Beauty And The Beta

y would be if I could actually fucking sleep! Nightmares plaguing my dreams were the thing stopping my sleep... making me fear sleep... visions of that n

in through my dreams... the pain as her life ebbed away... the inability to be able to save her... the pain in her eyes... the fear... it m

tically, telling me he had likely been out spending time with friends

ioningly at him as he stumbled toward the stair

y clearly decided to drink themselves to the point of stupor. Which, considering we are werewolves and alcohol has little to no effect on us in small doses, they had

g up for many, wasn't it? Especially for our warriors, I knew that, having helped many a drunken warrior home in the past. And I

rc." I gave him a nod a

have to deal with anyone else tonight, ducked into the short corridor off the main hallway of the packhouse. Leading to my office. I could sit in here until they passed a

d. The crick in my neck felt like it had been locked in a vice... Though, as I moved, it was only then I realized I had fallen asleep sitting at my off

more than a little concerned, looking down over me. "Asher?" he questioned. "Why are you sleeping down here? This

tart with... like always. He couldn't help it. Though, I didn't want to sound ungrateful. He was my closest friend after all, and he did just care. But,

ork. I am guessing I must have crashed." I to

ed that I struggled to sleep every night. That my nights wer

like it so often does of late. "Eden said she has been worrying about you... that you just hav

the Luna of the pack, as well as my friend, but I do not need to be some sort of sympathy case that needs to be sat and discussed between them ove

are working on doing. It doesn't come easily. It takes time. It takes energy and effort. So yeah, I am stressed and tired. Is that not my fucking job?" I snap, knowing I am already overstepping the mark talking to my Alpha in th

"Fine. Go get showered. You look like a fuck