Chapter 145 Kai

• Sleep was hard to come by for me. I had fought the incessant compulsion to message Bella to check she was okay, and then the niggling yearning to call her or even drive over to the pack in which she was currently being kept captive to ensure she was safe. I knew that as much as I wanted to do those things, right now they would only cause her trouble. It could ruin all the plans my pack and River Ash had made. I needed to be strong and stick to the arrangements I knew were underway...
• For me, bringing Bella home could not come soon enough. I had spent the greater part of the night pacing the floors of my grandmother’s home, my mind on my mate and little else. But, thankfully, at some point, I had collapsed onto the sofa and managed to gather some sleep from somewhere. And now, the time was here to meet the others. My younger brother and Daxton having now arrived in pack, though oddly, neither one accepting the offer of coming to stay here with me.
• Kaleb, I assumed, wanting the evening with his newly found mate, no doubt. Hardly, an ideal first night with your mate! Bringing the poor girl home to such a drama. I could only hope that things would improve here on out for the two of them. After all, Kaleb had already been promoted to Beta of a neighboring pack since he had met this girl. I mean, that is quite the upgrade! I have to say, the future looked good for them...