Chapter 73 : Mates

Bailey stormed out of the pack house. A tangerine flush of twilight stained the sky as she walked through the empty road. The area was locked down due to the recent attacks. Even the number of patrolling police was significantly low. Bailey gazed into the shadows of the alley as Caspian's words echoed in her head. "That jerk!'' she muttered. "Knows how to make a girl pregnant and talk sweet, but can't recognize his own child. How ridiculous!" She clenched the sides of her skirt, biting her lower lip. "Whatever! I will meet the other jerk first. I must know what he's cooking up this time. He'd better give me a convincing explanation.... Or I am going to kick his balls." A tug on Bailey's sleeve startled her. A boy barely four or five years old tugged more insistently and said, "Help me find mama." Bailey couldn't move for a while at the suddenness. She sensed something odd with the child, as it had no distinctive smell attached to it. Bailey couldn't tell if it was a human child or