Chapter 44 Jordan

• My stay with my mate had been shorter than I had intended, and my mind had not been as on her as much I would have liked. As terrible as it may sound, my mind has been on my sister for a great portion of the time. The conversation we had had before I left had been replaying within my mind. The things I had learned tortured me. How can we not have known the pain she was in? All of us had failed Bailey as a family, yet she never once complained…
• Not only that, I had put my friend first far too many times. Like so many others in the pack did, as the upcoming Alpha, it was an easy mistake to make. He knew the control he had. I should have known better, but I had looked up to my best friend. Saw him as quite the lad. The womanizer. Never realizing that in the things he was doing he was hurting my sister. They seemed such an unlikely pairing.
• Tales of matebonds always seem to suggest that matebonds of fated mates are with couples that are well-matched. Perfect couples. But, with Miles and Bailey, they were far from that. Miles had found Bailey an irritation since she began high school. Looking back, it was likely because she was more intelligent than him… not that that was difficult. But, she made him feel stupid, I guess. And, even when he tried to belittle her, she seemed to have a way with words that made him look like the fool. So, he turned to vile words. Bullying words to attempt to break her…