Chapter 62

Asher’s POV

I saw the disgust in Bailey’s eyes at my initial comment, but the disgust soon turned to pain at my sly dig. I don’t even know where it came from… I was awaiting a sarcastic reaction from her like previously before. She seemed good at them, but then I saw the tears building in her eyes and she quickly walked away with no further words.

Marc, one of our pack’s senior warriors, and definitely one of the more popular ones with the ladies, looked at me with disdain. “Was there any need for that?” he snapped, taking me by surprise. “I was simply helping the poor girl back to pack, Beta. She was lost in the forest. And, going from the look on her face, she looked like she wanted to cry.”

I looked down at my feet momentarily, angry he felt he had any right to talk to me like that. “Well, how was I to know that?” I snarled.

“What difference would it make to you anyway?” he asked, and I paused. He was right… what difference did it make to me? Absolu