Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
Danes voice settles in my head, ‘I should warn you, if you haven’t already scented it, there are a lot more Humans here than there used to be.’
“Okay.’ I whisper back as Dane tells another Human that we have a reservation.
“Of course sir, right this way.” The Human opens the door and out of all the people here, I could tell there were no other Lycans. A few Wolves, but at least eighty percent were Human.
We are led to a booth where Dane gestures for me to sit down first. As I slip into my seat, I couldn’t help but look around at the crowd. The majority may be Human, yet there was someone here with power and it wasn’t Dane.
Neah
My eyes move over the crowd of people. They are completely unaware that someone powerful is here.
“You smell it too?” Dane asks quietly. He is more subtle than I am at casting a glance across the room.
Inod. It was definitely an Alpha of some kind. A Wolf too.
“Don’t read too much into it. It’s a place where anyone can go. Sometimes others pass through. Remember, neutral territory.” He tells me
Even I could see that deep down, he was pissed off. He wanted to take me out. A peaceful evening and we are probably going to get as much peace and quiet as we did when the twins were newborns.
When the waiter comes over, Dane orders himself a whisky while I just order a water.
“We have some delicious wines.” The waiter tells me, a stupid grin plastered to his face. “I’m sure there will be something to your taste.”
“I don’t drink.” I mutter, glancing down at my bump.
He makes his excuses to leave, his cheeks burning. He probably thought I was just on the chunkier side.
‘There isn’t an ounce of fat on you.’ Dane links me. ‘Humans are very central.’
What do you mean?” I ask curiously
They have an idea about things and can’t always cope when they realise they are in the wrong.’
The waiter comes back with our drinks. He doesn’t make eye contact with either of us and announces that another waiter would be over to take our order.
My eyes scan the crown again, I just wanted to pinpoint where this Woll was
Dane places a hand on mine. “Stop.”
“I’m just….”
“I know. But tonight is about us. Don’t you think if we can smell them, they can smell us? If they were that interested, they would have already come over or at least made their presence known. They are keeping their distance just as we are.”
“Okay.” I whisper
‘I will keep an eye out.” Nyx tells me.
“That goes for Nyx too.” Dane muses as he takes a swig of his drink
Nyx huffs, but I knew she wouldn’t just let it go.
“Okay, “I sigh. “Where is the ladies room?” I ask. “These girls are using my bladder as some kind of trampoline today.”
Dane grins and gives me directions to somewhere near the back of the restaurant. Every single step I took away from our booth, the more I felt as though I am being watched and not by Dane. I still couldn’t pinpoint the location of this Wolf. The scent seemed to shift easily. and I’m also certain it’s them who is watching me. Surely they wouldn’t try anything in a building full of Humans?
“I would hope not.” Nyx mutters. That will just bring more problems to our pack. And we could also just puncture their heart.’ I feel the sting at the tip of my fingers from my claws that are already trying to come out.
‘Problems we don’t need’ I whisper back shake my hands.
Stepping out of the bathroom, I smooth down the black dress. Mallory was right, it did hug me in ways I didn’t expect and somehow, it made my bump look even bigger than it was.
I’m about to head back to my seat when I spot crimson eyes staring at me. They belonged to a face that looked just like Danes. It wasn’t him though, there was no woody scent. Just an aura of power. The one we were quickly made aware of when we entered the building.
‘Is that the man Eris spoke of?’ Nyx asks
‘She never met him, but judging by the eyes, I’m guessing so.’ I keep my movements fluid, ready to walk straight past his booth.
“Do you always ignore family?” His deep voice carries and sends an involuntary shiver through me. I hadn’t even made it all the way past his table.
He had a different accent to Dane, showing me that he was not raised anywhere near here.
“I’m sorry.”I mutter. “I don’t know who you are.” I lie. It was obvious he was Silas. He is a completely identical man to Dane. Just the lack of mate scent and the accent separated them. My stomach involuntarily ties itself up in knots.
Seriously? Now the twins want me to vomit?!
He smirks. “Is that what you are going to tell my brother? Do you often deny the truth?”
Eris may not have known him, but some of the stories Cooper had told her were true.
“If you knew he was here, why haven’t you bothered introducing yourself?” I should just turn and walk away, but he is like an irritating itch that I need to scratch.
*And ruin his evening with his beautiful pregnant mate. Why would I do that?” He takes a swig of his drink. Swirling the remaining liquid in the glass before he puts it down with a soft clink.
His crimson eyes lock on to mine. “You can go.” He waves his hand as though he was sending a waiter away.
*I can go?” I frown
“I know where you are now. So you can go back and enjoy your evening with my brother. There will be plenty of time for a catch up.”
*You call him your brother, but you don’t even know him.” I try to keep the anger buried. This was not the place. “I know enough.”
“You know enough?” My arms fold up as I glare back at him
*That is what I said.” His crimson eyes lock on mine as he takes a bite of his meal. “Are you always this sensitive, or is it the pregnancy?”
“Why are you here?”
He gestures to his meal. “I was hungry.” His eyes don’t leave mine. “And this seemed as good a place as any.”
I start to walk away and he calls out, “You can thank me another time.”
*Thank you? For what?”
*I freed all of Cooper’s prisoners. Most have been returned to their packs. The Lycans have been relocated to White Cliffs. Many need to be rehabilitated. Can’t have them going Rogue now, can we?” He gives me a lopsided smirk and a wink.
“You set them free?” I don’t know why I was so surprised, but he had just given me a lot of information in a few sentences. He knew about White Cliffs. He knew about Lycans and going Rogue. He knew about Cooper and his prisoners. Was Black Shadow the last pack to find out about my kind?
*Cooper has been a pain in my ass for a long time. So you are welcome. Now go.” He rubs a thumb across his knuckles. Another difference. Silas has tattoos, Dane doesn’t
I turn away from him and as I look back over my shoulder, he is busy eating the rest of his meal. Not even remotely interested in me.
“Is everything okay?” Dane asks as I slip back into the booth. “I was about to come and look for you.”
I frown. “I met Silas.”
“What? Where?”
*He was sitting at a table not far from the bathroom.”
Dane stands up, looking across the room. “What did he say?”
*He knows who we are. And that he wasn’t going to ruin our evening. Then he told me some stuff about Cooper’s prisoners.” I screw my face up. “It was such an add interaction.”
‘It was all very weird.’ Nyx mutters. I nod in agreement.
“And Eris wasn’t wrong. He is identical to you. And I don’t mean in the same way that Blair and I look alike. You are identical. If he had your scent and spoke like you, I would have thought it was you.”
Dane frowns. “Did he touch you?”
“No.”
After a few minutes, I realise the powerful scent I had picked up is slowly fading. He had left before Dane had a chance to meet him.
We fall into a weird uncomfortable silence. Dane was bothered and by the time our meal arrived, he had barely spoken two words.
His eyes were glazed over. Likely speaking to Eric and Damien, or even his Wolf, Aero.
“Are you angry?” I use my fork to push food around the plate. I had lost my appetite completely and was doing everything in my power not to dash to the bathroom.
His eyes settle on me. “Frustrated.”
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