Chapter 50

Simon's POV I woke up with a light feeling in my chest, Aisha was still sleeping and I lightly grazed her cheek with my finger. I wish I could lie in here and just be with her but work called. I had to see to the prisoners as soon as possible. I got up and walked to the bathroom when Emma opened up our mindlink. "Alpha," she said, "Alpha Brayden's Beta is awake." I didn't bother waking Aisha. She looked too peaceful, and I needed to keep this clean. If I lost control, she didn't need to see it. I knew she had not accepted that side of me and I wanted to ease her into it. Not just jump it on her. Gamma Louis met me outside the cell ward, looking grim. "He's been a menace since he opened his eyes," Louis reported, lowering his voice. "Spat at two nurses. Said nothing useful. Keeps asking for Brayden." My jaw clenched. "I'll take it from here." The door creaked as I entered the reinforced cell. The Beta sat shackled to the wall, his face already bruised from resisting the guards. Despite