“If you are going behind the back of our senior pack members it would be.” Jordan argues, and I am shocked he would report his own Dad, because that is certainly what it sounded like he was implying.
“I will be speaking to them. Do not worry your pretty little head, Jordan. It will explode if you put too many thoughts in there.” Dad says sarcastically, and while I hold back a smile, I can see the anger upon my brother’s face. He doesn’t like it when Dad patronizes him, but he likely deserves that for undermining Dad, and for all the insults he has thrown at him previously.
“So, why was she speaking to them?” Jordan’s voice was demanding now, like he felt he had a right to know what was happening.
“For fucks sake Jordan, have I not told you, this is none of your business?” Dad snaps, as we approach the pack gates.
“We are meant to be a family are we not? You want me to step up as part of the family, yet you keep secrets from me. Yeah, that works doesn’t it?” Jordan says, anger lacing his voice.
“Oh, excuse me! We are a family, are we? Yet you talk to your own father like a lump of shit. And, you want to step up? Yet you just said you are going to go running to Miles to tell tales? That is not stepping up. That is choosing sides.” Dad said before pulling up at the gate and waving at the guard at the gate, as he opened the pack gates for us.
“So you are hiding things then.” Jordan shakes his head in disgust, before turning to look at me. “You causing more shit I see Bailey. It is all you seem to do. Nothing but a fucking shame upon our family name.” he hissed. “We should have stopped you coming back after you finished studying.”
“Jordan! There is no need for that.” My Mum says, looking to me, with an uncertain look upon her face. I know she doesn’t like to discipline Jordan, she thinks he is truly wonderful. Her firstborn, not to mention the heir to the Beta role. He is good at manipulating Mum too. So, obviously she will think he is amazing.
“Oh, whatever, Jordan. Your head is so far up Miles’s ass, you wouldn’t know if things were being hidden from you, unless, of course, they were hidden up his ass. You want to know what we were doing?” I began.
“Bailey, you don’t need to do this, not until we know.” Dad interrupted.
“It is fine Dad, he thinks he is so important and needs to know it all, so let him know. We will deal with whatever comes.” I said to my Dad before looking at my brother again. “Dad wanted me to speak with them because they need a teacher. You know, someone to teach in their school. The thing I am qualified to do? The job I have been looking for since gaining my degree. So they want me to get in touch. To see if I would be suitable. Happy now?” I snapped, hating that my brother thinks this is any of his business, but knowing full well that before the end of the night this would already be reported to Miles.
“Are you fucking kidding?” Jordan says, as we pull up outside our family home. “You told me Alpha Marshall asked for you to be back in pack when your degree ended. If that is true, what makes you think it is acceptable to go outside of the pack to work? You belong to pack Bailey.”
“Excuse me? She belongs to nobody. Other than her mate when he comes along.” My Dad says bluntly, and at those words I realize I am in a deeper mess than I thought. My family are oblivious to the fact my mate had already come along. He had come along and rejected me for not being good enough. For not being the sort of she-wolf he saw as suitable to be his mate. But, is that why Miles is still trying to control me? Yet he had chosen to reject me, so didn’t that mean I was no longer his mate? My head was spinning now, because, for whatever reason, Miles seemed to be the reason I was tied to this godforsaken pack. And, the more this went on, the more I could only think that he may never let me leave…
I looked at the computer displaying the security cameras. This was becoming too much. How can one pack be expected to hold back so many rogues? Wolves from all directions. Rabid wolves… I was sure of it… Where were they all coming from? This random attack had come so unexpectedly, all the wolves had been called to fight. Sending our entire pack into turmoil. We trained for this, yet when it came to it, nobody seemed to remember a thing about the training.
‘Ash, stay back, we cannot risk you or Caleb’ my Dad mindlinked.
My Dad was the current Beta of the pack, and I know he was right, but it was an instinct to want to fight. To protect our pack. But I know why he was saying what he was. Caleb would be the next Alpha, they did not want him risking, and me, as the next Beta, was viewed in much the same way. But, that did not stop me wanting to be out there. We had to protect our people!
‘Dad, please.’ I urged him. ‘We can help.’
‘No. Alpha’s orders.’ He tells me, and I look across to Caleb, already pacing the office, where we had been instructed to wait.
“Not happening, you know that, right?” Caleb told me as he looked at me, noticing the tell-tale signs of the glazing of a mindlink had faded from my eyes.
“Why do you think I am already moving toward the door?” I grinned at him as I spoke. Neither Caleb or I had ever been good at following instructions, and we had both been keen fighters. Besides, I wanted to get this situation dealt with, I had a new mate I wanted to get home to!
Literally moments before the attack was announced, I had been getting settled in my house with my new-found mate, Isla. I had only just turned 17 a matter of months ago, and I had been visiting a neighboring pack for training, when I came across my mate. A daughter of their lead Warrior. A fiery red-headed warrior queen. A true beauty. And she had blown me away. Some men wait years for their mates, yet I had been lucky enough to find mine within weeks of me shifting and gaining my wolf. And damn, had I been blessed.
She was currently safely with the women and children within the safe rooms we have within our packlands. Yet, I was so desperate to go to her, already craving her scent and the need to be with her. This damn rogue issue needed dealing with. It was becoming out of hand. Caleb and I ignored the orders of our fathers and headed out of the door, to join our pack members in defending our pack. We will not leave them fighting alone.
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