Beauty and The Beta (Bailey)

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Chapter 82 - Asher | sat back into the curve of the sofa as Bailey answered her phone, givingan awkward

smile as if to apologize, but | simply smiled in return, showing her | did not mind. | realized she was likely waiting

for news from her pack, so taking at phone call was not an issue. Nobody would be expecting her to be sitting

withat this tof night, so that could well be why they had called... It was only as her eyes widened, and |

looked across to her and saw her hands shaking, that | began to pay better attention. | could hear the words

being said at the end of the phone, simply because she was sitting so close, and because of the fact that our

hearing is so enhanced as werewolves. And | did not like what | was hearing and, needless to say, neither did

Zion... “So, thought you'd got away fromdid you?” a voice hissed nastily at her, and | could see the fear in

Bailey's eyes at that moment. She looked absolutely terrified, and | realized in that moment, | hated seeing her

scared. “I may be away from pack for now **h, but | will be back, and when | am, | will make you pay for the **t

you have caused Bailey. Mark my words. Difference will be, | will have a new mate by my side, and you will be all

alone.” Zion was suddenly more than alert, and he was snarling within my head. He did not like what he was

hearing. | knew he would not shift while inside of my home, but I could feel his presence rippling beneath my

skin. He was angry. He did not like what he was hearing. Though, neither did. Who the f**k was talking to this

sweet girl that way? | clenched my fists in anger, so 111 11.54 Chapter 12 - Auber desperate to grab the phone

from her and yell at the person at the other end of the phone. Was this her former mate? Or was this someone

else bullying her? Either way, | wanted to rip them limb from limb... My eyes fell on Bailey, and | could see she

was fighting tears, so | knew | needed to stay calm. I did not need to scare her with my anger. She needed

support. Reassurance. She needed a friend right

now. | would find out who this was and help her with dealing with them. Speak with Eden about it too. That would

be the right thing to do, right? That is what a good friend would do, right? Hell, | don’t know, | don’t have many

she-wolves for friends... As | moved to place my arm upon her back to ask if she was okay, the voice at the other

end of the phone cagain, sounding just as nasty. “What is wrong, Bailey? Cat got your tongue?” he asked

sarcastically. His voice sounded venomous and so nasty. Whoever he was, | hated him already, and wanted to

make him pay for scaring Bailey. She did not deserve this. “Not like you not to have something clever to say, that

is your thing, isn’t it, being the all intelligent girl? Well, your intelligence won't be saving you this time.”

Suddenly the line went dead, and | saw the phone slip from Bailey's hands to the floor, clattering as it hit the

wooden floor under our feet. But Bailey sat like she was frozen in time, staring ahead of her, and | knew in that

moment she didn’t know what to do. | quickly moved across the sofa to her, placing my hand upon her back, as

she dropped her head into her hands. “Bailey, this is going to be the most s**d of questions, but | don’t know

what else to say.” | warned her. “But, are you okay?” | gently ran my hand up and down her back, in what |

hoped was a reassuring gesture. | am so not good at this sort of thing. 27.161 Chapter 82-Asher Ti Zion was

pacing my mind, angry, and desperate to protect the new she-wolf to our pack. My senses now turned upon their

head. All | can feel from him is this overpowering urge to protect the she-wolf sitting next to me. Where has that

cfrom? | barely even know her... Bailey slowly turned her head to look at me. And | could see tears in her

eyes. “I think I should go, Asher.” She whispered, and my heart dropped at her words. She was going to push me

away now? | wanted to help her, and she wasn’t going to let me? | knew that Zion wouldn't settle with that

scenaeither... she needed to let us help... | felt desperate... | ran my hand through my hair in frustration.

“Bailey, please, lethelp?” | tried, but she simply shook her head. “I am fine. It is just a misunderstanding.”

She said, chewing her lower lip anxiously, going to stand,

but despite her words, | could see she was visibly shaken. Tellingshe was anything but fine. | stood up

alongside her as she made her way toward the door. I’ quickly grabbed her hand, trying to stop her as she did,

but she pulled it away. Gone was the carefree atmosphere that had been between us moments earlier. She

seemed tense and on edge. She was nervous and anxious about something, but whatever it was, she did not

seem willing to share it, and that was not just bothering me, but it was seriously affecting Zion. too. He was

whimpering loudly now. “Bailey, please?” | tried once more, as she moved down the hallway of my home. “Asher,

thank you for tonight, | had fun. But, really, | should go. | need to go now.” She said, and despite her trying to

hide it, 1 57.93% lll Chapter 82-Asher : could hear the wobble to her voice. “Bailey, | opened up to you earlier. |

haven't done that with anyone for a long time. | haven't trusted anyone like that for a long time. Maybe you

could do the swith me? Try talking to me? Maybe | could help you?” | suggested, hoping thatadmitting

to her that | hadn't trusted anyone the way | had her in opening up the way | had might allow her to see that she

could talk to me. Yet she tilted her head slightly as she leant against the front door. “I never asked you to do

that, Asher.” She said quietly, and | can’t explain why, but her words sting. They hurtmore than | expected

them to. “Fine, just go if that is what you want to do. | am sorry | overstepped the mark.” | snapped, opening the

front door for her, closing it a little harder than was likely necessary as she left...

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