Beauty and The Beta (Bailey)

Chapter 42

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embarrassing me. | definitely did not say that, | am sure of it... “As close as He winked at his daughter, evidently

teasing, makingwant to punch the old man right on his b**dy nose. Trying to stir s**t. | simply said she

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looked tired and should try getting ssleep. Was thatbeing insulting? | thought it wasbeing

considerate. Evidently, | misread that. Ah well. what is done, is done, “Right, Beta Donovan, follow me, | will sort

you a room. | assit is just for the night?” | said, deciding to change the topic of conversation, and escape the

pair of them as quickly as I could. “Considering the service here. | would think so.” He says with a wry chuckle.

“Definitely not five stars, is it?” Clearly, this guy thought himself quite the joker. Unlucky for him. | didn’t have

much of a sense of humor left anymore, so | wasn’t going to find him funny, no matter how many jokes he may

try and c**k. “Fine.” | said, moving along the corridor, grabbing sbedding from the laundry cupboard as |

went. The sooner | got him settled in his room, | could get myself to bed too. Then, tomorrow, Eden could deal

with her new guests. | would have little to do with them, the way | preferred. | do not like new people. Well... in

truth, | did not like people in general anymore... “literally cto make sure she got here safely. | have let her

down lately in that regard. Don’t judge her for that.” he says quietly as he walks behind me, as if he suddenly

decided he needed to explain his presence. Makingwonder exactly what had been going on in their pack...

This sudden need to take the position and chere... Arriving in the middle of the night... and now the words

of her father... all madequestion if there was more to this young she-wolf than we realized. | had asked

Caleb and Eden to be careful when they had interviewed her, so we knew who exactly we were allowing into our

pack, but this girl seemed to be holding secrets, and | did not like that. Not one little bit. “Should | be

concerned?” | asked him, without even turning back to look at him.

“Of my daughter?” he questioned. “No. She is no risk to you, nor your pack. It isthat needs to be concerned.

I think.” He said as I turned to unlock the door of the room I was giving him for the might and his words only

confusedfurther. Why would he be concerned? Was his daughter in ssort of trouble? Because as much

as he may say we are not at risk from her. surely if she was in ssort of trouble, or if she was on the run, then

could that not potentially bring trouble to our door? Because that was a risk we did not want to be taking... s 10