All Chapters of The Beta and The Lost Heiress: Chapter 101 - Chapter 109

*Almost Ten Years Ago*Dan was two years younger than I was.He wasn’t a friend. No one made friends here. What was the point, when you’d either be forced to fight them or watch them die in one?Dan and I had a mutual understanding—that made us… partners.I’d always been a good striker, but never much of a defender. In his case, it was the opposite—so he offered to teach me what he knew, if I taught him how to hit better.A fair deal.We never really talked much, and I knew nothing about his past, except for what everyone else knew. He was another boy taken from Cellise Pack—a place that had once been our home before it was raided and burnt to the ground, taking the lives of many of our pack members with it.He didn’t know anything about me either—aside from that one fact.We were far from friends, but we sometimes sat at the same table during lunch and had small talks about who the bigger opponent was or who was considered less of a threat.Most of the time, though, we sat in silence

TESSA’S POVI’d been rereading a book Angelina brought me when I heard footsteps. Once again, I couldn’t help the spike of hope. gods, I was desperate. All I wanted was to see him again.But of course, it wasn’t him. It was the very last person I wanted to see.Natasha.I knew exactly why she was here, she wanted to humiliate me some more.As if she hasn't done enough already. “It must be very lonely in here,” she commented silently, but loud enough for me to hear. “I’ve come to keep you company and maybe have a little chat while we’re at it.”Unlike Angelina, she didn’t come with a key, and that was a relief. At least in here, I was safe.“What do you want, Natasha?”“What do you think?”“You’ve won, okay? You got me exactly where you wanted. I’m guessing that makes you pretty pleased with yourself.”“Yes. It does.”“I would ask why you did it. But I guess I already know—you’re hoping for a chance with Wraith.”“That’s not all this is about. I care about my pack too, and I would do

TESSA’S POVThe clank of keys echoed through the once-silent walkway. Once again, the door was unlocked. I didn’t look up—maybe because I already knew who it was.“You wanted my attention. You’ve fucking got it. Why the hell aren’t you eating?” Wraith snapped.Angelina had been worried about it and I had no doubt that she’d been the one who informed Wraith.For the past few days, I’d refused to eat anything she’d brought me, but I wasn’t doing that to get his attention.“You’ve made it clear that you don’t care what happened to me. So, why are you here, Wraith?”A moment of silence passed, and then he chuckled and took a few steps closer.I could perceive the smell of alcohol; he’d been drinking.“What do you want, Tessa? Sex? Take off your clothes and get on your knees.”How could I have fallen in love with this man—this murderer?“Fuck you.”In a blink, he had me pinned against the wall. His hand slipped beneath my dress.“Don’t fucking touch me, Wraith.”“Oh, stop the pretense, an

Rex believed that if there was any chance she escaped, then she must have used the tunnels. They were the closest to the dungeon. So, he’d headed that way, and I’d let him, even if I knew for a fact that she wasn’t there.I knew Tessa—there was no way she could’ve escaped that cell without help. And I knew it wasn’t Jake or Angelina who got her out.The CCTV once again got nothing, and the prison warden didn’t see anyone go in.Magic—Jake had called it, and he’d thought it was too fable-like to be believable, but I knew better. I’d read a book once, on the history of werewolves; it had been at the time I’d thought myself an anomaly due to the difference in my own ability to shift.I could still remember, word for word, a passage from the ‘Lupine Chronicles’. It read:‘It is believed—though not confirmed—that children born of two full-blooded werewolves are stronger, and may possess additional abilities.’But it was a point that wasn’t exactly proven, since most of said children ended

TESSA’S POVMy heart chose him.Despite everything, I still loved Wraith. But this time, I couldn’t let my heart make the decision.As I walked away from him, a part of me had hoped he wouldn’t let me go—that he’d take the choice from me so I wouldn’t have to make it. But deep down, I knew this was the right thing.So why did it feel like I’d left a part of myself behind? Why wouldn’t the tears stop?Logan wasn’t exactly the person I’d expected to free me from that cell. I remembered waking up to find I wasn’t alone; I’d been about to scream when he clamped a hand over my mouth. “We’ll have to stop meeting like this,” he’d said.How I got out of the cell was the bigger surprise. It was pure magic. Logan had told me to hold on tight, and I did, and then a thick smell filled my nose; I could barely breathe. A sharp ringing sound filled my head, so loud it was almost painful and then he’d let me go and the sound ceased, but I was no longer in my cell.Now he waited for me, leaning again