Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
“Because you were stupid. That’s what he said. You were stupid and you needed to be punished. Everyone is stupid.”
“Who said that?”
He continues to stare at me and right now, more than anything, I wish I could link mum or
Ryken.
“What’s in your hand?”
He smiles and lifts his hands to show me that they are empty. “I’m going to bed.” He turns and runs away.
My heart pounds in my chest. “Mum?” I mutter running for the stairs just as Kade slams his bedroom door. I dive into her room to find her fast asleep with Braelyn next to her. Calihan is tucked up in his bed too. Ryken. Where is Ryken? I find him asleep in Braelyns room, most likely wanting some peace and quiet. I close my eyes and let out a breath. At least he hadn’t hurt them, but who was he talking about.
Damien
“We have checked out the entire pack grounds. I think we have found all there is to find.” I tell Dane as we walk back to the car.” Whatever stuff there once was, it seems like Trey or Cassandra got rid of it. I’m assuming so Neah could never find out who she is.” “I was hoping for more. But at the same time, I know you are right.” He frowns as he stares at Klaus, leaning over the car bonnet. “ What’s he looking at?”
“A map that he found. He’s trying to figure out if there are any buildings anywhere that the pricks here used.”
Dane’s crimson eyes shift to Neah who is curled up in the passenger seat, asleep. Vomiting and the realisation that she is pregnant again seems to have wiped her out.
“I’m curious, if you knew she was pregnant, why didn’t you say anything to her?” I ask
“She wasn’t ready to hear it. It was not long ago that she made it clear that she wasn’t ready. Though she has taken it alot better than I expected.” He smiles.
“You would have a whole army if she let you.”
“There’s nothing wrong with that. You will find out one day.”
I don’t answer. My first mate had been unexpected. The chances of finding another seemed unlikely.
“Anything?” Dane asks Klaus
“No.” Klaus frowns and folds the map up. “This seems to have been a wasted trip.” He mutters
“Not entirely.” Dane replies, “We know who Samara is. And Neah has learned something about herself.”
I cock an eyebrow at Dane. Why wasn’t he telling Klaus that Neah was pregnant?
‘Too early.’ Dane links me as though he had read my mind.
He moves Neah from the front of the car to the back so she could lie down mare comfortably. He slips in next to her. The protective hand quickly takes its place on her stomach as Klaus gets in the driver’s seat.
“Are we telling Sarmara?” Klaus eventually asks
“Yes.” Dane confirms
“Is that the right thing to do? I get that it’s her family, but it doesn’t mean it’s right.”
“It’s only fair. She has started being a little more open. Maybe if we give her something, she will be a little more cooperative.”
“But what if that’s exactly what Cooper wants? Maybe he wanted confirmation and now we are about to hand it to him.”
“I don’t think so.” Dane tells him. “The guy already knew something. It’s why he keeps tabs on her. It’s why he threatened us with her. But from the sounds of it, he has not met her Lycan. He never would have if he kept drugging her.”
“He told me that it was an accident. That he drugged her to protect her. But the dose was wrong”
“Do you really believe that?”
“No.”
I see how Klaus’s hands grip the steering wheel. “What exactly went on when Cooper held you hostage? You haven’t really spoken about it.”
He presses his lips into a thin line and keeps his eyes on the road ahead. “It’s nothing.”
“Nothing?”
“You did feel a connection to him, didn’t you?” Dane keeps his voice low so he doesn’t wake Neah but the tone in his words suggested Klaus better start talking
“Yes, but it’s more than that. He was so eager to make me admit that I was his mate. But his moods flipped when he wasn’t getting his way. I think things have always gone his way and when they didn’t he showed a different side. Angry, aggressive. He was going to mark me.”
TIR DUTOS
Other than the engine, there was no other noise.
“Did he?”
“No, because I lied and gave him a fake name.” His hands hit the steering wheel. “Brax is wrong. He has to be. A Witch Hunter is just… It wouldn’t work.”
“Brax isn’t exactly useful right now when it comes to knowledge. He is missing things.” I glance back over the seat and look at a sleeping Neah. “Missing obvious things. He fucked up when he didn’t kill Cooper and now he keeps contradicting himself. Something has changed in him and it’s like he is getting weaker.”
“you think he is wrong?”
“Yes. Brax is a Rogue Hunter and he just happens to be mated to a Lycan.”
“That’s different.”
“Is it?” I ask. “Alright, Maddie doesn’t have her Lycan abilities now, but what it they come back. Just like yours did. There is still every chance she could turn Rogue and yet she would still be mated to a Hunter.”
“So I’m what? His mate and possibly his killer? I can’t be mated to someone like him. He is unhinged. A psychopath.”
“Not necessarily his killer. Remember that.” Dane mutters
“But it would explain why you are getting so worked up about it.” I shrug my shoulders and he slams on the breaks
“For fuck sake Klaus!” Dane snaps from the back as we are thrown forward.
“I’m sorry, but I just want to make it clear that I love my family. I love Black Shadow. I will do what needs to be done to protect it. I will not accept him.”
“Then why didn’t you just reject him?” Neah whispers from the back. “Just like how Jenson tried to reject Jess.”
There’s silence as Neah sits herself up.
“…” Klaus frowns again. “Jess still said no. She wouldn’t accept the rejection so what good would it have done it he said no? And I have made my point already. I stabbed him.”
“You stabbed his projection because he stabbed you first. If it came down to it, could you really kill him?” I couldn’t go through with killing Raven. Neah had to do it in the end and I massively regretted it.
“Klaus, it’s okay. I know what it’s like to be mated to someone you don’t want to be with.” Neah tells him. “It’s confusing and frustrating and so many other things.”
It takes me a second to remember she isn’t talking about Dane but the first guy she was mated to. He was someone else I never got to meet. If I had, I most likely would have ripped him to shreds.
Mallory
I drop onto the sofa. All three kids were having their naps at the same time. It was some kind of miracle. And I am exhausted. Maybe I could have a nap too.
I close my eyes and a weird sound comes from upstairs. It wasn’t a cry but more like a gurgled groan/ growl. Apart from the boys, I was the only one in the house. Eric had gone to deal with a problem.
Creeping upstairs, I check my bedroom and then Luca’s bedroom where the twins were also set up. Luca and Logan are fast asleep, but sat in the corner of Evrin’s travel cot was a small Lycan, staring back at me with bright blue eyes.
Neah had warned me. But even with the warning it was a still a surprise. I had never seen a Lycan so small.
“Your mummy did warn me.” I mutter as I lean over to grab his ripped vest and nappy from the cot. “What are we going to do with you?”
He stares up at me and very slowly, his eyes close as he shuffles down onto the mattress. He may be able to shift but he was going through what every new Lycan did, extreme fatigue from shifting.
I slip out and leave the door open a little and head downstairs. On autopilot, I make myself a cup of tea and take it out to the front of the house to sit on the small porch. It was so much better than the stones that made up the porch of my last house.
Taking a sip, I see Blair and Ryken marching across the grounds and it looks as if they are heading directly for me. No, they are definitely moving towards me.
“Is the Beta about?” Ryken asks
“Eric or Damien?”
“Either.”
I glance at Blair, her eyes are low and her hands are in the pockets of her hoodie. “Damien is doing some work with Dane. Eric is dealing with a situation at the packhouse. Can I help?” Ryken glances at Blair. “Can you watch her for me?”
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.” Mostly because I wanted her dead, but also because I had three kids in the house. Two of which are not mine.
“It shouldn’t take more than ten minutes.” Ryken mutters. “I just need to speak to someone with a title.”
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