Beauty and The Beta (Bailey)
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Chapter 17 Bailey

I got myself ready to leave the house, dressed smartly in a pair of high-waisted, wide-legged, blacktrousers. With a simple white tank top. My long dark hair I chose to tame, so the curls weremanageable, and I clipped the sides back from my face. I slipped on a pair of simple black heels tofinish my outfit, along with simple but stylish make-up too. I needed to make a good impression. Ineeded a job. There had still been no responses despite all the applications I had

sent out.

“You ready to go Bai?” My Dad called up the stairs, and I smiled. He was not wasting theopportunity to go and see his friend, former Alpha Isaak, again. After we had called the pack andrequested an appointment to discuss the role of teacher in the pack, my Dad had messaged AlphaIsaak to let him know, and instantly he was invited to come along too. Personally, I think it was justmy Dad’s way of coming along to keep an eye on me. Ever the protective father..

I have since learned the two of them had played football together in the inter-pack football squadsmany moons ago. Back when my Dad considered himself quite the footballer. Back when he couldactually run around without feeling like he would collapse and have a heart attack. No, I shouldn’tbe mean, my Dad was still in quite good shape for a guy his age. That came with being a Beta ofthe pack, I guess. He had no choice but to keep training and had to stay at peak fitness.

I picked up my bag from my bed with my qualifications as well as examples of some of my teachingstyles I preferred. “Coming!” I called, slipping out of my bedroom. Only to be greeted by my olderbrother leaning on the doorframe of his bedroom door, with a dirty look upon his face. “I’d say goodluck, but…” he paused. “Nope, I don’t want to. You will f**k it up, like you do everything else.” Hesays with a nasty laugh.

I rolled my eyes at him, sticking my middle finger up at him, before turning my back on him. beforewalking down the stairs to meet my Dad. “Come on Princess, let us get you to this meeting.” Hesmiles, as we move toward the door, and for once I am actually glad to spend time with my Dad,because he doesn’t seem to be on my case.

‘Good luck Bailey. I suddenly received a mindlink from Harley. I felt a warm feeling rush. throughme. I was touched that he had even remembered my interview. The two of us had been for icecreams as planned the other afternoon, and had found plenty to laugh about as we caught up. Heseemed quite an easy-going guy, and really friendly. He seemed quite interested in the fact I haddone my degree and asked lots of questions about it.

We had seen each other a couple of times since, casually around pack. And chatted via text andcall too. He had been really enthusiastic for me when I told him of my potential job interview,knowing how desperate I was to replace work. Though I don’t know if he realized how far away thispack was…

‘Thank you, Harley!’ I replied. ‘And thank you for remembering. I am just leaving now.”

“Aww, just in time then. I just woke up, so I am glad I caught you. You will smash it, sweet cheeks.He tells me and I hold back a little giggle, he keeps coming up with funny names to call me,knowing they will make me laugh. But my Dad being with me means it is not a good idea to belaughing, as I do not need to be explaining this to him….

“Thank you. I am with my Dad now, so I will speak to you later.! I told him, knowing it wouldn’t be

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long until my Dad were to notice my glazed eyes to signal I was mindlinking, and then he would beasking questions. Plus, I would soon lose the ability once we left the pack as we would be too faraway from him for the link to work.

‘Okay Bai, see you soon. Drinks on me if you get the job!’ Harley tells me cheerfully before cuttingthe link.

I sit in the passenger seat of the car as my Dad is driving through the quiet roads of pack. Fewpeople would be about at this time of day. We were setting of quite early as the meeting wasscheduled for mid-morning, and we still had to get there yet. I was nervous, but I was excited too. Ihad been working toward this since I went away to study. This is everything I am wanting. I hopethey like me and see the potential in me. I am a good teacher, I know I am…

I feel my mindlink cra ckling like someone is trying to get hold of me and I wonder if Harley is tryingto reach me again, but suddenly a voice I did not want to hear comes through loud and clear, Iespecially did not want to be hearing his voice today of all days. Miles. ‘Where the f**k do you thinkyou are going?”

I chose to try and ignore him, knowing we were coming toward the pack gates soon, so hopefullythe pack link would be lost and he wouldn’t be able to continue mindlinking me. I go to put my blockup, but as I do, he forces through again. ‘Don’t f**king ignore me Bailey. You were told you wouldstay within the pack. That you belonged to our pack. Yet you chose to apply for work away from thepack all the same? Go to your interview, or it will reflect badly on our pack, and you will not make uslook bad. You cause us enough issues as it is. But you will not take that job. Do you hear me? Or Iwill replace ways to make you regret it.”

A cold chill spread across my body at his words. Why would anyone threaten something like that?As my Dad pulled the car out of the pack gates onto the road ready to drive to Autumn Valley Pack,I was beginning to doubt my decision now. Miles is not going to allow this. It seemed my brother had

gone running to his friend after all and done exactly as I feared he would. And if they offered me thejob I had so desperately wanted, Miles would make me regret it, and knowing him, I could onlyimagine what that could mean.