the truth. He had blamed Bailey back then to take the heat off him. ‘You almost killed him because of Bailey?’ I asked. I was surprised when I learned she had been his fated mate. I was shocked then that she had rejected him, but I am even more shocked now that Miles had rejected his own fated mate. Having met my fated mate, Hazel, I know the draw to them is something so strong once your wolf is there that it would be difficult to fight. How he had been able to torture her the way he had. Keeping her hanging on for a year, and seeing her around pack and not wanting her desperately made no sense to me. He had laughed with me so many times, telling me tales. of the things he had done to get to her, like he gained some sort of sick pleasure

if you could see anything. Make it seem more believable.” I explained, hating myself even more, for the lies I had helped my brother create. I did not like the man he was becoming. And in truth, I think I feared for the pack under his control. It was at that point I realized I needed to go and speak to Bailey, which was where my hunt for her had come in. I had misjudged her, because, of the things Miles had said. And, I owe her an apology. But, not only that, I needed to talk about this with her. I needed her opinion on it. I cannot hide this for my brother, even if it means putting my own life at risk, our pack deserves better than this. He is a danger to himself and to the others around us. But, I know I cannot do this alone. Miles harassed me non-stop about keeping my mouth shut. Threatening me with so many things. Including ejecting me from the pack the moment he became Alpha, so I was made a rogue if I so much as breathed a word of this. Though he also tried to use the