Page 28 of A Second Chance for the Beta

“A mercenary group,” he explains. “They are technically not rogues. Instead, they live together in a small group, like a pack, and take up jobs no one else wants to take.”

“Wait!” It strikes me like lightning. “Jobs no one else wants to take!? You mean like targeting a child?”

“Exactly,” Bernard heaves. “I’ve talked to Gerard already, and they are upping the security in Cambridge as long as your niece is still there. When are you returning?”

Oh fuck, I can’t believe it!

“The moment we have all the documents ready, we are heading back,” I say.

“I will make sure to send you some bodyguards,” Bernard reassures us. “We are also scanning everyone who travels by airplane. I will send you everything I found so you and Beta Dante can keep your eyes open.”

“Elder Bernard, they followed me and Dante, didn’t they?”

“Probably,” he says. “They must have had their eyes set on you, and the moment you moved to look for Charlie, they followed you.”

Fuck those assholes! I swear if they even get close to Charlie, if they even look at her, I’m going to rip them apart. Dante has come closer now, his sharp ears easily picking up our conversation. He furrows his brows now, his glare deathly.

“They will only hurt her over my dead body,” he spits out, his eyes gleaming dangerously.

Despite my previous conflicted feelings, I feel safe and warm to have him with me. He is a softie with me, but he is the beta to one of the strongest alphas, and his reputation doesn’t come from nowhere.

Dante takes my hand and squeezes it. “No one will hurt her!”

eleven

A New Life

*CHARLIE*

Thelastweekshavepassed in a blur. I can’t believe I left the orphanage. I certainly won’t miss Sally’s bully gang there, but I do miss England a bit. Ella has been fabulous, though. Whenever I feel lost or anxious, I just look at her and I feel my anxiety calm down.

Apparently, it’s the wolf bond or whatever.

I wish I wouldn’t have to share her with Dante. Not that he is in any way bad. He is super nice and goes beyond himself to make sure I have everything. But I just wish it could have been Ella and me. I’ve never had family before.

Pack life is weird and looks a bit like a cult full of hot men and women at first glance, but they are just like a huge family in a way. Everyone seems slightly scared of the alpha, but he is always nice to me, and I’ve seen him bottle-feed one of his daughters several times already.

Aww, so cute.

Luna Annalise was feeding the second baby that day. They are such a cute family. I wonder if Mom looked at me the way the luna looks at her babies. I wonder if she looked at my dad the way Luna looks at Alpha Liam.

I don’t know anything about my dad. Unfortunately, Ella and Dante didn’t find anything about him. Mom didn’t put him on the birth certificate either.

Shucks.

But who knows, maybe he is just a loser who dropped Mom and had her suffer on her own. Ella told me Mom fell during a political war, but I think she is just trying to tiptoe around the topic that she was murdered in cold blood. Dad was nowhere around to help her. I don’t know what type of person Mom was, Ella doesn’t either, but I think she must have been strong.

I just wish she would have stayed with me. We could have been on the run together.

Ella is not a doormat either. She is so cool. I’ve seen her interact with the other pack members, and everyone seems to respect her.

“I see you did your hair,” Luna Annalise says as she sits at the breakfast table.

Food is amazing here. There is so much stuff I have never gotten regularly, although food in the orphanage wasn’t bad either.

“Yes, I wanted it to be a stronger violet,” I say politely. It’s almost impossible to be sassy to the luna; she is so nice.

She winks at me. “You got help, didn’t you?”