All Chapters of The Missing Beta: Chapter 111 - Chapter 118

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~Danny~It’s been days. Days of me being locked in this bedroom, away from everyone else. No one locked me in; I did that myself. I didn’t trust that I could be around people, around my mate and keep my eyes on the prize. There have been knocks on my door, and there have been inquiries, but I’ve ignored all of them. I stayed in this room and pretended like the outside world didn’t exist. I’ve pretended that I’m alone on an island somewhere, just trying to survive. I’ve even been keeping Mona out, as ill-advised as that may be. All she wants is our mate by our side. She wants him here to hold her, kiss her, and everything else that comes with that. I can’t trust that, I can’t trust that bond. I look up at the ceiling, another day’s light cast over it. I don’t know how long I can stay locked away like this, but I guess time will tell. There are footsteps outside the door. I don’t move and try not to even breathe. The last thing I need is to make myself a target. That will make

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“I… I…” I let a growl rip through the room. I can’t stand someone who takes forever to say what they need to say. He’s a young man and has no idea what a man is like. It’s disgusting to think that she thought she could raise him. When I tie her to me, I will make sure I take over raising him into the man he needs to be. If I let her take over his upbringing, he will be soft. I plan to have her help raise the girl because she would need a mother’s touch. I will make sure she’s as hard as she needs to be to survive. I tune back into the child in front of me and am instantly irritated. He’s still stuttering. “Get on with it already!” He steps back, and his body starts to shake. I roll my eyes and cross my arms over my chest. He definitely needs to toughen up. “Where’s my sister?” His voice is soft like a female’s, and it’s annoying.“She’s doing a job for me. She’ll be back soon, and we will be a family.” He looks up at me, and the look in his eyes is unnerving at best. I can’t quite

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I’m led to a conference room on the second floor of the packhouse. Alpha Aston stands at the door until we all make our way inside. His office is nice, I mean, it’s an office. I’m really not interested in how it looks, if I’m being honest. I’m more concerned with getting an explanation about what just happened. Luna Katarina leads me to a couch, and I tentatively sit down. I’m looking around the room, anxiety in every cell of my body. It’s almost like I’m waiting for something to happen. Who knows? Maybe someone will pop out of nowhere and drag me into darkness. I close my eyes and take a moment. I have no idea what’s going on in my mind right now. I sound ridiculous, and the only bright spot is that no one else can hear me. The Alpha and Luna sit around me, and another woman gets settled on the couch next to me. This must be the Elder they were talking about. She doesn’t look that old, but what do I know? Maybe the term Elder has less to do with age and more to do with experience.

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I step out of the Alpha’s office and stop in the hallway. I close my eyes and breathe in deeply. It doesn’t take long to catch my mate’s scent. I had expected her to go back to my apartment, but her scent is traveling in the opposite direction. I follow it while ignoring everyone I come across. I can’t let her get too far, and if I stop to talk to people, I will miss her. I don’t even know what I should say to her, but I’m hoping it will come to me when I’m in front of her. It doesn’t take me long to make it outside, in front of the packhouse. That would be a problem, given the mixing of scents and the freshness the air brings. Luckily for me, I’m a ranked member, so her scent isn’t lost for me. I turn and head toward the treeline, my mind racing. She doesn’t know this area, so I wonder why she might be going. The warriors don’t really know about her, so there’s a chance that she will be detained. What if she’s leaving?What are you saying, Gideon? Where could she be going

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~Dominic~Time is crawling, and it feels like we’ve been here for hours. I asked the question that needed to be asked, but there has been no response. I almost wish I could take the question back because her silence is killing me.My heartbeat is uncontrollable, and my mouth is suddenly dry. This could be it, this could be the end of a bond that I haven’t had the opportunity to experience. I know I said that if she ended the bond, if she rejected me, I’d deal with it. I wouldn’t make her feel bad, nor would I try to hold on. I would hold my head high and move on.I said that, but now that it’s imminent, I’m not too sure I can do that. I’m not sure I can walk away from her and act like this wasn’t something I wanted with every fiber of my being. I’m a coward, and I get that; I make no excuses.As quickly as the confidence filled me and propelled me to ask this question, it’s practically gone already. I feel myself coming down quickly, and my body is responding to the change. My chest i

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~Katarina~I stare at my mate, rocking our daughter to sleep. It’s been an eventful hour or so, and it has exhausted her. Elder Nadia left some time ago, promising to dig into this incident more. I won’t lie and pretend that I’m not scared for my daughter because I am. She seems to be manifesting some powers already, and I’m confused as to why that is. Gold wolves are supposed to get powers until they are marked by their fated mate. I don’t remember having any powers, and I wasn’t told that I did anything out of the ordinary. Skye looks perfectly fine; she looks like she always does. There’s nothing outward that could have contributed to what happened today, so it has to be something inside. Is it stress, or maybe something dangerous is about to happen? I wish I had a reference point to guide me, but I’m at a complete loss. My only hope is that Elder Nadia can find some helpful information.

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~Danny~Days passed much as they did before the incident with Skye. I kept to myself on the Beta’s floor. I tried to keep my distance from Dominic, not trusting myself to be around him. I wanted to stay away from Skye, too. It isn’t that she isn’t an amazing child. I just don’t want to be too close to her and have any reason to do what I was sent here to do. I never really thought about the mate bond before. I learned what all wolves learn about it. I heard what they said and memorized how they said things would play out. We were told it would be intense, and once your mate was scented, no one else would matter. We were told that all emotions would be in overdrive and that even when you claim your mate, the feelings would still be strong. Nothing could have prepared me for the real deal. The mate bond has to be the most powerful thing that I’ve ever felt in my life. It’s almost as if Dominic is a magnet and he’s drawing me to him. Fighting the bond is a full-time job plus overtime.

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~Brackston~Weirdly enough, my wolf and I feel settled after the call with Jamorea. I don’t know what it is about her, but she calms me. I felt that the moment I met her, I knew that I couldn’t let her out of my sight, no matter what.I sit back in the chair and rest my hands on my desk. I know that I told her to check in every day, but if I’m being honest, that won’t be enough. I need to see her more than a video will allow. I need to be in her presence. It’s going to be hard to do that since she’s over there. I need her in that pack, securing my human weapon more than I need to see her. I wish I could have both, right now, but I don’t have that option. I know I should wait, but that hasn’t really been my forte, no matter how many years have passed. I push away from my desk and rise to my feet. I may not have a long-term solution to my problems, but in the short term, I could use some fresh air.

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