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Chapter 51 – Asher
This girl in front of me looks on edge, and it makes me feel ufortable. Well, in truth, being
around her in general has made me feel ufortable. I do not like being around people I do.not
know… no, scratch that, I do not particrly like being around any people anymore. But, was doing
my best at the induction, and she seemed to be enjoying herself.
The way her face lit up at the different things I showed her within the school made me want to show
her more, so I found more things to show her, so the tour of the school took longer than it probably
needed to, but she would now know where everything was.
But, this conversation has since made me uneasy. She had implied things that didn’t sit right with
me. Was she here because she wasn’t wee in her own pack? She had been the Beta’s
daughter for f**k’s sake… they were stereotypically popr… and it wasn’t like she wasn’t beautiful,
she was stunning… she was clearly a character too. I could see that with the cheeky interactions
she was attempting with me. So was that not what you would consider the whole package? Smart,
beautiful, funny and evidently kind and caring, being a teacher… so why would she not be wee
in her own pack?
No. Something about this girl and her past did not add up. I watched her as we continued to walk
through the pack, and she fidgeted nervously with her hands as an awkward silence had fallen
between us. She was unsure what to say to me. Even Zion was on edge with her now, and he had
been enjoying the back and forth with her literally moments before… not many
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people do that with me, and he found it amusing.
“Bailey, I would appreciate knowing the reason you came here. I worry about the safety of our
pack.” I exined to her, surprising myself by using her first name as I had been formal so far, but I
have to say her name sounded good on my lips…
She nced across at me with a dark expression. “Your pack isn’t at risk. It will be that is.” she said,
and I could hear the tears in her voice.
“And what does that mean?” I found myself asking. “Because if you are at risk would that not mean
the pack is?”
“Oh for f**k’s sake, should I just go back? Would that be better for you, Beta Asher? It took me long
enough to get away from him. But if it is that much of an issue for you, I will just go back. Let him
have his own way. Be his prisoner in his pack despite not being good enough for him. Would that be
better for you?” she yelled, before rushing off, leaving me standing open- mouthed at her rant.
Where the hell did thate from?
‘Well, aren’t you a p**k?’ Zion helpfully adds, causing me to block out my own wolf, truly not needing
him to make me feel any worse for what I had just caused, because I could now hear Bailey crying
as she rushed away from me. F**k it. I do not like crying women… especially not when it was my
fault they were .crying.
My mind is spinning with all the things Bailey had thrown at me just then, but I know the decent
thing to do is to go after her. I don’t know what had gone off in her pack or her life, but evidently
something has happened to cause her to seek refuge within our pack. Did Eden know of this? If she
did, why hadn’t she exined this properly to us, so I could have avoided this
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sort of s**tshow?
“Bailey, wait.” I called after her as I ran to catch up with her, and as she turned to look at me, I saw
tears glistening down her cheeks. D**n, I feel like a d**k now. Everything she said sounded like she
had been through enough s**t, and I likely made it worse.
“It is fine, Beta Asher, I will head back to my room and get my things.” She nodded at me, wiping
her eyes. “I will message Luna Eden and exin that this won’t work out.”
Oh s**t. Eden would kill me.
“Bailey please, give me a moment?” I asked, motioning with my hands to the treeline not far away.
Maybe a walk through the forest could be a good ce to talk. At least we wouldn’t be disturbed.
“Are you going to kill me?” she suddenly asked, and I couldn’t help myself butugh. I have no clue
where this girl gets her ideas from, and I knowughing at her isn’t the right thing to do either, but
her question was just so random.
“Why would I be killing you?” I asked.
“Don’t know, my wolf said, and my head is a bit battered, so I just wondered.” She sniffed, wiping
away another tear. I can’t help but smile.
“I don’t make a habit of killing people, especially not ones we have just employed. Luna Eden would
have my balls on skewers if I did that. I was suggesting a walk so we could talk. I think I likely owe
you an apology.” I said, hating having to apologize, but I know in this instance I do need to.
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She frowned at me. “That hurt, did it?”
I smiled again. “Funny.”
“It is fine. We don’t need to talk. It won’t change things.” She said, taking a deep breath like she was
trying to push back the thoughts of everything that had happened. I know that action, one I have
done many a time myself. The difference is, I think this girl is struggling to push things back, or
things were bing too much for her to manage.
“Bailey, you are part of our pack now. Do you not think we should know what happened, so we
could help?” I asked, curiosity was killing me now. I truly wanted to know what had happened to her
to make her scared so much she wanted to get away from her pack. Who was keeping her like a
prisoner in her own pack?
“My own family only just found out, that was hard enough.” She told me as we began to walk toward
the forest.
“They didn’t know?” I asked, no clue what they didn’t know, but desperate to learn, and to keep the
conversation going.
Bailey slowly shakes her head. “Messed up, right? It is easy to be missed when you are the middle
child who is an
embarrassment.”
“Your father did not seem embarrassed of you.”
“I don’t know.” She shrugged, and as I looked across to her again, I saw her wipe away another
stray tear. Whatever this is that happened, it still hurts her. Maybe I shouldn’t force her to talk about
it. She doesn’t know me. And from the things she has said to me, she certainly doesn’t think too
highly of me. Maybe I
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should let her settle here and decide if she wants to open up to us about it, likely to Eden. I knew it
was not going to be me. I didn’t do being friends…