All Chapters of The Beta's Heart: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

TravisA meeting had been called. Jackson had called me to what he called a 'private' meeting with the Sun Pack's Alpha, Mya. She had been the Luna of the pack, but her mate had been killed during a border dispute with the Red Moon Pack. No one had gotten all the details of what had happened that night, but we had suspected that the Alpha of the Red Moon Pack had ordered Alpha Dane's murder and presented it as a border dispute. In reality, Jackson had suspected that it was actually over Red Moon's Alpha's daughter who had secretly wanted to be with Alpha Dane but had been overlooked because he'd found his mate in Mya. I certainly believed that they were capable of doing such a horrible thing over such a spoiled girl. Jackson and I had suspected them of many crimes but we'd always lacked the proof to prove it. Theresa was ruthless when it came to something she wanted and if she couldn't have it, well no one could.Mya had almost not survived her mates death, but since they'd had no chi

JulianI stood over Liam wrinkling my nose in disgust. I had him thrown into one of my many cells in my basement onto a dirty cot and the smell was atrocious! The women and children in the other cells were backed completely up to the walls in terror. They cowered there with the few children I had in their arms, like they could protect them from me.Not in this lifetime, you little bitches. But right now I had to deal with my pathetic employee. The women, naked and shaking, just whimpered as I stared down at Liam. They knew that if one of my employees was thrown into my dungeon, as I liked to call it, they were there to be tortured and killed. They knew they had failed me somehow.I did this on purpose. I could easily take him to another location and get my answers, but I did it here with these women and children as witnesses so they would know not to step out of line. It had always been the most effective way to keep them all in line. Show them what could happen to them, and they'd do

Travis"We need to make sure that Lyla is protected." I told Jackson the next day. I had linked him as soon as I had gotten up the next morning after finally agreeing with Midnight about Lyla getting her justice. I would agree with him, but my being there was part of that agreement. "I will always be with mate." He told me sourly. "I would not let her face danger alone." he was insulted that I would even hint at it."I know, bud." I tried to calm him. "I never thought you would. I just want to make sure that if anyone or anything gets past us, we have it covered. We can't risk her."Jackson had been listening to our exchange and he nodded solemnly. "She will have our best warriors with her." He vowed. "She will not face this alone. Midnight is right. She deserves her justice and those women and children deserve an actual life."I blew out a breath, relieved. Of course Jackson would make sure she was safe. He took care of all the members of his pack. He was a great Alpha, worth follow

TravisI left Lyla sleeping after an all night love fest. We couldn't keep our hands off of each other. The mate bond was getting even stronger and I couldn't get enough of her. I'd fallen asleep with her in my arms. I always slept the best when she was next to me, touching me. Early the next morning Jackson had linked me that there were men in the woods searching for our little town. Liam had to have told Julian where they were. They wouldn't be able to see the town thanks to the wards that the witches from centuries ago had put on the town and the other packs to protect them and their inhabitants. Liam had known only what he had stumbled upon when we'd found them so close to our borders but, even with the warning that Lyla had given him about his telling anyone about our lands, he'd cracked and told Julian anyway. Not that we hadn't expected him to. We had put extra patrols and guards at every point of entry to our town and had some in the trees to report back to us. And Julian ha

TravisThe men that Sage and Noah had brought to us were in seperate cells now. They were just as cowardly as the other men that Travis and Jackson had taken out. They lay in a heap on the floor of their cells and sobbed like babies. Good. They would be crying a lot more than that when we were through with them.Sage stood beside me with Noah beside her and stared at the men, disdain evident in her gaze. "These two know about Julian's operation." She said coldly. "But I would start with Chris. He's the weak link. He'll spill everything fast just to save himself." She glanced at me. "I would go hard on him. He's hurt a lot of kids." She turned her hard stare back to Chris who's eyes had widened at her words and his mouth began to work to form words of protest but then he stopped. What could he say in his defense? He had none.Sage took a step toward the cell and Chris scooted painfully as far away from her as possible. He was cradling his arm and his left leg was twisted unnaturally.