Beauty and The Beta (Bailey)

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Chapter 8 Miles

| move through the packhouse at a pace faster than | would like to at this tof the morning, but | would do

anything right now to get away from my f**king father! He has not stopped wittering in my ear since the

moment | stepped from my bedroom this morning. And he didn’t even givethe chance to pour myself a

coffee before he toldwe should cto the packhouse to continue with the training he needed to give me.

Yes. | want to get this transfer of power done with. The alteration of him being Alpha totaking my rightful

position as Alpha of the pack, but s hit, did he have to go on so f**king much?! | had done the necessary training

away at Alpha training, so why my own Dad now needed to do his own training | did not know. But, he was

adamant he would not hand this pack over tountil he felt | was ready. Personally, | think he just did not want

to give up his power nor his control.

“Miles. We think you need to do a tour of the packs locally at least. Find your fated mate, or do more to do so.”

My Dad's voice echoed around my brain as we walked into the Alpha office.

| gave him a dark glare. “What?” This had never been mentioned before. Finding your fated mate was evidently

something that

itself. Something that was happened when the right tcame. A moment left up to fate

itself. Something that was out of our control... So, why would they be pressuringto rush this? | obviously

know who my mate is no, rephrase that... | know who my fated mate was. She isn’t mine anymore. And | could

not be more f**king glad of that.

Yes, there is such a thing as a second chance mate, but that doesn’t happen for everyone, and it can take

years... so, | know looking around for my mate would be nothing but a waste of tand effort. | am ready to be

Alpha. | do not need swoman by my side to establish my place as leader of our pack. Once again, f**king

Bailey West messing up my whole life. The world would have been a better place if her Dad had pulled out that

night and let the sh it that created that waste of space trickle down his wife's leg...

| looked at my Dad, and the determined expression on his face bothered me. Surely my parents are not going to

pause on the Alpha ceremony until | have my mate by my side? That would be sheer lunacy, wouldn't it? Who

does that? Alphas rule on their own.

and your Mum were thinking it would be wonderful for you to begin your reign as Alpha with your Luna by

your side, son.” Dad says with a smile. “Like | did.”

| rolled my eyes in irritation. It was alright for him. His Luna was the pack’s main cheerleader. The beauty queen.

One any man would want to show off by all accounts. Not that | think of my Mum in that way, but | have seen

pictures of her back in her younger years and there is no denying she was beautiful. My Dad, Alpha or not, had

been punching well above his weight! So, of course, he would be one to promote how wonderful fated love is. He

got dealt a truly wonderful hand by fate...

Me, however... | got dealt the pack geek. Why the f**k would | want her?! Yeah, we had been close growing up,

and she was my best friend's little sister, but she was the biggest geek | knew, who spent more twith her

head in a book than she did going out. It just was not normal. That is not what a guy wants for a woman! How

can you show someone off who has her head in a f**king

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Balance:

These last few years, while she has been away studying, have been wonderful. | haven't needed to see her face.

Remind myself what | had done... because, like it or not, my wolf hatedfor the fact I rejected our fated mate.

She was the one the moon goddess selected for us. In my f**king wolf's eyes, she was perfection. Did | feel

guilty for hurting her? Hmm, maybe a little, when | thought back on the memories we shared... but that was

usually after a few too many drinks..... otherwise, the thought of Bailey just

irritatedbeyond belief!

She did nothing to make herself look appealing, and she wasn't like the other she-wolves in the pack that

worshiped the ground | walked on. She barely bothered withand spoke tolike | was stu pid at times. |

was going to be her next Alpha, she should have been treatingwith respect. She should have seenas

important. The fact she was so pathetic and barely noticeable made it even more devastating when | learned

who she was to me. Why of all the she- wolves in the pack would fate mateto her? She was a nobody. |

deserved better!

| contemplated numerous times getting her to stay away after her studies had been completed. She was smart.

Though when you spend all your twith your head in a book and with very

few friends to dawdle away your twith, | should expect nothing less... And she passed her degree easily. Now

a qualified teacher. She even begged to have permission from my Dad to apply for work away from our pack, but

| told him we should make use of her here, and strangely, he agreed. | hadn't missed Bailey, so why I quickly put

a pause on her dreams of leaving the pack, | do not know... something stoppedletting her leave. A small part

ofgot a kick out of knowing | was ruining her hopes of escapingand our pack. Destroying her dreams.

A girl like her didn’t deserve dreams. Didnt deserve a happy life. She had f**ked my life up by being my fated

mate, so | planned to make her life miserable. Bullying her growing up had always been fun. Seeing her cry,

though doing her hardest to hide her tears gavea high 1 cannot explain. We

may be adults now, but I still enjoyed seeing her cry. She deserved to suffer. And if she was now to be the cause

of more issues for me, then | would most definitely be making her suffer...

There was just a knowing feeling inside oftellingto... | did not want her to think she had earned-herself

freedom from us. Our pack. From me. No, she may no longer be my fated mate, but she would always be under

my control...

“Miles, do not roll your eyes at me. A Luna is a vital part of the pack.” My father interrupts my wandering mind.

Why the hell was | allowing the thoughts of Bailey to take over?!

“Dad, | do not think there is any rush to find her. We visited packs not too long ago, and | found no mate. We

know that. She will cwhen fate decides. Perhaps, | am one of the Alphas that is meant to have his pack

prepared and built for his mate.” | suggest, lying through my teeth, because | know full well, that my mate is not

coming. There is no fated mate out there waiting for

me.

No. For she foundon the day my wolf cfor me. And | was truly disgusted with the choices made for me

by our moon goddess. So much so, that | turned my back upon her, and 1 never intended to allow her back in

either...

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