Beth Bear Novels & Stories

, while Selena nodded. “And the best part is that you got rid of that bastard.” “Garrett?” “Yeah. Filthy piece of shit couldn’t keep his hands off any of the girls. All we had to do was endure it - ‘For the pack’ - as he always said.” I felt my mouth fall open as I stared at the Beta in shock. “You too?” “All of us, actually. None of us knew what the others were going through, until Becky.” she pointed at a blonde girl across the table, “Came back to our room with a blue eye and battered lip.”

Carella, Heather and Betty. Which one stabbed their Sophia in the back?

But i think it's going to be fun. Beth is a huge opposite of me. She is feisty, bold, talks freely and can't stand intimidation. We have been friends since we started high school. During my first days in school, she helped me when I was being bullied by the seniors then. Since then, we have been close friends. Her mother died in a car accident, her father left them with nothing and moved to the states. We heard he has a family there. Beth hate that man with passion. Bring him up anytime, she will surely scratch your eyes out.

He would never tell me, but I knew that as soon as she had seen how close we had gotten, she had started training him to be my Beta. Everyone knew that it was my choice about who would be my Beta, but Beanie was the frontrunner, closely tied with Elena. I liked that the brother-sister bond my father had with Aunt Mona made their leadership team stronger, but I also knew that Elena had no desire to be Beta. She just wanted to hurt people who got in our way or threatened sleuth members. She would make a great Gamma. I groaned as the thoughts of me taking over my father’s role in the sleuth brought me a sense of anxiousness that I hated.

“That’s fine, and I’m sorry. But I think you were very brave for taking responsibility.” “Thank you,” she said, rising back to her feet. I couldn’t help but wonder what exactly was the reason behind why she was so guarded. I could dig deeper and find out, but out of respect for her privacy, I wouldn’t. Maybe one day she’d trust me enough to tell me herself. “What is next on my schedule?” “You have an appointment with Sir John in three hours, and after that, you have another with someone who calls herself The Baroness?” The Baroness, aka, Beatrice was a business associate of mine. Since the Callister’s fortune had been invested in numerous clean businesses, I’d been dealing with a lot more bu

Beth said as she approached me. "I wish I could." "Don't get your hands dirty," she waved me off, "I know a guy." I chuckled softly, despite myself. She was dressed in a stunning plum dress, paired with raindrop crystal earrings that made her look every bit the heiress she was. "Why are you talking to me, Beth? You should hate me," I muttered. "Oh, I do. But you looked like a loner in a corner. Had to come to your rescue," she replied with a shrug.

I don't want to lose her, not when I just found her. "She's strong," the witch reminded me. "Stronger than anyone expected. Focus on that." The third day brought new terrors as Beth's heart began to stutter and skip beats. I paced the room like a caged animal, my wolf howling in despair each time her pulse faltered. "Don't you dare," I growled when her breathing grew shallow. "Don't you dare leave me, Beth Howard. We haven't even begun." Memories tormented me– Beth sleeping trustingly in my arms that first night, her courage facing down River's pack, the way she'd stood up to Elena Blackwood. She'd fought so hard to claim her place here. She couldn't fail now.

Zeus said, "Such a heart should not exist." A flame erupted from Betsy's heart and that marked the end of her life. Zeus burned her heart to crisp, alongside her entire body. Betsy was reduced to a pile of dust in minutes. Everyone watched in shock, fear palpable in the air until June coughed. Zeus walked towards her with his red eyes and picked her up on the ground. "Get the doctor at once!"

I didn't find anything in the front room but I kept looking. This house was incredibly old, the flooring seemed as if it would cave in at any moment. I opened every door, looked inch by inch but didn't find anything. I walked back outside to see Alex and Tye had Bethany up on her feet. "We will tell Alley that you helped us if you tell us where Leia is." Tye said. "I'm not telling you shit. You think I care about Alley or her little friend? I'm dead either way it goes." Bethany snapped. She was right, we had seen what she did to Stella, wolves could be cruel but damn. That was stupidly insane. "Just tell us where she is? Where is Bosch?" Alex said, tightening his grip on her. Bethany didn't

But rather, that she wanted to know why this was suddenly our responsibility, when it wouldn’t have been our responsibility in the event that it had been anyone else who was shifting. “You and I both know that our Beta is quite useless in most terms. He has all of the skills that he needs on paper, but when it comes to practice, he can display none of them. He can’t even be a father to his own daughter. And she doesn’t want him there.”