Bonded and Betrothed: A Paranormal Wolf Shifter Romance (Fated Pack Book One) by Rachel Callahan

Author:Rachel Callahan [Callahan, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2022-03-04T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Skylar

I climb out of the armored town car and thank my driver for the night and the beta riding along with him in the front.

“Are you sure you don’t want us to wait for you?” the driver, Jeffrey, asks.

“I’ll be fine, thank you,” I say with a tight smile. The pack's senses are on high alert since I was injured, so it was difficult to even leave the house without an armed escort. But I don’t want to push them, not just yet, not after the fear of losing another alpha was made even worse after last night.

“Okay,” Jeffrey says hesitantly. Both him and the beta beside him sit in the car silently as I turn towards the entrance of the club. I step onto the sidewalk and attempt to relax my shoulders, reminding myself to be patient.

Things were tense once we arrived back at the manor, and I had to get out, had to get back some sense of normalcy. I went straight into a meeting with Silas when I arrived back at the manor, where he filled me in on his work so far. Thankfully all of the injured betas had made a full recovery with no lingering effects. He also took the step of inviting Oliver’s family to the manor. My lips pull down as memories of our meeting drift through my mind.

I pushed back from the chair and stood to face the partially closed door Silas had exited through, and squared my shoulders, I readied myself to face the family of our fallen pack member. Thoughts raced through my mind, and I struggled to put a lid on them. I wished I’d known him, Oliver. I wished I could reassure his parents with kind words rather than the same platitudes normally passed on when someone dies. Silas had known him and had worked beside Oliver for years. How was I supposed to console a grieving family when I barely knew how to cope with the feelings of loss and regret swirling inside of me. Silas’ rough fingers gripped the edge of the door and he pushed it open revealing two women with slight lines etching their faces. Oliver’s age struck me at that moment—he was only eighteen, still so full of hope, and it was stolen from him. The women followed Silas closely, their gazes so focused on him they hadn’t spotted me yet. The woman closest to Silas was a petite blonde, yet despite her shorter stature I saw the fire burning through her veins, the sheer determination shining through. Her partner followed closely behind her, taller and brunette, and looking as though she was guarding her wife with her steady calmness.

My hands clenched at my sides, fingernails digging deep into my palm as I used the pain to focus my mind. I had to be the strong one, to be the one to deliver the news to these women that they’d just lost their son.

“What’s going on Silas, and where is Ol—” The blonde woman’s words cut off as her eyes landed on me and Silas stepped aside.

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