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Josie POV “You are joking right?” I ask the stranger. I know he looks familiar but to say we are related might be a stretch. “Not at all. We have the same mother and father,” Shane replies to me. I look at him confused. No. It could not be. But how? “How?” I ask him before he smartly answers, “Do you need a story about the birds and the bee’s sis?” Shane taunts. “You know what I mean. How can you possibly be my brother? I only have one brother and he is dead,” I say coldly. He looks at me surprised, before he covers up the shock on his face. “Then who is the Rogue King?” he asks. “Who are you?” I ask him again avoiding his question. The last thing we need is another wanna be Rogue King. “It is all detailed in this letter. The good, the bad, the ugly,” he says as he continues to hold onto his rage. I continue to protect Jenna from Shane. I have no idea who this guy is, but he certainly does not seem stable. “How can this be, Shane
Josie POV That bitch! Who the hell does that to their own pup? Who puts themselves first above the well-being of their own flesh and blood? I do not believe she would have been any different if she had taken Eric and myself when she left. Frankly this letter was simply a way of easing her guilt. She had no intention of trying to find us. I sat there for a few moments letting myself feel the emotions I wanted to feel. Hurt, anger, loss … they were rolling inside of me making me bitter at the thoughts of what that woman had done to all of us. Was she really a victim in all of this? And the way I understood the story she left as soon as we were born. Clearly that was not the case. Even with wolf healing, there would be some time required to heal. Whatever. I could not afford to think about it any longer. I had a brother I had to think about. Calling to the warrior, he came around the corner clearly not far away from me. I quickly wiped
Sam POV “What the hell happened today, Josie?” I ask as I look at our fallen warrior. I see the warriors travelling with us arrive on the scene and I see their look of sadness momentarily before they cover their emotions like a good warrior does. There is no time for grieving on the field. That was for later. “This Shane guy says he is my brother,” she murmurs to me as if she is still confused by what has happened as well. “How?” I ask perplexed by what she is saying. She pulls herself together as she looks at me. “I do not have all the details. Only that he came from my birth mother and father after Eric and I were born,” Josie shares with me. What a fucked up mess. “And now he is trying to kill our people?” I ask. “That part I do not understand. We were bringing him in for further questioning when his vehicle was hit,” Josie replies. “And then we took off. I saw people pull Shane from the wreckage, but I did not realize he was with th
Josie POV We are sitting in the conference room, and I am staring off into space. I can hear the conversation around me, but I am not participating. I am trying to piece together the puzzle that has presented itself once again to me. I was desperate to know what was on the real letter that was hidden away somewhere. I know it might be foolish to hope one existed, but I had to believe in something. And that letter had carried me through some dark times so far, I suspected it would carry me through more in the coming days. I kept replaying Shane’s final words. “They will be coming for me.”. Did he mean the part of the Council who was trying to take over the Council? The Council in general? I could not piece together why the Council would risk themselves by trying to save Shane. If he was even working with them. Sighing I refocused on the conversation around me. “I am telling you; we need to let Josie unleash her powers on the prick,” Jac
Jenna POV “What?!?” I reply as I hear what Josie has said. Our mother is alive. My heart starts racing. Where has she been all this time? Was she there of her own choice? Was she being held against her will? I cannot stop all the thoughts racing through my mind. As I stand there I start to shake and feel tears welling up in my eyes. These damn hormones have made me more emotional than usual; however, this was a big revelation. Was it true? How was it even possible? We had been told she had died with my father. As I feel all these emotions Adam moves to stand in front of me cupping my face with his hands. “Jenna,” he says quietly. I slowly focus in on him as he repeats my name. There they are – the eyes of my mate. Trying to breathe I realize I am starting to hyperventilate. “Just breathe, Jenna. Follow my breaths,” Adam says calmly. I start to watch him. Breathe in. Breathe out. We followed that pattern for the time it took to c
Sam POV “Fuck,” I reply as we sit there considering what Adam has said. “I guess we do not know that and nor will we know that until we go in and investigate to see what is real and what is not real,” I reply to Adam and Jack. “Are you prepared to risk your mate for this, Sam?” Adam asks me. “As much as I want to say no, I have to appreciate that Josie is going to say fuck all of us and do what she wants if I do not support her. So, I guess I am prepared to take a mitigated risk. Meaning I will be with her, if she goes after her mother alone,” I reply calmly and honestly to both men. Shaking his head Adam replies, “Nobody is going off alone. I just need to be confident we are doing everything we can to protect your mates.”. I nod in agreement appreciating the support from Adam. “Sarah will want to help,” Jack adds, and I realize he is right. “She brings a lot of power herself to this,” I say to Jack and Adam. “She certainly do
Sarah POV As we were walking toward the SUV’s I caught a glimpse of something coming around the building and heading directly for us at optimum speed. It had an intent that meant more harm than good. Wanting to protect everyone, I throw up a protection barrier, preventing the menacing men from reaching us. Suddenly the warriors were surrounding us as I realize we had all been pushed to the ground. Scrambling, I jump up wanting to ensure the protection barrier stays. I see Josie help Jenna up. Both look fine. Jenna looks a little shaken up but that is to be expected of anyone carrying their future pup. Once she was certain Jenna was alright Josie turned her glare on the two men who had been trying to reach us. Only they were gone. In my haste to protect, I had not contained them at the same time. “Release the barrier,” Josie yells. I do and Josie takes off in the direction the two men ran. “Josie, wait!” I yell trying to catch up. I he
Josie POV Ugh, I think, again I am out? Hasn’t this been enough already? I contemplate what went wrong. Well for one I should have waited for someone to come with me. But would that have really stopped me from getting stabbed? I doubted it very much and in fact, wondered if it might have been Sam who got hurt instead of me. Or both of us and Sam left for dead. Whatever, I would not change it if it meant that I was wounded, and Sam was not. “Josie, you need to stop taking chances,” I hear from someone behind me. I turn to see the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. The Moon Goddess has returned to speak with me. “Moon Goddess?” I ask to be certain. “Yes child,” she murmurs before continuing, “What am I going to do with you?” she questions sounding frustrated. I smile at that, “I suspect I am going to hear that from my mate as well when I wake up,” I suggest to her. She was not smiling. “Josie, this is serious. You cannot keep taking