I woke up in the hospital wing three dayster. The doctor exined that the stress of being beatenbined with the silver weakened my wolf to the point that it would take a while for me to heal enough to leave. I stayed there for a week before the gel patches that assist in the regeneration of skin had reduced my pain enough that I could get out of bed on my own. Even though the staff was nice to me I found out that alpha told my parents what he did but they weren’t allowed to take any time off to visit me and no visitors were allowed in the wing after


    5pm.


    The beating happened on a Monday so the first time dad was able toe was Friday when he only works half a day. Mom wanted toe but alpha wouldn’t let my siblingse into the wing and would not authorize extended care at the daycare. That first time I saw him after it happened I whispered my confession. I apologized for being selfish and unwilling to give moving out of our wretched pack a second thought. I don’t understand why I feel the way I do


    but I can not abandon Cole.”


    His confession is heartbreaking as he breaks down again. Not because of his selfishness of sacrificing his family’s ability to find peace but that he feels shame in his sacrifice and frustration for not knowing why.


    “Have you ever heard of the fated beta?” I ask as I rub the back of his head.


    “No sir. I’ve heard of the fated mate but not the beta.”


    “That’s not surprising as it’s seen more as a myth than anything real but I do believe it is true. When Connor was my beta my pack was in chaos. Some chaos after the alpha dies is normal but for it to go on for five years is unusual. It’s also unusual for the beta chosen for the position to abandon the pack but that’s what happened to me. About a year before Patrick lost his mate and returned to Crimson Dawn, Connor stopped fulfilling his duties as beta and abandoned the pack. I’m not even certain when he left as I was so overwhelmed by taking on the alpha and beta roles as well as being a doctor and a father that he just snuck away.


    When Pat came back he was in a bad ce after losing his fated mate. He and his son were also abandoned by his mate’s pack anding home was the best thing he felt he could do. I didn’t want him to jump into everything I was behind on but he did. Everything fell into ce and it was like he never left. Even though the pack didn’t know Pat very well, he had been away for ten years, they felt the change between their leaders.


    The blessing of the fated beta is that they are fiercely protective and incredibly loyal to their fated alpha and the alpha returns the same. While Goddess Diana will allow the alpha/beta duo to separate easier than fated mates, it’s the best alphas, the ones who are most deserving, that


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    tend to never lose their beta once they are found.”


    “Alpha.” He yawns softly as he speaks.


    “I’m starting to feel the sedative. I think I need toy down before I fall asleep in yourp. I’m


    sorry I thought you could be as cruel as him. You really are a nice alpha.”


    “I’m d you think so after I yed such a nasty trick on you. I do live up to my reputation as


    being strict and unforgiving but at the same time, those closest to me know that I’m fair,


    understanding and quite forgiving when needed. You have nothing to apologize for as I had no


    idea that you were being tortured.”


    “Tortured, alpha?” He seems surprised that I see his ordeal in such a way.


    “Ang, can you help him stand so we can finish the conversation in the bedroom? He really is


    close to falling asleep.”


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