Thank you for all your support for The Beta's Mate and for including Jack's story. I will trust you to let me know if it becomes too much having both stories roll out together. Be sure to leave a comment or review letting me know what you are thinking. Next chapter update will be tomorrow. Ellie xo
Sam POV It bothered me that I could not be honest with everybody. I had tried to speak to Josie, but again I was blocked from speaking. As I walk out of Josie’s room, I see Adam standing outside the room Jenna is in. “Any word on Sarah?” I ask Adam. He shakes his head, “No, only that she has been abused and will take time to heal,” Adam says. “Is she going to heal on her own, or is Jenna going to try and help that?” I ask him. I know he will be anxious. Nobody knows what healing will do to the pup Jenna is carrying. “She is waiting to tell me what she plans to do for her physical body, but she does not know what she can do for the mental scars that Sarah has suffered,” Adam replies. “I have our head warriors working on tracking Tim. Jack is losing his mind knowing Tim is still alive,” Adam adds. I feel a sense of guilt, “I am sorry I was not able to stop him,” I say to Adam shaking my head. Adam looks at me, “I know you tried your best,
Sarah POV I had not expected to wake this quickly. I knew it had not been long since I had been captured. I simply wished I was still asleep so I could avoid the awkwardness that surrounds me in this moment. I wanted my brother. He was safe. I could rely on him. I needed to get word to him that I was alive. “Do you want some water?” the man asks me. I nod my head. He passes me a glass with a straw. I take a long sip of the cold water. It soothes my sore throat. He takes it away from me, “Better take it easy. Drinking too much could make you sick,” he says as he places the glass back on the table beside the bed. He did not say mate back to me. Is he already planning on rejecting me? I would accept the rejection. He deserved a mate that would be able to trust and embrace him. Right now, I could not begin to trust anyone. I had secrets that could destroy me if people learned about them. As it was, I was almost destroyed because the R
Josie POV I laid there after Sam left choking back the tears that threatened to fall. I refused to waste tears on him. He clearly had not wasted any on me. I hated how this hurt. It was easier when I always felt pain, then this would not have seemed different and perhaps would have been less noticeable. I dozed off and on until Doctor Rivers returned to see me. “How are you feeling Josie?” he asks me gently. The way I imagine a caring father would ask his child how they are. “I feel fine now that I am away from that bastard,” I reply honestly. He nods his head. “You are dehydrated but I am happy to advise you have no side effects from the wolfsbane he injected into you. I want to keep you here for another day so I can continue your IV treatment,” he shares with me. I am relieved to hear that news but have a question for him, “If that is the case, why have I not heard from Alexis, my wolf?” I ask him cautiously. Doctor Rivers looks at me
Josie POV I wanted that bastard to come after me. I wanted to destroy him. For what he did to everyone, including Sarah. I knew she was important, and I am glad she turned out to be Jack’s mate. I only wished I had been able to do more to help her. Getting revenge for her and Jack will be a gift from me to them. “What else happened?” Jenna asks me. “When I was being taken to him at the altar, I was sprayed with something; it affected Alexis, my wolf,” I share with her. “Sprayed?” she repeats. “Yes, Doctor Rivers is testing my blood now; he suspects he knows what it is. But he is concerned,” I share with her. “He should be, if it is what he thinks it is, it can have an impact on who you and your wolf think is your mate,” Jenna says. She looks scared. “Do you feel anything for Tim?” she asks me. I look at her bewildered by her question. “Absolutely not, why would you ask me such a thing?!?” I demand. “Because it is a subtle
Josie POV I sat there considering what Jenna had shared with me. My mother had been within my fingertips and now she is dead. There is nothing of her to share with me her thoughts or feelings about her situation. I knew she had to have hated the situation she had been in. She had to have hated me and my brother. But I could not help but wonder what she would have said had she been alive. I felt a lone tear travel down my cheek as I considered everything. I could not feel the joy Jenna felt yet. I knew I would get over it. I had never known the woman and I could only believe I knew how she felt. I hoped I could be happy to have her as a half-sister … or sister as she preferred to think. As I sat there feeling sorry for myself, I heard a knock on the door. Thinking it was Jenna, I sighed before reluctantly saying “Come in.”. I looked down at my lap for a moment before looking up. I was shocked to see Sam standing in front of me. “What a
Jack POV I needed to get this information to Adam and Sam right away. Sarah did not have a name for the witch, simply that Lana had been working with her for a while. Lana had also been commanded to stop working with the witch. Apparently when you did, you ended up owing her. And the Pack did not like to be indebted to her. Holding Sarah’s hand, “I need to get Doctor Rivers and Jenna to see about when you can leave,” I say to her. She looks uncomfortable, “Don’t you want to leave the Pack hospital?” I ask her. “I want to call my brother,” she answers me. It kills me not to give her what she wants, but I cannot take the risk with her life. “You know why you cannot call him, Sarah. We cannot let Lana know you are alive, in the event she does not know,” I remind her. “I know, but I miss him. He is the only familiar person I know. He is the only person I can trust,” she says softly. Moving closer to her, so that we are looking eye to eye, “
Adam POV I walked with Jenna up the stairs. It worried me when she healed someone but more so now that she was expecting our pup. I could not believe we were having a little girl. Our own. It scared me sometimes knowing that I would be responsible for a small pup. I worried about Jenna having to go through delivery of our pup – the thoughts of her suffering made me nauseous. I am sure it was something most new parents went through, and I was no different regardless that I was the Alpha of our Pack. I carried Jenna into our suite and directly to our bedroom. I laid her down gently on the bed as she turned into me, pulling me down with her. I needed to call Miranda back right away. I needed my Beta back and not having to worry about him being swayed by Lana. I have no idea who Lana really is, and I wonder if Alpha Lucas does. Was he a part of the deception that surrounded Lana? I wrapped my arms around Jenna, and she sighed in relief. I
Sam POV I felt like I had betrayed a large secret sharing what Lana had shared with me. However, it begged the question what was going on with them. Was Lucas involved with Lana in some way? Was he compromised through Lana’s evil doings? Nobody really knew what the hell was going on. Looking to Sarah, I noticed she was not overly shocked at the revelation about her brother. “Did you know?” I ask her. She knows what I am talking about. She does not shy away from my question. “I suspected, but I always knew our Pack was too backward to support a gay Alpha,” she replies. She sounds embarrassed. “That could change if Lucas is a good leader,” Adam says to her. She looks at us all angrily, “He is the best Alpha that Pack has ever had,” she says. I notice Jack move closer to Sarah in an effort to comfort her, but she pulls her arm away from him. “Just because we are not your size, does not mean we cannot be successful,” she adds. “Nobody said the Pack was not succe