Beauty and The Beta (Bailey)

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Chapter 65-Jordan Life at home could not be more perfect. Waking up to the most. beautiful of mates each and every day was sheer heaven. Wearing her mark upon my neck, showing the world that I was hers… and her wearing mine, to show the world she was mine… made for one another. I would happily spend every day in our new home. But, things within the pack were unsettled. News. had spread that Miles had been sent away. Sent to treatment. for his anger as well as for additional training, for if he were to become Alpha. Though the official line for pack members is that he is gaining additional Alpha training. Wanting to be the best Alpha he can be… Ha. I don’t think there was a good Alpha in him anymore. I am not certain there ever was. It was only in recent weeks I had seen the truth. And the clearer it had become. How I had never seen it before, I honestly don’t know. I think perhaps a small part of me was swept away by it all… in him… in his power… the aura of him… he certainly had that ability. So many of our pack idolized him. Power had gone to his head. And it had changed him for the worse. Thankfully, my Uncle, our current Alpha, had listened to all we had to say, though I do think the fact his own son, Miles’s brother, being there had helped massively. He had gone home, thought it all through, spoken about it all with his wife and come back to discuss it all with us. They had decided Miles needed to seek treatment. Saying his anger was out of control. While I agree, to some degree, in my opinion, that has always be . an issue. And, I am not sure if I 11:09 could ever see that changing. I think the power of being an Alpha was what fed the anger and nastiness within him. But, they wanted him to gain this treatment and seek a mate. Oddly, my Uncle had even asked my Dad if he thought Bailey would consider returning home to take Miles as her fated mate like fate had planned. Saying she was made for Miles. That they could be perfect to run the pack together. Desperately trying to convince my Dad how wonderful it could be to have their children mated… My Mum had told me all hell had broken loose, and my Dad was ready to kill my Uncle when he suggested that. So, needless to say, that idea was quickly scrapped, which was definitely for the

better. And there would have been no way in hell that Bailey would have agreed to that anyway… I thought when Alpha Marshall had mentioned it in the office he would have realized it was a no-go. But, evidently not. So, they had decided Miles would be seeking a chosen mate, and all I could say, was goddess help any woman mated to him. For he did not know how to think of anyone but himself. And he did not do being faithful. I knew from the many times he had a girlfriend through the years, he would still go out and seek women to hook up with on the side. So, if my Aunt and Uncle truly thought finding a mate would settle him down, they were mistaken I think… I had been summoned to the office by my Uncle, so I had left my mate at home, and was walking through the pack now. The early morning sunshine did nothing to brighten my mood. I was sure the pack members knew something was not right within the pack, but were too afraid to ask. As I crossed the road, Ellis came into view. I knew he too was settling into life with his new 11.00 2 Vouchers mate, and he seemed happy, as I did. Strange how meeting your fated mate can have such an impact on you. Yet, having met Gia and experiencing this myself, this puzzled me, as discovering Bailey was his mate had never changed Miles, not in the slightest… “Hey Jordan!” Ellis greeted me with a smile. “Hey.” “You off to the packhouse?” he asked, and I nodded in agreement. “You?” He shook his head. “No, off to say bye to my Mum. Going to Alpha training.” He rolled his eyes, like he thought it was such an inconvenience, though in some ways I imagine it would be, because it would take him away from his new mate. I raised my brows at him, this was new information. Did this mean they were now preparing for the likelihood Miles would not be a suitable Alpha after all? “Alpha training?” I asked, trying to sound nonchalant. He nodded. “Think it is a precaution they want to take. They need to have a capable Alpha to take my Dad’s place, and right now, Miles is not it, and while I could to some degree, they want me to

take the official training.” He said with a shrug, like it is nothing. But this is not nothing, this is huge. This is the second son, potentially taking the title from the first son… the next in line… The heir… Miles would go batshit crazy if he learned of this… “So, you are going to be the next Alpha?” I asked, once again 11.09 1 trying to sound as if I was making everyday conversation, not asking such a huge question. A question that could alter the future for him, my best friend and me… “Not a fucking clue, but the fact Miles is being a jackass in treatment, it is looking more likely, I would guess.” He shrugged again, like he wasn’t bothered. It was fine for him. For me, this could mean the difference between my future role as Beta. A role that I have trained for for years, to suddenly being nothing but a standard pack member… “His treatment isn’t going to plan then, I guess?” I asked, though I have to say I am not surprised. He was taken there nigh on kicking and screaming, so the fact he was fighting the treatment now he was there did not surprise me in the slightest. Ellis shook his head. “Couldn’t be further from going to plan. Fighting it with everything he has got. But, that is Miles, isn’t it? He is there and that is what we need.” I rolled my eyes. “No, what we need is him actually doing the treatment.” “He has always been this way J, you know that. I don’t think there is any fixing him. Maybe calming him a little. Finding him the mate my Mum and Dad want, pop a few pups out, and he should be okay.” “Are you having a laugh?” I exclaimed in shock. “Pop a few pups out?! You would curse a child to having him as their Dad with the way he can be right now? Especially when he is likely to be cheating on his mate, as he has yet to find a girl he can stay faithful to.” Ellis stood looking at me with his eyes wide, like he was not Chapter 65-Jordan expecting my outburst, but I didn’t care. It sounded like he was as deluded as his parents if this was

what he believed. “We need to give him some hope J.” “No, Ellis, he needs help first. Hope comes later.” I said, walking away before I end up saying something I regret.