Beauty and The Beta (Bailey) novel Chapter 253

After what felt like far too long pacing the forest floor, our wolves pushing themselves to their very edge in a bid to find Bailey, we finally caught a scent. Zion was whimpering. Whimpering so loudly, saying he smelt her scent. Far too strong, along with blood. The scent was bringing him to the point of breaking. He loved her now as much as I did, I think. And as they continued to run in the trail of that scent, we soon came across her.

The broken and damaged naked body of Bailey was laid battered, bloodied and bruised upon the forest floor. My heart felt like it shattered at the sight and Zion whimpered even more loudly the moment we laid eyes upon her. He ran toward her, before pushing me forward, allowing me to shift. My body soon cracking and twisting back to my human form, before I dropped to my knees to be by Bailey’s side, battling the tears that were filling my eyes. Our reunion was never meant to be like this!

I had hoped to run to her, envelop her in a tight hug, maybe even spin her around, before telling her how much I had missed her. Then find her lips with mine, and I was sure then my heart would have been racing so fast… but I had planned to tell her at this point I loved her. Tell her just what she meant to me. Something I had been fighting for a while now... something I had been terrified to admit...even to myself, but I knew it; and I was so desperate to share it with Bailey.

But now… now as I looked down at her injured body, I feared I may not get the chance. Her former fated mate had been so determined to bring as much chaos to Bailey’s life as he could, and today he had done exactly that. Before we were finally able to free her from their restraints.

As my eyes darted over Bailey’s beautiful face, the tears were becoming harder to fight, but I was able to quickly check her breathing, and released a huge sigh as I realized she was in fact still breathing. They hadn’t killed her. She was still alive. But, looking at the injuries, and the fact I was not a doctor, I didn’t know for how long she might be alive, or if her wolf was even healing her.