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Chapter 66 – Asher
After what can only be considered very little sleep once again, I was awake. Though myck of
sleep had not been purely down to my recurrent thoughts of I. Reliving the pain of losing her.
Last night my thoughts had been riddled with concerns about Bailey too. Something that had taken
me by surprise, I have to
say…
But, she had looked hurt when she walked away from me in the library. I still never got my answer
as to why she was down there sote. Other than that, she couldn’t sleep. Hell, I know that feeling,
but still, surely she wouldn’te wandering the corridors of somewhere she is still unfamiliar with.
But, I suppose,mon sense tells me the obvious answer would be to find a book, but I hate the
thought of her sitting alone struggling with her thoughts because of something I had said in the heat
of the moment. And, for some reason, I could not shake the thought that that was what she was
likely doing.
Yes, I was a jacka** at the best of times, but I would like to think I was still a decent guy deep down.
Sometimes, you have to dig pretty deep to find the decent guy, because he got hidden or lost in the
s***t that was going on in the mess that was my mind, but I like to think he is still there or still
capable of being there when I need him to be. And, I do not like the thought of a perfectly innocent
woman hurting because of my words.
That is not how I was brought up, and that was not the sort of guy I wanted to be either. Nor did I
want Bailey thinking that of me. She had been here a matter of days, and already her opinion of me
was probably already scraping the barrel. Can’t
say I was doing well…
1 still hadn’t apologized to her properlyst night either. It had been a half-a**d attempt at an
apology, but she had rushed. out before I managed to finish, so I nned to find her at some point
today and apologize properly. That was the right thing to do. No matter how difficult that might be for
me.
“Wow. Personal growth.’ Zion chuckled to himself as I got dressed, and my thoughts were running
through my mind.
“Seriously man, do not start with me today.’ I rolled my eyes, my bl**dy wolf was dead set on giving
me a hard time! And I hadn’t. even had my coffee yet…
“Well, the poor girl deserves an apology.’ He told me, and I know. I done bad if my wolf, the
animalistic side of me, was telling me right from wrong…
I walked out of my suite, and onto thending, looking around to see if I could see Bailey, knowing
that she, may well be around early too, heading out for her first day at her new job. I had even
contemted calling for her to go to breakfast together, but then reconsidered, thinking it would
maybe look a little.
presumptuous, not to mention a little over-friendly. And, I don’t think she considers us friends.
I noticed with slight disappointment, there was no sight of her, so instead of going to the dining hall
for my coffee, I figured I would make my way to the office instead and grab a coffee there, before
going to the hospital to see how Eden was doing. Hopefully that little one would decide it was
cooked enough and hop right on out of its mama’s belly, so his Daddy could get back to work,
because all this extra work was beginning to take its toll on my poor brain. Not that would ever tell
Caleb that, he
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didn’t need the additional stress. knew he was worried enough about Eden and the little one,
without being made to feel guilty about piling the additional workload on me.
I reached my office quickly, doing my best to avoid any interaction with the many pack members
beginning to arrive. The corridors beginning to be busier as more pack. members made their
way to the dining hall, and to various other areas of the packhouse that were used during the day.
Such a stark difference to the eerie silence of the nighttime. Though, I have to say it was a peace I
craved by the end of the day…
I softly closed my door behind me, moving straight to my coffee machine, d that supplies had
been topped up. As I began to make my coffee, my phone began to ring, and I answered.
“Hey Ash” Eden greeted me cheerfully.
“Good morning Eden.” I smiled. “How are you doing sweetheart?” Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org.
“Still fat. Still ufortable. Still pregnant. Thanks for asking.” She grumbled. “You?”
“Erm, would you hate me if I said not fat, not ufortable, not pregnant?” I teased.
I heard her almost hiss down the phone at me, only making meugh, telling me my teasing had
worked. She was always so easy to wind up, and had brought a lot of amusement to Caleb and me
over the years. “Not ufortable?” she questioned. “Aren’t you ufortable in most situations
that involve other people?” she said sarcastically, and I cannot help but smile, as she got me good
on that one.
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“Haha.” I responded. “Difference is Eden, I am on my own right. now, enjoying my morning coffee.
So not ufortable in the slightest.”
*Asher Alcott! I wille over there, albeit I will have to waddle to get there and kick your a** Why
are you not at the school?” Eden yelled down the phone at me. Was I supposed to be at the school?
“Huh?” I answered in confusion.
“Bailey begins her new job today, and you are sitting on your sorry behind in your office enjoying
one of your luxury coffees, feeling far from ufortable.” Eden snarled down the phone at me,
and at that moment I truly wish I hadn’t even bothered answering my phone to her… she gave me
more of a hard time than my own mother!
“And why does the fact she starts her job mean I need to be at school?” I asked. “I know you like to
think.I am***d, but I am pretty sure I am past needing teaching.”
Eden made the hissing noise again, making me seriously wonder if she was not the werewolf she
was meant to be, and perhaps a snake or a cat… because that hissing sure sounded along those
lines… “Because the decent thing for her new employers would be to be there to greet her.”
“Didn’t I do that when I stayed up until s**id o’clock to greet her and her far too happy Daddy?” I
asked sarcastically, only to be answered with a snarl from Eden, which told me all I needed to know.
It also told me where I would be spending my morning…
G***d d****t. Seemed I was heading to the school to pretend to
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be cheerful again, and wee Bailey into her new job… sure she would be over the moon to see
me!