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Chapter 72 - Asher The way Alli had dismissedhad madefeel like my presence had been unnecessary.
Madefeel like a fool, despite the fact Eden had askedto go there on her behalf. | could not shake the
thought now that perhaps Bailey was wondering why | had turned up to see her before she began her new job.
Would she think I didn’t think she was capable? | truly hope that wasn’t the case, or else | would owe her another
apology. | seemed to be racking up a list of apologies | owed the poor girl... Why do you care so much?’ Zion
piped up as | stepped back into the packhouse. ‘What?’ | questioned. ‘Why do you care so much what the new
girl thinks?’ he asks. gleefully. ‘I don’t care. | just don’t want her thinking badly ofwhen she has just arrived.”
| huffed. ‘So you don’t care what she thinks. But you do care if she thinks. badly of you when she has just
arrived?’ Zion chuckled to himself. ‘Go figure. But it is okay, | assif, after a few months, she realizes you are
a total jacka** and thinks badly of you?’ ‘Seriously Zion.” | warned him. “What?’ he asks innocently. ‘I not doing
nothing.” | stormed along the corridor angry now, by the way my wolf seemed to love irritating me, not to
mention | had yet to even. have my f**g morning coffee, since Alli had bootedfrom the school before my
coffee had been drinkable. It had still been at the hot as lava level when | had put the mug to my mouth. So
drinking it hadn't been an option. ‘Hey Asher.” Eden’s voice rang through the mindlink just as | opined my office
door, makingroll my eyes. Great, just what | needed. Her givinga hard tnow. Did | ever get a break
in this b**dy place? | swear it was one thing after another... ‘Hello Eden.’ ‘How is my new girl doing?’ she asked
sweetly. How kind, she doesn’t even ask how | am, or how my day is going. Straight to the work she has me
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“You should know, seeing as you had already messaged her.’ | said bluntly, far from impressed that she had sent
she told you.” Eden chuckled. ‘I was kind of hoping she wouldn't.” ‘Hmm. Imagine that. So, why did you make me
rush over there?’ | demanded, far from impressed with my friend’s mate. ‘Missed my morning coffee because of
you.” | snapped. ‘Oh Ash, stop being such a grump-a-lump.’ She teased. ‘Missing one of your million daily coffees
isn’t likely to harm you. May even do you sgood, you know? Besides, | thought getting out of your office
might do you good too. And it does look good that we are going there to show her the senior team are 17.90% [J
11:14 welcoming her.” | already told you, that | welcomed her when she arrived. That was difficult enough. And
you welcomed her by messaging her Eden. | don’t think | needed to get out of my office. If | do, | can. make that
call. I don't need you doing it for me.’ ‘Ash, don’t be snappy. | know it is difficult, and | know you have likely
reached your monthly people interaction level for this month, but we cannot risk losing her. So, go check how
she got on when she is done for the day, for me, please? You know | would do it, but this mini-Caleb inside my
huge belly is being a pain and making life difficult, you know that, right?’ she links, sounding almost desolate
with me. Go**it. She was manipulative when she wanted to be. Makingfeel sorry for her. It isn’t her fault she
is stuck in the hospital... ‘Fine.’ | snapped. Hating that | was too soft. Giving in far too easily. ‘Aww, you are the
best. Thanks!” and with that she was gone, cutting the mindlink, like that was the only reason she had linked me
in the first place. There and then gone, leavingto my paperwork. Eurgh, | swear, sometimes Eden was
unbearable. After hours of paperwork and dashing to various places around the pack completing tasks of both
mine and the Alpha, | realized the twas now nearing for the end of the school day, so | figured | had best
make my way up to the school or else Eden would no doubt be huntingdown to giveone hell of a hard
tfor not doing as | was told, and quite frankly, | did not need that. | already had a headache. And | knew just
how capable she was of making my headache worse... 111 1284 Vouchers | rushed from the busy packhouse.
Out into the sunshine, which was slightly more bearable than it had been this morning, now | had had several
coffees, and | was functioning as close to normal as my body got. As | reached near the school grounds | could
hear laughter, and I looked up, to see Bailey out in the grounds of the school with the children who, | assume, are
her class. | stood for a moment, as | saw her smiling down at them. She was kneeling on the grass, surrounded
by the youngsters, all around six years of age, and | could see her gently touching them on the head, before they
touched her head in response. And she was laughing as they did. | wasn’t close enough to know what she was
saying or doing, but whatever it was, the children were smiling and looking at their new teacher in awe. And
strangely, the sight warmed my heart... | walked a little closer, planning to wait until school had finished before
going into the school building, already dreading the thought of seeing the other teachers. Though seeing Bailey
was far from the top of my list of things | wanted to do. | continued to watch her as | waited though, intrigued by
the way she was so comfortable with the children, and the way they too seemed at ease in her presence. | found
myself smiling at the way her eyes seemed to light up as she smiled at the children... How she was so full of
enthusiasm... Maybe Eden had been right. Maybe she was what the pack needed. She looked like a natural. A
sudden sound startled me, as what could only be described as close to a purr slipped from me, or should | say
from Zion, as | watched Bailey teach her class. | quickly moved to behind a nearby tree, leaning heavily on the
trunk of the tree, my body almost trembling in shock. | needed to move before she saw me. ‘What the hell was
that?’ | demanded of my wolf. Confused at
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But suddenly my wolf had gone quiet. There was no reaction nor response from him. He seemed to have gone
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