Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
“What does that mean? Why won’t they get to live?” I ask
He rolls his eyes.
“Do you know that I have this way of getting information out of people even when they don’t want to share it!”
“That’s a lie.”
‘He is one little cocky kid.’ Nyx snorts
“How do you think I made you come out of your bedroom?”
He shrugs his shoulders at me and we keep walking. He didn’t want to be here, that much was clear.
“Are you not happy here?” I ask
He looks up at me and shakes his head.
“Why?”
Kade presses his lips together and keeps walking.
“Are you talking to someone who is not in the pack?” I changed my tone enough to force him to answer me.
“Yes.” He squeaks. Though he looks confused about why he had to answer.
“Who?”
“Cooper.” His voice couldn’t get much higher.
“What does he say?”
“He wants to punish everyone.” His tears fall faster. I hated that I had made a kid cry, but it was crucial to confirm that it was Cooper.
“Kade. He is a liar. Whatever he is telling you is not true.”
He shakes his head at me. “You are wrong. He said we could be free. He said I could help him because I am a strong Lycan. He said that you will ruin us. He said he would help me. I’m not scared. He picked me. Not stupid Dorothy or my brother or anyone else in school. He picked me. I just have too….”
“Have to what?” I press
His brown eyes lock on mine. He really didn’t want to tell me. “I have too…” He lifts his wrist to me and points to what looks like a watch, but instead of a clock face, it has a small button.
“Press this.”
“What does it do?”
“I don’t know.”
“He said to press it but you don’t know what it is? I grab his wrist. He tries to pull away and at the same time, press the button which panics me even more. I had no idea what it did.
“Let me go!” He bites my hand and slams his finger onto the button.
An explosion knocks me off my feet. Kade takes off running as I look over to the pack house. All the windows have blown out, half the roof is missing as the side of the house crumbles. Flames fill the open space, sending black smoke into the sky.
Kade had blown up my home. Kade is a fucking kid who had blown up my home.
There are screams and shouts as people move around me. But all I could do was sit and stare.
‘Fucking little bastard!’ Nyx growls
Dane
“What the fuck was that? Looking through Ryken’s kitchen window, I see thick smoke seeping up into the sky. I almost knock Calihan over trying to get out of the door. Ryken sweeps him up just as Blair appears asking what the noise was. I don’t answer her and disappear out the door in the direction of the explosion.
The packhouse was in bits. Half the building was crumbling as my pack worked quickly to put out the flames. The remainder of the roof barely hangs on as more bricks tumble down.
Then I see my mate, sitting on the grass, staring up at what was left of our home.
Dropping down by her side, she doesn’t say a word.
*Were you inside?” I didn’t know where she was planning on taking Kade. She shakes her head
Where is Kade?’ Aero asks. I scan the grounds and don’t see him.
*Neah, where is Kade?” I mutter as people continue to run around us
“He did this.” She whispers.
“What are you talking about?”
*He blew up our home.” She pats her wrist. “He was wearing something. Like a watch, but it had a button. Cooper got to him.”
“Neah….”
*He blew up our house!”
“Let’s get you out of here.” I lift her into my arms. She doesn’t fight it. It seems like she is in some kind of shock. I take one last look at the packhouse and head for Eric’s home. Thankful that the twins were with them and not in the house. I link everyone that is normally in the house and I am grateful when I get everyones check in. The house had been empty.
Eric is on his way out when we arrive. “What the hell was that? Is she okay?”
“I need to use your house.”
“Of course.”
I put Neah on the sofa and listened to her mind working overtime. She is so angry. The tips of her claws poke out of her finger tips. I didn’t understand how a kid could have the ability to blow up a house that big. But her mind insists it’s Kade. That Kade had been promised something from Cooper.
“What happened out there?” Mallory asks quietly.
*The packhouse has been blown up.”
“What?”
*Kade blew the house up.” I repeat Neah’s words, still partly in disbelief
*Seriously?”
I nod as I watch my mates eyes slowly darken. Nyx was close to the surface again.
“Where is the little shit?” Mallory demands
“I don’t know.”
“He ran off.” Neah mutters. “He ran off after we were knocked to the ground.”
She swings her legs around and sits up. The darkness of her eyes fading until they were their usual soft blue.
“He was talking about Cooper and promises. The guy told Kade they could be free and that I would ruin them. He said Cooper picked him, not Dorothy and not his brother.”
“Dorothy?” I ask. “Was Dorothy a target of Coopers?”
“I don’t know.” Neah shakes her head at me. “I should have ordered him to take it off.” She rubs her hands over her eyes and when she takes them away, I see how they are full of tears. “I got him to tell me. He said that Cooper told him when the time was right, to push the button. Because I didn’t know what the watch was, I tried to stop him and he pressed it anyway. I should have ordered him to stop… I don’t even know if anyone was in the house… I could have stopped him.”
Guilt was radiating off of her and Mallory sits down next to her, putting an arm around Neah’s shoulders. “He is a kid, none of us would have expected him to do that.”
*I should have. Ordering adults is so much easier. I could have stopped him and this wouldn’t be happening.”
“It would have happened anyway.” I mutter
“He’s right.” Eric confirms. “Whatever was used to blow up the house, has probably been in the house for some time. But clearly it’s something scentless or we would have sniffed it out. When the fire is out. I will gather a team and we will do a sweep, see what we can find.”
“At least you and the boys weren’t in it.” Mallory sighs.
*And no one else was in the house either.” I confirm to Neah. “They were all out. Everything we lost can be replaced and rebuilt. No one was hurt.”
*The boys,” Neah mutters, looking at Mallory. “Are they okay?”
*Asleep. They slept through the explosion.” Eric smiles reassuringly.
Neah nods. “Ryken keeps linking me, asking where his son is. How Am I supposed to tell him that Cooper got to Kade? That Kade blew up the packhouse?”
“I will handle it. Tell him I’m on my way back.” I press my lips to hers and wipe away the lingering tear on her cheek.
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