All Chapters of The Beta and The Lost Heiress: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

I watched Natasha walk away, but her words stayed with me, echoing in my head. One word ringing louder than the rest— ‘dangerous’. She might have said all that simply out of spite, but a part of me felt like there was some truth to it.I was no fool; I knew Wraith was dangerous. I’ve seen him kill a man before. I knew who he was, but what if there was more to him? What if there was more he was hiding?I couldn’t forget the day he’d returned home shot and covered in bruises. I never bothered to ask him how it happened; maybe it was because I knew he would never tell. He would simply shut me out, the same way he did when I asked him about his parents, the same way I knew he would react when I asked him about those scars, the ones he tried to conceal with tattoos. This time, though, I wanted to find out everything. I wanted to discover all he was hiding.I stared at the door to his room. I knew I shouldn’t be going in there, but if I needed answers, I’d have to start from there—his room.

TESSA’S POV“Tess, come on, open up. You’ve been locked in that room for two days now,” Angelina called.I had to give it to her, Angelina was very persistent. She’d come every few hours, pleading through the built-in door speaker to be let in, then leaving... only to return again. Something told me she wasn’t going to be giving up anytime soon.With a sigh, I rose from the bed and headed to the door. I unlocked it, and without another word, I walked back to the bed. She shut the door behind her before joining me on the bed.The next five minutes passed along in total silence, before she finally spoke up.“It’s Wraith, isn’t it?” she questioned, but of course, she didn’t need a response to know she guessed right. “I told you once before, Wraith is—”“Different. I get it, and I don’t really care anymore about him or his messed-up life.”“What happened, Tessa?” Angelina asked, her worry evident on her face.“I don’t want to talk about it.” I didn’t want to speak about it because for th

I shoved away the guilt rising in the pit of my stomach. Angelina had trusted me, and I used her.I knocked on the door to Bree’s apartment, but there was only silence. I knocked again.“Who is it?” Bree’s voice came from inside.“It’s Tessa, open up.” I said. The sun had gone down, the day-light fading away. I anxiously scanned the street to make sure I wasn’t being followed.“Are you alone?” She questioned, and I couldn’t help but find the question strange.“Yes.” I answered, and she finally pulled the door open and let me in before hastily shutting it. “I’m glad you’re back.” She said, her voice a bit breathy.“Are you alright?” I asked.“Yes, I am.”I looked down at her hands; she had a kitchen knife in her grasp. “Is that a… knife?”“I wasn’t expecting you.” She said before walking away. I followed after her, she came to a stop in the kitchen and returned the knife in its stand.The next few minutes passed in a tense silence, so many questions raced through my mind. “I know, ok

**ANGELINA’S POVSomehow, I always keep messing things up. Maybe that was why I was rarely trusted with any of the pack’s main responsibilities. But tonight, I’d been reckless; if anything had happened to Tessa, I would never have forgiven myself.I took a deep breath before stepping into Wraith’s office.Being near the Beta always gave me the chills—and I wasn’t the only one. Majority of the pack members were shit-scared of him, maybe even more than they were of Alpha Rex. It had been that way from the very first day Wraith was introduced to this pack as our beta.Normally, there would’ve been plenty of opposition; there always is when someone without royal blood takes over the pack’s leadership, but in his time, there wasn’t any. It wasn’t just because of the rigorous tests he overcame—it was the aura he carried. He might not have been born into a noble bloodline, but he was still a born leader.For the past years, he had proved himself over and again. I didn’t believe in destiny,

WRAITH’S POVThe club was packed with humans, bodies grinding against each other, some drunkenly singing along to the music blasting from the speakers. I ignored all of it and headed straight to the VIP section.It didn’t take long to spot Luca.He wasn’t alone. A scantily dressed woman sat on his lap, giggling as he muttered ‘sweet nothings’ into her ear. The moment he saw me, the smile faded from his face.“Leave.” he said to the girl.“What?” she asked, surprised.“Leave now.” He sneered, shoving the girl off his laps, she stumbled, barely managing to catch her footing on those ridiculously high heels.Of course she was stupid enough to believe a man like him meant all the nonsense he’d been whispering into her ear.“You know what? Fuck you,” she snapped, grabbing her purse. She turned to me. “I’ll be right over there if you want some… fun time.”I didn’t respond. Her cheeks flushed—embarrassment, I imagine—before she turned and stormed off.“Do take a seat, Beta Wraith.” Luca urge