Beauty and The Beta (Bailey)

Chapter 0255

The wolves had gone. Leaving Marc and I alone in the forest... well, I say alone, they were nowhere in sight, yet I still felt we were being watched. I could not shake that feeling the whole way back to the pack. I hated it. Marc was adamant that we make our way back to the safety of the pack; but I did not want to leave my sister out there alone. Not knowing rogues were out there trying to get her. But my mate guided me home, telling me my injuries were too bad to allow me to look for my sister and that he would arrange help to come; and I had to trust him. Mimi was in so much pain, I could feel it through our bond...

And as I shifted back to my human form, my bones twisting into place it hurt more than it had done in a long time. My wolf, Mimi, had been injured and while Marc's wolf had desperately tried to help the healing process, I am not sure whether she had been fully healed as she gave me control back. But somehow I was able to shift back.

I looked across at Marc with an empty feeling inside of me. There was no sign of Bailey. I had desperately hoped she may have arrived pack in pack before us; I knew she was fast in her wolf form; but as my eyes darted around the area of pack we had walked into there was no sign of her.

"Have they heard anything?" I asked my mate, knowing he had asked for help. He had reached out for support, so surely they would keep him updated. But he slowly shook his head, and at that moment I wanted to go back out and look for my sister. Whether I was injured or not. She should not be out there alone. She needed us. My eyes darted back to the trees...

"You can't go back out, baby." Marc wrapped his big, strong arms around me. “I know you want to, but you are hurt, and you need to recover. Asher is out there, as are some warriors. He let me know he had got them helping too. They will be searching for her. They will let us know."

"But what if they are too late?" I felt tears filling my eyes. What if they have already captured her? If Miles had her, then we might have no hope.

"Then we will go to Lotus Shadow to bring her home." Marc said with a determination that shocked me.

"Marc, Lotus Shadow is her home." I pointed out, though he already knew that.

"Not if Asher wants to make her his mate." he told me sharply, and I felt a ripple of shock running through

me. I knew Asher liked my sister et

and it

it was fairly evident he had an

effect on her too, but had it become that serious? Did Asher want to make my sister his chosen mate?!

"Really?!" I found myself questioning.

"I think that is what he is realizing he wants, yeah, He has been falling for her since she arrived. They are good for each other." Marc explained, and I could see from the look upon his face he was hoping that it could happen. "I think he fought it out of guilt. For Isla."

"Your sister?" I asked, and he nodded with a sad smile.

"Asher struggled so badly with losing her. He has never so much looked at another she-wolf, so getting close to Bailey has shocked him and scared him in equal measures, think. He didn't see it at first, then denied there was anything there, avoided it. Until it hit him like a wrecking ball. Now, he wants nothing more than her. I think he is maybe worried about how me and Mum may feel too, but we saw it happening from the beginning, and we want nothing more than him to be happy." Marc said, emotion heavy in his voice, and I tightened my grip on him. "We know he loved Isla, and that won't change. But, she is gone, he can't be alone forever, holding onto her memory and the pain of losing her. That would destroy him."

"I wish Bai knew that." I sobbed.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

"Well, hopefully soon enough she will." Marc told me. "But right now we need to do all we can to bring her home. So give your Dad a call. Tell him what has happened. They need to know what Miles has done."

"We don't know if the rogues are linked to him. You said yourself that area is always heavy with them." I suggested, and the dark look that passed over Marc's face told me I had annoyed him, and I instantly regretted my words.

"Are you defending him?" he snapped. "I am going off the fact the moment you and I were together they retreated and went after Bailey. That indicates the attack was targeting her. Does that not tell you it was him? How else would the rogues know to target her?"