Beauty and The Beta (Bailey)

Chapter 0248

| had worked tirelessly on the car. But nothing | did seemed to make a difference. Fuck knows what was wrong

with it. | was increasingly aware of the rogues lingering, but | did nothing to anger them, knowing that with the

number that were known to be in this area, | stood no hope of protecting the girls if they were to turn on us. It

was best to continue with trying to fix the car and hope they went on their way, leaving us alone. That was what

we needed...

The moment Morgan stepped from the car my wolf was going wild with apprehension. He knew it was not good.

If the rogues got the scent of the girls, they were more likely to ccloser... more likely to attack. That was

why | had intentionally spilled sof the fuel from the can on the edge of the road to confuse their senses. The

strong sense of car fuel was overwhelming for their noses, and | had hoped it would detract from the

overpowering scent of the she-wolves.

Rogues do not always have many she-wolves around, putting females more at risk when around them. I did not

know what they might do knowing the girls were here. | understood the girls were restless. They wanted to get

home, and so did I. | had tried persistently to mindlink, but where we were was a dead spot, for both phones and

my mindlink. Just slightly too far out of the range of our pack link. | needed back up... | knew that. | needed

Asher. He would never forgiveif something were to happen to Bailey. Damn, | don't think | could forgive

myself. That girl had been through so much already, | did not need to be the reason she cto further harm.

And | would be beyond forgiveness if anything were to happen to my mate. The moment the wolves surrounded

us, | knew we were fucked. There were more of them than | realized when | had looked up. They seemed to come

from everywhere, and they were looking at us with purpose. Bailey's suggestion of shifting and running back to

pack was our only hope now. We had no other option. But, it was not going to be straight forward. Not with a

bunch of fucking rabid rogues on our asses, desperate to get to us... desperate to get their filthy claws into us...

or what was probably more likely was get their claws into the girls.

As we shifted and began to run, | could only hope the girls did as | asked and stuck together. We needed to stick

together to give ourselves the strongest chance. If we didn't, then the wolves would decimate us, of that | was

certain. And the moment we began picking up speed, the wolves worked to target us individually. Them working

in smaller groups to separate us. My gut was instantly to protect Morgan as a wolf flew at me, my wolf biting into

the flesh of the flank of a wolf coming at me... the metallic taste of blood filling my mouth...

A loud whimper from Morgan's wolf as one of the wolves targeting her dragged her down caused my wolf to

growl deeply, somehow givingan additional surge of strength to pounce forward, getting to my mate,

dragging the wolf upon her away. Teeth deep in his neck as | snapped it. Only as | looked up did | realize Bailey's

wolf was nowhere to be seen. In the mayhem that had been occurring she seemed to have fled, and the other

wolves were retreating. | could only hope she had managed to escape them. But a sinking feeling lingered in my

gut, with a question hanging in my mind: Had they specifically been targeting Bailey?!

‘Morgan? You okay? We need to get to pack. Get help.' | mindlinked her, knowing we can't mindlink Bailey as she

doesn't yet share our mindlink. | only wish Eden and Caleb had considered this earlier. Considered the need to

keep her safe while she was in the pack, and made her part of her pack, if only a temporary one. Asher's

suggestion made so much sense. That fucker of a former fated mate of hers was poison, and the more | think of

it, the more | realized this whole thing reeked of him. He had likely found a way to enlist rogues to help him. He

was evil enough. Fuck, he likely controlled rogues, he was that fucked up...

"Yeah. | will be okay. Mimi is injured, | think, but she will be okay. Con." Morgan's wolf twists herself back to

standing, and | can see a large wound down her left side. Blooding weeping out. My wolf quickly rushed forward

to lick along the wound to assist in it's healing, knowing a mate's saliva helped in that, as we made our way back

to the pack. Knowing Morgan needed treatment, and in the knowledge that within pack we had back up. We

could get the help there we so desperately needed to ensure Bailey was safe too.

The run to pack felt like an eternity, all the while keeping a close eye out for Bailey. So desperate to find her, but

there was no sight. Asher was going to be so angry with me!

As we got a little closer to the pack | knew my mindlink would work, but at the st| was more than a little

tentative in telling him what had happened... he would never forgive me... no, | needed to do this.

‘Ash?’

'Are you home? | have been waiting all fucking day! Where are you, so | can meet you?' Asher's voice sounded

so excited even through the link, | knew now | was about to break his heart.

'Ash, | am sorry... 'l began.

‘No. No." Asher interrupted. 'Do not tellshe is dead Marc. | cannot lose another.’ His voice is trembling.

'No." I told him abruptly. 'But we have been attacked. She is trying to evade the rogues in the forest near the

pack. The car broke down and they cfokus. | tried to protect the girls. Told them to stick together, but I think

she bolted as they cfor her | have tried to find her, don't know where she is. But, the way they retreated

from us tellsthis was not a normal rogue attack. This was planned, Ash. | think he arranged it."

'Fuck no. I am on my way. | will get more warriors. And with that he was gone. | could only hope we could

find her. could never live with myself if Bailey were to cto any harmThe thing is, if this was arranged by

Miles, | don't think he would want her dead. He would have her returned to him, and then her life

might as well be over. We needed to act fast.

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