Love consumed her in flames but she emerged untouched
Chapter 0125

Chapter 0125

I sleepily walked down the stairs, after very little sleep, yet again. This time, there had been little tono visions of Isla that I remembered. My dreams were overtaken by visions of Bailey. And not in apleasant way either. Visions of her being tortured. By a man I could not see. A man I could notidentify. Yet his voice was the one on the phone…

I woke up multiple times drenched in sweat, struggling to settle because I was desperate to go andcheck if she was okay. Yet, I knew I could not. Knew that I had to give her the space she hadwanted. She had not wanted me there. I needed to know who this man was that had spoken to herlike that. The moment she had rushed from my suite I had been on edge. Zion was the same. Theurge to protect her was like nothing else I had experienced, and it unsettled me.

This girl is not my mate. She is technically nothing to me. Not even a pack member. But, for somereason, her vulnerability and weakness had affected me and my wolf. And hearing the way thatfucker had spoken to her had ripped through my heart. I had realized then I wanted to help her, yetshe had refused my help.

I needed to know more, and I would replace out more one way or another. From how he spoke, and thethings he said, I can only assume this man was her former fated mate. The man that had beenfoolish enough to reject her. I had lay there for so long trying to process the things she had brieflymentioned since her arrival which may help me decipher who this man was. I knew she had notbeen willing to give much away, but had said a little without realizing.

I knew he had rejected her. He must have some power over her. As she had said, he had beenstopping her searching for a job out of the pack. That had to make him a senior role within theirpack, to my mind, at least. That would also explain to me why he felt he could dictate where shewent and what she did. Could he be their upcoming Alpha? That seemed the most obvious to me.And it would be a likely pairing too... Now… that could be an interesting turn of events… because ifI am not mistaken, the way their pack worked, along with so many others, was that the Alphas were

not expected to reject the mate fated to them. That was considered a sign of going against themoon goddess. Disrespecting everything we stand for as werewolves.

If Bailey had been fated to the Lotus Shadow Pack’s upcoming Alpha, like I am beginning towonder, then this meant their pack must be in disarray if they had learned of it. Because their youngfuture Alpha had broken one of their main laws, so was he even able to be their Alpha anymore?And listening to the way in which he spoke to Bailey, he did not sound like a man I would want incharge of a pack…

As I reached my office door, I could see Caleb approaching, a big beaming smile upon his face.Evidently, all this additional time off to spend time with his family was doing him good. “Goodmorning, Good morning.” He greeted me, enthusiastically. “I heard you did a good job at being thehospitable host for our new teacher.” He winked at me.

I rolled my eyes at him. “Good morning to you too. Do I assume your delightful mate has beenchecking in on me, yet again?”

I opened my office door, in desperate need of a coffee, especially if I was going to have to deal withCaleb in one of his irritatingly cheerful moods.

“Perhaps. She called Bailey last night.” Caleb said with a shrug as he followed me into the office.

I quickly turned to look at him. “Eden called Bailey last night? What time? Was she okay?” I asked,so many questions flooding from my mind, wondering if she had mentioned anything about whathad happened with her former mate.