(Harper’s POV)
The next morning I woke up to banging on my bedroom door. I stumbled half asleep to the door thinking about the dinner last night. I didn’t know what to expect but people seemed happy to see me walking in with Elias, and a fair few came up to me afterwards to offer condolences for my father and to say they were happy to see me back. I recognised some of them, but not others. My mother and sister were sitting in the main dining area, along with my sister's kids and when they saw me they waved. I had been happy to see Louise walk in with Tommy on her arm and they both sat at a table in front of the main table, along with Alice Chambers and Caroline Stokes and their families.
The only people sitting up at the top table were Elias and myself, Marcus and Colton. Elias had arranged it so I was sitting betwe
(Elias’ POV) I walked into my office and sat down at my desk, keeping myself very still. The fury raging inside me was at the point of almost tipping over into a destructive warpath. Marcus followed me in watching me carefully. “Hey boss,” he said. I could tell he was keeping his tone even so as not to trigger me. If anyone knew my temper, my anger, the monster that lived inside me, and I wasn’t talking about my wolf, Jax. If anyone knew that other monster, then Marcus would be the one to have seen him in action. I did my best to keep that side of me, the bloodlust side, firmly under wraps. Only since meeting Harper, since finding my beautiful mate, that monster felt both sated whenever we were around her, and instantly hell on earth furious the second anything dares to hurt her. “How much did you hear?” I asked, looking up at Marcus. We had just been to the cells. I had found Harper snooping around the entrance in what suspiciously loo
(Elias’ POV) “Elias, calm down!” Marcus shouted over the roar of rage in my head, “Control it, for fuck’s sake,” “I am going to find him and rip the bastard limb from limb!” I snarled “Now get out of my fucking way before I make you get out of my way” Marcus widened his stance in front of the door stopping me from going on a rampage to find the abusive little mutt. “Elias, don’t let him take over,” Marcus growled. “Oh, this isn’t him, this is all me. I am the one to do this, not him,” I growled back. I felt a hand on my shoulder and whipped around, smashing my fist into the person’s body, and realising a second too late that I had just knocked Tommy flying. He jumped up his shining gold and then bright white. That was enough to break me from my rage for a second, but also enough for me to breathe through and control it. “What the fuck was that?” I exclaimed as his eyes bled back to his normal colour. “My wo
(Elias’ POV)My nerves got stronger as we drove closer to the location. There was every chance that this would go wrong. I tried to draw Harper out by making small talk. I mentioned that I had made sture Stokes wasn’t ruining her birthday by bugging her and she smiled and thanked me. She kept looking out of the window and I readied myself, just in case she realised where we were heading and reacted badly.I pulled into the side of the road where I was directed and saw the pathway we were to take. I glanced over at Harper who was looking out the window. She seemed uneasy in herself but when I helped her out of the car she smiled at me. We began down the path and just as I saw the lights decorating the gazebo come into view I felt Harper stiffen and then gasp behind me. I turned quickly and she was staring at me with
Hello to my lovely reader. I just wanted to reach out about the lack of updates to this book. I am current going througha breakdown of a ten year long relationship, and this is obviously taking my energy at the moment. i need to put myself and my children first. And I don't want the quality of the book to suffer either. This is why I haven't been posting. But I am planning on re starting updates on Monday 11th October 2021. And they will be daily updates. I hope you can understand while I take this break.Thank you in advanceAisling
(Harper’s POV) I woke up enveloped in the warmth of arms wrapped around me. Elias’ scent surrounded me and I felt a peace inside me that I hadn’t felt in a really long time. If ever at all. I laid there, not wanting to break the spell. And I know that there was some small part in me that wanted to hold on to this feeling like my life depended on it. And yet there was a bigger part that was scared, scared of allowing myself to be taken in, to trust someone else fully with that broken part of me. To see beyond the shield and see how fucked up I really was. Because what if they saw that and they rejected me? What if they decided that there were too many pieces to fix and what if after showing them the truth in what I was they left me there, exposed with my own feelings? And no way to know how to build my wall again. Or worse, what if they stayed? What if they were really in for the long haul? They come armed with emotional superglue and dili
Hello my lovely readers. First off an apology, I never intended to take such a long break from this book and appreciated and appreciate the support that I have received here and in my fan group. The reason for this break is down to my mental health. Thne break with my ex triggered my bipolar disorder in one of the worse episodes I have had in a long time.I am happy to say that while I'm not 100%, I am better than I was and I am ready to start writing again. I have actually already started, but I am trying to think of this sensibly and I am aiming to build up a number pf chapters so that if I have a bad day you will still get updates. That being said, this is the plan going forward. Beyond Beta's Rejection will begin updating again on November 1st 2021. I fully intend for this to be daily updates. The plan is for this book to be complete by the end of November (unless another crazy twist happens).
(Colton’s POV) ****Ten years ago*** “Hey!” I felt a sharp pain in my arm and glared round at Damien. “What the fuck, man?” I exclaimed, rubbing my arm where he had just punched me. “You just got us killed, you idiot!” he said, and pointed to the large screen in front of us. I blinked and saw the words GAME OVER splashed across the screen in red writing that was meant to look like blood splatter, “Seriously man, those twerps annihilated us because you were too busy mentally wanking off in your head” Damien snapped. Geez, it was just a computer game, but he had been restless lately, so I let him off. “Shit, sorry man,” I said. “I guess I was just thinking about-” “Harper,” Damien rolled his eyes, “Yeah, I know” “It’s just, she seemed different today,” I said, thinking back to the morning I had spent with my angel. “She seemed like she was coming around to things,” Which I was happy about
(Harper’s POV)I walked up the path and saw Colton smiling at me. I couldn’t help but roll my eyes. The idiot really did still think he had some sort of chance with me. His smile widened, and I shook my head.“What do you want, Colton?” I asked, making sure I kept away from him. I might have warrior training, but he still had brute strength on me and he had caught me off guard more than once. He gave me a confused look and then scowled.“What was last night all about?” he shot at me. I didn’t know what he was talking about for a second, but then I remembered briefly seeing faces at the pack house when Elias carried me in. I couldn’t have said whose faces they were. I guessed one was Colton.“It was personal,” I said and shrugged.“I don’t like the way he thinks he has a claim on you,” he said and I rolled my eyes again.“Did
Thank you for reading Beyond Beta's Rejection. This project started out so very different to where it ended. But I love the direction it took. As you can see, this part of the story is over, but there is so much more to tell. There will be a second book. I am in the process of mapping out and outlining now and I am hoping to start writing and releasing chapters in the first quarter of 2022. But for now I need to work on another project which you will soon likely see appear. Thank you once again for the time and money that you have spent of this labour of love of mine and I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed writing it. I will be talking more abou this and other books in my fan group Aisling's Puzzle Pieces. I can't add links here but I am sure that if you search my name on certain sites then you will soon find it. Lastly I want to thank my e
(Harper’s POV)The next few days seemed filled with so much activity. Elias and I announced that we had completed the mate bond, and for the most part, people seemed happy. But I noticed both Drake and Tommy sharing a look that I tried to question later with Tommy. He continued to be evasive with me the whole time, but insisted that he was happy for us. Elias said that maybe I was imagining it, but I was sure there was something that they weren’t telling me.The Council swept into town for debriefing everyone after the battle. Elias was cleared of any suspicion and we heard that the sovereign had ordered a full sweep of every member of the Council to weed out any more Circle members. In private, Drake confirmed that he was in fact the Divine Warrior for the Immortal line and he, Harry and Aaron spent many hours poured over texts about the two
(Harper’s POV)The battle seemed to dissipate after I killed Nathaniel. I didn’t know if seeing me slaughter their feared leader with the angel blade scared them or if it was just good timing, but there was no more fighting. I looked around to see the courtyard, a mess of dead and wounded.“Harper?” I turned to see Tommy looking at me in disbelief.“Hey,” I said and shrugged. He grinned, tears down his face,“Fucking hell Harper,” he pulled me into a hug and I laughed, “Don’t ever do that to me again,”“I’ll do my best,” I said. He pulled me to arms’ length.“You look differ
(Harper’s POV)My eyes flew open as I woke up in the cells. I sat up and looked around, allowing my eyes to adjust to the low light after the brightness of the Neverplain. I looked down to see the angel blade still in my stomach. I inclined my head at it curiously. Was I meant to pull it out myself? Everything was beginning to blur for me. The Neverplain and my angel and the visit from Drake. Did Drake really visit? Or was that just my perverted imagination putting him there? And was he really also a Divine Warrior? There were a million questions running through my mind, some repeated, some serious, some stupid. It was like my mind was in overdrive and I couldn’t focus on one thing.I heard a chuckle to one side of me and looked towards the source.“Hello darling,” Marcus said from his perch
(Drake’s POV)I looked down at the werewolf in front of me in sympathy. I had heard many things about Elias Owens. I knew his family were allies of the order and also knew they had been ripped apart by the destructive Circle twenty or so years back. I even remembered Owen’s brief time at the Council. He had disappeared one night and then a couple of days later, I heard about the attack on his pack. I had no idea that he had a demon bloodline in him. He had hidden it well.And now here he was, cradling his dead lover. The sweet Harper. The beautiful woman who had risen in the ranks of the warriors with ease over the years. I was unsurprised by her progress as I watched her. I could tell at first sight who she was, or what she was. Her ethereal glow was unmistakable and would be recognised by others of our kind. I was almost surprised that she didn&rs
(Elias’ POV)My head was pounding as I woke up to the buzz of activity. I sat up, looking around to see that I was laid in one of the booths at Howlers. The room was filled with council warriors, as well as some of my own. I looked around for the centre of the activity and saw the vampire that had tried to take Harper from me.Then it hit me again. Harper. My beautiful mate was dead. I felt like I couldn’t breathe all over again as a single tear slipped down my cheek. The rage followed and with it the stirring of the demon inside me.“Kill,” it said. The guttural voice felt raw with hatred. I agreed with what he said. I had to find Nathaniel and rip him apart limb from limb. I would scatter his remains across the town and the ground would be soaked with his blood. I would make him
(Colton’s POV)I was dragged from the cells by two or three warriors, still hearing the painful screams of the woman I loved. I tried to fight, but I heard Nathaniel instruct them to drag me back to the pack house. I was thrown into the Alpha’s office as Nathaniel strode in, instructing various warriors to surround the house and be on guard. Louise was in the corner crying, her makeup streaming down her face. I glanced over and she looked up at me. Despite all the hatred, all that I had done to her, I knew that in this moment we were both mourning someone we loved. I saw that acknowledgement in her eyes.Nathaniel sat at the desk and began to speak but he was interrupted by the sound of a mournful howl, one so powerful it could be heard all the way from the cells to where we were now. One so painful that it meant only one thing. Immediately, t
(Elias’ POV)***Earlier in the Day***The last few days had been terrible. I had been in constant battle with whatever this thing was inside of me. The rage inside me at seeing the man responsible for my sister’s death had been like a drug to the monster, and I had spent much of the time in the back of my own mind. All I was able to do was to go over the events that had just happened. Finding out that Harper was a member of the Council was a shock. But then she mentioned that name, Nathaniel. There was no way that the man she thought could help me was the same man I had spent so many years hunting for. I stopped struggling against the warriors then. Either Harpers Nathaniel was going to help sort this epic misunderstanding out or…Seeing his face was enough to unleash the monster. The man I had be
(Harper’s POV) I looked over to see Colton standing there in a black suit and black tie. Despite everything that had happened between us, I couldn’t deny that he looked good in the suit. He moved into the room and kissed his mother on the cheek before holding his hand out to me. I looked at the hand, not wanting to take it. Colton sighed and then nodded to two warriors dressed in all black. They both advanced on Louise, and she backed away. “My uncle was clear, you are both to be escorted this evening,” Colton said, his face blank, “It can be done the civil way, or the not so civil way and I saw one of the warriors handling what looked like a collar and lead. “Fine,” I Snapped and took Colton’s hand, “But if he tries to put that on my friend, I will use it to strangle him with.” the warrior stopped an