Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
‘She can’t have a Lycan spint, she would need to have Alpha genes.’
“You said she.” Damien speaks. “Who is she?”
Samara shuffles herself back against the wall, tucking the blanket around her so that just her legs poked out. “She called herself Dakota. She said she is my Lycan.”
“That’s impossible.”
“I’m not making it up.” She mutters quietly, lowering her head
“You would need Alpha genetics to have a Lycan that speaks to you and I wouldn’t be able to force you to answer me.”
“An Alpha?” her brows knit together.
‘This doesn’t make sense.’ Nyx mutters. We are the last female Alpha. There can’t be two of us.’
“Who are you parents?”
“My father was a man called Axle Clarkson. I don’t know my mother’s name. My father told me stories that she was from a powerful family but said she was never ready to be a mother. He convinced her to carry me to term and said he would raise me alone.”
“Cooper’s surname is Ash.” Damien mutters
“No, that’s his middle name. Cooper Ash Clarkson.” Samara frowns. “What is happening to me?”
“Just breathe.” Damien tells her. “Keep your mind clear. Don’t let her push through.”
“What happened to your father?” I ask her as she takes multiple deep breaths.
“Heart attack. Even Lycans are not able to bypass that. I was twelve I think. Coop looked after me.” She snorts and shakes her head, “But he didn’t, did he, not really.”
“Can Dakota tell you if you have Alpha genes?” I press
“I don’t know.”
“You have to ask her.” Damien tells her. “Just like when you told her to stop shifting.”
“Am I an Alpha?” She speaks openly to the room.
A few minutes pass and her brows shoot up.
“No.” Samara tells us.
‘She took a long time to answer, just to say no.’ Nyx mutters
“What else did she say?” I ask curiously
“I’m not… I’m not an Alpha but I do carry the genes of one. How?” She shakes her head, her grey eyes wide. “How is that even possible? You are the Alpha. We are not siblings.”
‘No we are not siblings. Nyx growls
I feel the heavy thud of my pulse as the blood rushes between my ears as I try to process what Samara is saying. If she had Alpha genes, she had the potential to wipe me out and replace me. Just like how Jenson would challenge Dane.
Is that what Cooper was talking about? It could be a bloodbath because she had the potential to wipe out everyone including me.
Samara stares back at me through her cell bars. Her eyes are wide and fearful. Maybe she thought the same, that I would now kill her because she was a threat to me.
Damien strides towards me. “Let’s get some fresh air.” He turns back to Samara. “I will find you some clean clothes.”
“You’re leaving.” She whispers.
“Just temporarily. My advice, get to know your Lycan.”
“What is happening?” I murmur as the guard closes the dungeon door behind us and locks it.
“I think we might need to ask Klaus.”
“Why Klaus?”
“He is the one who has been working on your family tree.”
“You do think she is related to me, don’t you?”
“Ryken once said you don’t get multiple Alpha’s for Lycans, not true ones anyway. There is a bloodline.” He points to me, “So although she might not be a sibling. Maybe she is a distant cousin or something. The problem is, many things were kept from you. You didn’t know who you really were, not until a few years ago.”
“Do you think Cooper knows?” I ask as we walk over to the house.
“He certainly knew she was powerful. Though there is a chance he doesn’t know how powerful.”
Inside the house, Klaus, Dane and Brax were arguing about this Witch Hunter business. I couldn’t really make much out of the argument because they were mostly swearing at each other.
“SHE CARRIES ALPHA BLOOD!” I scream.
The three of them stop shouting and turn to look at me and Damien.
“She has a Lycan called Dakota.” I mutter. “There is a good chance that we are related.” I couldn’t believe those words were even coming out of my mouth.
“I would have seen it.” Brax scowls.
“Well clearly something is wrong with you, because you have missed so much when it comes to Samara!” I snap and he glares at me
“She isn’t wrong.” Damien confirms. “It’s like your Hunter skills are slipping. You should have killed Cooper when you had the chance but you didn’t.”
“My skills are not slipping!” Brax snarls through gritted teeth.
“Are you sure about that?” Damien challenges.
“You want to challenge me now, Rogue?!” Brax spits
Damien
Brax’s hands automatically move to his jeans, preparing to grab his gun. It takes him a millisecond to realise he didn’t have it and he growls in response.
He was actually following Neal’s rules. If I wasn’t preparing for him to charge me, then I might have congratulated him on it.
“I don’t care what is going on with you two.” Dane snarls. He pushes his way between us as he looks at Neah. “Tell me more.”
“She said she could hear a voice. But it’s not Cooper, it’s another female. She has a Lycan. Dane. Just like how I have Nyx.”
“That’s not possible. You are the end of your bloodline. You saw it in the family tree.”
“Actually…” Klaus pipes up. “It’s not finished.”
“What do you mean it’s not finished?” Dane demands. “There’s more?”
“I think so, I just ran into a dead end.”
“Are you telling me that I have another sibling?” Neah stares at him in disbelief. “Because Nyx is one hundred percent certain Samara is not my sister.”
“No, no, definitely not. Only Blair. Klaus confirms. “You were your mother’s only child, but some birth records that I managed to get hold of, indicate that your grandparents had another daughter after your mother was born.”
“She still would have carried the Alpha gene.” I mutter. “In the exact same way as Jenson and Raven did.” Her name leaves my tongue with a bitter taste. I hadn’t thought about her much and she was quickly becoming a distant memory. “The grandparent would have passed it down to any children and so on.”
“Do you think the prick knew?” Brax asks with a frown.
“Samara is unsure. Her father told her that her mother wasn’t ready to have children. But she still carried Samara to term and then handed her over to Samara’s father. He raised her right up until he died.”
“Cooper kill him?” Dane asks
“Surprisingly, no. He had a heart attack. Cooper has raised her since she was around the age of twelve.”
“Before she could shift?” Neah mutters. “That’s a bit of a coincidence, isn’t it?”
“It is.” Dane confirms
I shift my eyes to Brax. He is frowning and pacing. With his eyes narrowed and with the creases on his forehead, he looked absolutely fucking livid. Possibly because Neah is right about him getting things wrong. But how had he missed so much when he claims to see their souls?
“But Cooper has to know this about her, right?” Neah asks. “The way he spoke. The way he was pissed with Klaus for telling us not to let her out.”
Everyone nods their heads.
“What if he projects himself into the prison and lets her out?” Neah frowns and turns to Klaus. “You said he had to be strong to be able to wield a blade while projecting. So in theory he could appear in the dungeons and open her cell? Is that how his ability works?”
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