Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
Dane
“She has a home.” I growl
“It’s not her true home is it? She is not in a place where she is one hundred percent protected.” Silas tells me
“She has me and the pack!” I snarl
“I can protect myself.” Neah huffs, putting her hands on her hips.
*Just like you did in the ocean?” Silas replies. He waves his fingers dismissively. “I am not here to force you to come with me. It will always be an invitation. A choice. Your own freewill. I am purely offering you an opportunity that you may not have been aware of.”
“An opportunity?” The sarcasm rolls off of her
“Bullshit.” I snap. “You said it yourself, the Alpha you follow is temporary. You need Neah to take over his position in White Cliffs.”
“I will admit that it is what the Alpha wants and needs. He is old. He has outlived all his friends, his mate. He is desperate to spend his final years not having to be a leader and gaining some well earned rest. Until that pup is born, you are the rightful heir, Neah. I, however, am just the messenger.”
“Messenger?” I snort. If my father knew what had happened to his other son, he would be disgusted.
“What happens if he dies while still holding the Alpha position?” Neah asks
*There are protocols in place, but I will assume that everyone will leave to come and locate you. They all heard your link. Well the Lycans did. There were celebrations for days. You still lived. They saw hope for the future. Some even prepared to leave.”
*Prepared, but didn’t actually leave?” I ask
He nods but doesn’t answer me.
*The people of White Cliffs are desperate to know they have someone to follow. It’s how they thrive. From what I know, when your mother ran away, there was uproar, chaos, even suicides.”
*Suicides?” I ask
“I was young myself, so I only know what I was told. As I said, the people there are loyal. Maybe a little too loyal. Their Alpha was no longer present, they saw no reason to carry on and Neah didn’t exist then. Most likely, if Neah was still not in the picture, they will do the same when the Alpha dies.”
‘Pussies.’ Aero scoffs
‘If it’s even true.’ I reply
“Why didn’t they go after my mother? You said that when this guy dies, they will come after me, so why didn’t they go after her?” Neah challenges.
*Because she rejected the pack. Your grandfather had very little choice. He had to step back in. He had worked hard to get the numbers to where they are and the people needed him. He trained his daughters. And your mothers disappearing act rocked the pack.”
*He really has a pack full of Wolves and Lycans?” Neah asks.
*Yes. He changed things up. He accepted those that would normally be killed on the spot. He is a fair man unless challenged. He knew he had to adapt in order to stop the pack fading away. There were already many living there after the wars and he, his father and his fathers father have worked tirelessly to build it back up.”
*Lycans were kept a secret. They hid themselves from everyone.” Neah frowns at him. “Even White Cliffs are a well kept secret.”
He dips his chin, “Many did, especially in the southern regions. Others united. White Cliffs grew stronger over time.” His eyes shift between us. “Ah, you thought you were the first ones to be mated to each other. To bring Wolves and Lycans together.” He shakes his head. “It’s been going on far longer than that, but at the same time, it does surprise me that someone with the Kitson bloodline has been mated to a Wolf.”
*You said my mother ran off with ‘another’ man?” Neah asks. “You mean she ran off with my father. I am still trying to understand how that worked out. My father was already seeing someone. He gave me a half sister.”
“Half sister?” He raises a brow at her and she nods her head.
“I can’t speak for your father,” He tells her, “but after it was discovered that your mother did not have a mate in White Cliffs. A male was chosen for her, one that she was not happy about. She started skipping town, going further afield and one day, she just didn’t return. Though it was probably for the best that it didn’t work out, or you and I would not be having this conversation. And White Cliffs would perish when your grandfather passes.”
He smiles at Neah, “You may not want to believe me, but there is no denying who you are. I see it, I feel it, I smell it.”
*So you do want to take her to White Cliffs!” I demand
*Of her own freewill. I’m not someone who is going to put a pup through hell before it is even born because she doesn’t want to accept the invitation. That pup carries your legacy and as I have already told you, I like my head where it is. Maybe this is why you were selected for one another. My guess is that it has something to do with that pup you are carrying. Maybe they are even more special than I first realised.” He gets up from the table, moving away with a smile stuck to his face as he fills a cup with water.
He hands it to Neah, “You look as though you could do with this.”
Silas doesn’t know Neah is carrying twins and he doesn’t know about Logan and Evrin either.
*You think my pup is special?” Neah asks. She was following his lead thankfully and not correcting him.
“We won’t be certain until he is here.” Silas tells her “But likely, yes.”
“How do you even know that it’s a boy and that he will be special?” She pushes
*Because he is coming from the last female Alpha. It has to be a boy, the first one, anyway. Future pups could be girls.”
Neah slips into a chair at the table. A dozen questions running through her mind.
“I can answer most questions.” Silas tells her. “I have been training for this for a long time.”
*Training?” I scowl at him
*I am not a Kitson, yet I was raised by one. Family history is important to them. When the time came that I would have to come looking for you, it was crucial that I would be able to answer all of Neah’s questions.”
*You were trained with Kitson family knowledge?” I muse “To try and convince us that Neah needs to go to White Cliffs.”
“We all have our place, Dane.” He smirks back at me. “Have you found yours?”
Who the fuck does he think he is?!’ Aero snarls
“Why didn’t they come looking for me?” Neah presses. “When I was a baby? When I was bound? Or what about when my parents died? Why was I left in the hands of an uncle that despised the ground I walked on? I may not have known about White Cliffs or my family, but it seems like they knew of me and they just abandoned me.”
Her eyes are incredibly dark, but it doesn’t phase Silas one little bit. If he worked for Neah’s grandfather, he had likely become accustomed to the Lycan hovering near the surface.
*The Alpha wasn’t ready for you.”
Neah snorts. “He wasn’t ready for me?”
“He was concerned that you would have been turned against your heritage.”
“As a baby? Do you even know what they did to me?”
His eyes shift to me and he almost seems puzzled. “No.”
“Here’s a clue.” She snaps at him as her eyes get impossibly darker. “I didn’t get my Lycan until I was twenty two. Almost ten years after I should have had her. I didn’t even know I was a Lycan, I was raised to believe I was a Wolf. And I definitely didn’t know I was the last female Lycan from an old blood line that runs through history.”
“They didn’t bother coming for me. Not once.. They didn’t protect me from the torture I was put through. But do you know who did?” She points at me. “He saved me in more ways than he will ever know. A Wolf. My mate. He helped me learn who I am. He helped me put pieces of my life together. Not a so-called family member who wasn’t ready for me and has never bothered to make himself known to me until now. And it’s not even him, it’s his messenger!”
If we were alone, that robe would be coming off.
“I understand why you must be frustrated.”
She shakes her head at him. Every conversation of her past brought up the deep buried resentment in her. And it was more evident now she was a mother. Being abandoned and treated like she was, just didn’t make sense to her, because she would never do that to her own children.
“I’m sorry Neah. I wasn’t aware of your past.”
“You never questioned why they waited so long to send you.” I mutter
‘Clearly I should have.”
Neah sighs, “I used to wonder about my family. Whenever I was locked in the basement on the brink of starvation, or when I was repeatedly beaten, I used to wonder if I had grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles. I wondered what they would think if they saw what was happening to me. It took me a long time to realise that if there were others that knew of my existence, they didn’t care. No one was coming to help me.”
“I was never told.” I see the sadness in his eyes as he watches her. “If I wasn’t told, it’s highly unlikely that Serkan knew.”
*Serkan?” I ask
*Alpha Serkan Kitson. Neah’s grandfather.” He mutters without looking away from my mate.
“How long have you been looking for Neah?” I press
*I started my travels a few of weeks ago. Had to deal with Cooper’s prisoners first. It would have been unfair to leave them locked up when he was causing issues elsewhere.”
*You really let them out, it wasn’t just a gimmick to try and lure my mate into believing you are being kind?”
“No gimmick.” He keeps watching Neah and it’s really pissing me off. The only person that should look at her like that, is me.
Neah
He looks at me in the same way that Dane does. One that says he can see deeper than what’s on the surface. A look full of curiosity and intent. It’s unsettling, I didn’t want anyone but Dane to look at me that way.
“Thank you for the invitation. But I won’t be coming with you. I may share a surname and blood with Serkan, but that is all. He isn’t my family. He could have had a chance and he didn’t bother. You can tell him that.”
“He likely won’t take it very well.” Silas tells me
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