The Four Beta Brothers – Chapter 147
ETHAN
I pushed the papers on my desk away and leaned back in my chair. I couldn’t focus on preparing for the arrival of the vampire king a moment longer. My mind was on Juniper and how her first week back at school was going.
Elijah assured me he was looking out for her, and he was doing whatever he could to create a safe environment at CUW. However, I couldn’t stop worrying. After everything that happened, I just wanted to drop everything and be with my mate. I’d feel better knowing she was safe in my arms.
s, especially after all of the damage our fathers did to our reputation. He deserved a reliable beta that would help him establish Pack Validas as a pack to rely on and look up to.
s own.
uniper by my side even more. I wanted to give her the power she deserved. That was the exact reason I couldn’t take her away from school. She chose to g
to see if Juniper answered. I wondered if she knew she was the only one who made me feel this nervous.
on the other end, and I started breathing again. Hearing her speak filled a void I didn’t realize was missing.
ngers to calm my nerves.
ing at our phones, debating if we should call each other.
k about?”
at.” She paused and took a calming breath. “And I missed you.”
e to know I wasn’t the only one who was missing her. I knew she cared for me, but I also knew that she had my brothers to keep her d
id without missing a beat.
e me wish I could see that beautiful smile again.
ties to see the other.
e.
ing Moira. It was all just weird, and it made me want to come back home even more.”
home.
t she said she wanted to quit school and come back here, I was sure I’d book her a flight.
their harassment, and Moira won’t report it.”
. Even though Moira had hurt her, she still saw the good in her former friend. She still wanted Moira to find peace, and that level of care was rare to see in people these days.
she thinks she deserves the pain,” Juniper continued. “She feels guilty for
e for those who didn’t deserve it, the last thing I wanted was for her to get hurt in the process. She had been hurt too many times in her life, and she
I don’t plan on trying to be her friend. Even when she was my friend,
mature. I just wished Charles hadn’t let the school devolve as much as he did. He was paying for it now with his life sentence in prison, but the damage he did wasn’t something that could simply be erased. It’d take time for Elijah to rebuild the school standards.
said. “How have you been?”
e meeting was the most important thing we were doing this week. How King Claude responded to Winston’s efforts to make sure there was no bad blood between vampires and werewolves would determine the future between the two species.
balance. Anthony’s efforts to start a war could very well have been the tipping point needed to destroy that delicate balance. Everything depended on how reasonable King
ngs to do,” I said.
taking breaks.”.
orry her.
ding with that same voice.
r my mate was going to be the most difficult thing about the long distance. Phone calls would be enough to satisfy my emotional
one condition.”
“Oh?”
what you’re we
arder to read her over the phone. I didn’t have her delicate facial exp
I’m not sure what I’m wearing would be very appealing.”
to change that.”
my c**k even harder.
t of all, I would—”
The door opened and Kalli poked her head through t
e in fifteen.”
iper and me the privacy I desperately wanted.
office.
I nodded.
d forth in my office.
I wanted was for Kalli to see me like that.
,” I said, leaving Kalli to talk to my mate. I knew better than to hope I’d get my phone back any time soon.
wished it didn’t cut into the limited time I had to talk to her.
of the pack depended on it.