Beauty and The Beta (Bailey)

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Chapter 68 – Jordan Only a moment ago I had been looking forward to the food hel held, now my stomach had dropped, desperately nervous about. what he wanted to talk to me about. But, I did as he asked, and followed him to sit on the sofa, waiting for him to start with whatever he wanted to discuss, but instead, he chose to torture me and began to arrange some food on plates for us both. Was he for real?! Did he not know I wanted to know what was so urgent he had called me from my bed with my mate? “So, is having your mate going well son?” he asked me with an affectionate smile. The Alpha and my Dad had been close. friends since childhood, and with my Dad being his Beta, the Alpha had always been in my life. He treated me like one of his own family. Hence, he forever referred to me as son, and me calling him Uncle. It wouldn’t seem right any other way now. “Has she settled well into the pack?” I assume the chat is not of major importance then… I nodded. “She is amazing. Can’t believe I ever managed without her.” I began, and my words made my Uncle chuckle. “I think she is settling in okay, a bit difficult to tell with things a little. unsettled. She is spending the day with my Mum today.” My Uncle nodded. “You do find yourself knocked sideways. when you meet your fated mate. It is like a section of you was lost, and it has come back. So, I fully understand you saying you wondered how you managed without her. I looked up at him, and he was smiling. The look in his eyes told. III me he was likely thinking of when he met my Auntie, our pack Luna Pheobe. I know he likely won’t appreciate me asking, but I cannot help myself. “If it feels like that, then how did Miles fight it? How could he not have felt the same things when he realized Bailey was his fated mate?” My Uncle’s face changed in an instant. Suddenly, frowning. “That I can’t tell you. I know they always clashed those two. But, I would have expected the bond to correct that to some degree. I guess the bond can’t be strong enough sometimes…” his voice fumbled a little, like he was not sure what to say. “I don’t know. Perhaps he was too young? Maybe the moon goddess made a mistake?”

shouldn’t matter, should it? And does she do that?” I asked, and again my Uncle looked uncertain. “I don’t have all the answers, son. I won’t lie to you. I never have done, and I don’t intend to start now. I hate what my boy did to your sister. I am struggling to comprehend his actions. She is the sweetest girl. No, not the usual type Miles goes for, but she is still beautiful, a natural beauty, and so intelligent. A mate to be proud of in so many ways. But his actions…” he paused momentarily, as if he was thinking. “Well, there is no excusing them. Bailey deserved so much more. She must have been in so much pain, and yet she never said a word.” “He told her not to. Threatened her. I heard her screaming at night when he was with other she- wolves before he rejected her. I thought she was having nightmares. Only when I realized what had happened did I put two and two together.” I explained, and I saw my Uncle’s face drop, like he hadn’t considered all the consequences of his son’s actions. 288 Wouchers “Jordan, I have always been honest with you, now I need you to be honest with me. Be it as your Uncle, or your Alpha. But, I need you to answer me a question. You likely know Miles better than anyone else. Do you think there is anyway back for him? Do you think he can get better?” My Uncle looked at me hopefully. My mind was full of so many thoughts in this instant. I could see the desperation within my Uncle’s eyes. He wanted there to bel hope, and who could blame him? This was his son, after all. But, if I said there was no hope, then I was basically handing over my title… Yet he had asked for my honesty… “I think it will be difficult, Uncle. The power of being an upcoming Alpha is what he craves. It scares me that when he becomes Alpha he may become even more ruthless and brutal. He could damage the pack and those in it. His anger has always been an issue since he was a child. I had hoped meeting his fated mate would calm him. You know you hear stories of that happening. That is what I had clung to as we grew up, and I saw him doing the things he did. But when I discovered he had met his fated mate, rejected her and treated her

be faithful. He has always struggled with that.” My Uncle smirked. “Yes, I know son. He isn’t the best at that. Again, that was the reason we hoped his fated mate would be a perfect fit. Because his wolf would fight him for it all. Your wolf would do anything they could to protect that bond. But, for whatever reason, Miles seems able to fight that bond. He will take a chosen mate once his treatment is taken, see if that calms him.” I nodded, not surprised they still clung to that hope, but I doubted it would make the difference they were so desperate for.

while he would prefer to replace Preston Ford as the upcoming G**a, as he doesn’t get along too well with him, he said he couldn’t think of anyone he would rather have as