Chapter 0114
I had headed to the dining hall for my dinner, looking forward to going back to my room and rxing
for the evening. So, I was more than a little surprised to have seen Marc, the warrior who had saved
me from getting lost as I queued up. He had waved as he came into the hall with some other
warriors, and came across to see me, a big smile upon his face.
“Well hello, hello.” He winked. “You didn’t get lost on your way here then?” he teased, gaining some
curious gazes from the men with him.
I shook my head and gave him a disparaging look. “Ooooh, funny. You left your sense of humor out
there then?” I asked, and he grinned.
“So,e on then Miss Bailey, how did your first day go, I have been thinking of you all day…” he
paused momentarily. “That sounded bad didn’t it?”
One of the other warriors with him looked at him with a grin and nodded. “Was that why Wes could
bring you down?”
Marc gave him a sarcastic grin. “Funny. Bailey knew what I meant, she is working with my Mum.
Mum has been on about her working there for thest few days, so I was wondering how she got
on, is all.” He exined and the guys with him, all dressed in the ck cargos and ck t-shirts and
heavy ck boots, that seemed to be the uniform for the warriors, nodded as if they agreed.
“Well, thank you for asking, whether you were being weird or not. My first day was good, thanks.” I
told him, and he winked.
“No problem princess.” He said as we moved along in the queue. “These are some of the guys from
the team I work in, Wes, Aziz, and Felix.” He introduced his friends and I smiled at each of them,
while they nodded at me in greeting.
We waited a little while longer within the queue and I stood awkwardly as the four of them joked
around. So, as soon as I had the opportunity, I sorted my food, and said my goodbyes to Marc and
his friends. Feeling it was better to give them their space, and to be honest, I was craving peace
again, so I went to find a quiet ce at a table in the corner of the dining hall where I tended to go
and eat on my own each evening. I was surprised when I looked up to find Marc hade to sit
with me.
“What are you doing here?” I asked. “You don’t have to sit with me, go sit with your friends.” I told
him, really unsure why he would choose toe and sit with me when he barely knew me.
“And have thedy sit on her own?” he said with a smile. “What sort of gentleman would that make
me?”
“One, that I assume from how Beta Asher reacted isn’t much of gentleman.” I teased, and he
chuckled.
“Hmmm. Is that right? You want to remember I saved you. So, I am some form of a gentleman." he
yfully grinned. "And there was me thinking you were a sweet girl.”
I smiled, with a shake of my head. “I don’t think I said that.”
“Oooh. Now, this sounds fun.” He wiggled his eyebrows at me suggestively, and I felt myself
blushing,pletely not meaning it the way he seemed to be now implying.
“That is not what I meant.”
“Aww, you spoilsport, getting a boy excited.” He winked at me, before eating his food.
Iughed. He seemed to be so easy-going and funny. Carefree, and liking to tease. In some ways,
he reminded me a little of Harley.
“Did you have a good day at work?” I asked him.
And soon I found myself lost in his tales of his warrior training sessions he had endured during the
day, but, I found myselfughing at the way he told them. Again, in this way, he reminded so much
of Harley, always able to make a story sound amusing. He sounded like he was a pretty senior
warrior within the pack from the way he spoke, and the way he spoke of his training and his team, I
could see that being a warrior meant a lot to him.
“I bet your Mum is proud of you.” I told him with a smile.
“I think so, maybe a little. Though scared too, after losing Dad through being a warrior.” He says,
looking down at his hands, and I realized he felt a little ufortable.
“I am sorry.” I told him, unsure what else to say in such an awkward situation.
“Why are you sorry, princess? Not your fault. A risk of the job. We all know that when we do it.
Doesn’t stop us doing it.” He says with a sad smile before looking up. As he looked up, so did I, and
it was only as I did that I realized that the dining hall was almost empty now. We must have been
chatting for ages. The conversation had been so easy and free-flowing.
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“Wow, I think I have been boring you for long enough, Bailey. Go back to your room, have a soak in
the bath and rx. I think you earned it today.” He winked at me. “I am off to the gym.”
“Really?” I asked, shocked he would be going to the gym after training all day and after just eating.
“Hey, I didn’t be this perfect without putting some hard work in.” he said with a grin as he
walked away. “See you soon Bailey. Have a good night, sweet cheeks.”
The nickname he gave me just then was a serious reminder of Harley, and I struggled to fight the
tears that were threatening, yet I smiled at him, giving him a wave as he walked away. Memories of
Harley seem fresh in my mind because of the way he reminded me so much of him. I dropped my
head into my hands, as I picked up my phone, looking at the photographs I had of him, and I felt the
tears prickling in my eyes as I did. I hated how things had turned out...
I quickly stood up, knowing I didn''t want to be seen crying in the dining hall, so I made my way out
of the hall, needing desperately to get back to my room. But, my fingers lingered over Harley''s
contact details, contemting messaging him or even calling him, as I walked back toward my
room, but, I quickly shoved my phone back into my bag, fighting the threatening tears.
My head was all over right now. So distracted with too many thoughts of him. Yet, I know I needed
to allow him this time to adjust to life with his new mate. I needed to let him go. He had never really
been mine, and I should have known that...
It was only as I got to the top of the stairs onto thending I crashed into the toned body of
someone, face first… all because I had been distracted. With a heavy thud as I impacted them, I
stumbled a little, and there was nothing I could do… I began to fall backwards... my heart racing at
the fear of me falling. My arms iling desperate to grip onto something... my eyes tight shut, fearful
of the fall to the bottom of the stairs... but suddenly two strong arms grabbed me and pulled me
upward... as I was pulled into the embrace of someone... as I pried my eyes open, my gaze met the
eyes of Asher…