Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
“I’m not taking it well.” I snap. “You told us that the people of White Cliffs need someone to follow. Not that they want to, that they need it or all hell breaks out. Serkan is only interested now that I’ve developed my abilities and because he is old. Where was his interest five years, ten years, twenty years ago? Oh right, he wasn’t ready.”
Maybe I was being a little irrational. Maybe my hormones were making me extra snappy. But I was not letting this grandfather that I have never met try to dictate what or where I should be in life. I had figured it out so far and he was not the one who helped me.”
“He has his reasons.” Silas tells me
“And I have mine. You said it was an invitation. I am rejecting it.”
I grab my damp clothes and head towards the door. I could tell by Danes’ footsteps that he was right behind me.
Silas doesn’t follow us as we make our way back to the car. Launching my damp clothes into the back seat, I pull the fluffy robe around me tightly and sink into the front passenger seat.
Dane rests an arm on my open door. “I’m not changing my mind.” I frown
“Okay.”
“I will tell the boys what I know and when only they are old enough. Then, if they want to, they can explore it. Right now, I refuse to be forced into something because of someone else’s expectations and desires.”
“That’s fair.”
“You’re not going to tell me I should take him up on his offer?” I knew he wanted me to find out more for the boys. Particularly Evrin.
“You know I have wanted you to consider it. You have, I won’t push it anymore and at least then you won’t be anywhere near Silas.” His eyes burn into mine. “I saw the way he looked at you. He is lucky he still has a set of eyes.”
“I will never belong to anyone else.” I mutter
My lips curve up and he leans in the car to kiss me. Before his lips hit mine someone clears their throat. Dane growls as he pulls away and turns to face Silas.
“Thought you didn’t like to interrupt?” Dane snarls
“Believe me, usually I wouldn’t, but Serkan would like me to ask Neah what it is that he can offer in exchange for Neah coming for a visit to White Cliffs.”
“I’ve made myself more than clear.” I mutter, pulling the robe ridiculously tight. Though he was no longer looking at me like he had been in the small house.
Silas shoves his hands in his pockets and nods, “I informed him. But he feels you haven’t given it enough thought. In other words he thinks I have not tried hard enough to convince you.”
‘Is he being serious?’ Nyx snarls
“I thought it was an invitation.” Dane scowls at him. “An invitation gives the receiver an opportunity to say no. She said no. There is nothing more.”
“I agree.” Silas mutters. “And it appears that have been misled or rather he thought that I understood his unspoken request.” He turns away and leans back against the front of the car and folds his arms across his broad chest.
“What has he asked you to do?” Dane presses.
“I’m sure you can imagine.” Silas tells him, “And I’m not on board with that.”
I feel the pressure at the tips of my fingers. My claws were ready to come out if I needed to protect myself.
“If I don’t go, he will kill you?” I ask
“On my return, yes.”
“You’re certain?”
“Not one hundred percent. Though I’ve seen it happen. I believed this to be different. I was led to believe you had complete choice.” He shakes his head, “It seems that I am more disposable than I realised.”
‘This is where we need Brax.’ Nyx mutters.
I agree, Brax’s ability to read people would be very welcomed right now. Because Silas didn’t seem the least bit annoyed that Serkan hadn’t given him the whole truth.
“How did you end up in White Cliffs?” Dane asks
“Our father gave me away. I thought you already knew.” Silas tells him
“I was told you went to a family member.” Dane replies
He shrugs his shoulders, “Maybe I did, and even if it is true, I do not remember them. I grew up in White Cliffs. It is the only pack I have ever known. I spent my youth running around a castle and playing hide ‘n’ seek with the staff until training started. A brilliant way to grow up.”
“A castle?” I splutter
He turns his face in my direction. “Royalty deserves a castle, don’t you think?”
I roll my eyes. If anything, a castle made Serkan sound even more of a jumped up egotistical asshole.
“Link Damien and ask him to bring Brax to meet us somewhere.” I mutter to Dane
“Already have.” He winks at me. “They are probably not that far away now.”
“Is that our younger siblings?” Silas asks with a raised brow
“No.” He doesn’t tell him that Jenson and Raven are dead.
Silas gives us a lopsided grin. “I guess I should have expected you to have guards around. Though I’m not interested in dying tonight. So I will warn you that I will fight back and I am more than adequately trained.”
“If anyone is going to kill you, it will be me.” Dane tells him. “Though I might let my mate start by skinning you.”
Silas brow shoots up again as he turns in my direction. “Is that your style?”
“No. But it is satisfying.” I stare back at him and he laughs. Even his laugh was just like Danes. It sends a shiver down my spine and when I look up again, I see Silas watching me.
Car lights flicker down the dark road behind us. I recognised Damiens car as it comes to a stop. Brax is the first to get out. He takes two steps and comes to an abrupt stop.
“Well fuck me sideways! Damien wasn’t kidding.”
“Brax, this is Silas. My twin.” Dane gestures to him
“You don’t say?!” The sarcasm was rolling off of Brax. I was certain he had a million more comments. But he looks at me sitting in a robe. “Interesting outfit. Damien tried to explain the situation on the way, just be grateful they are nothing like Raven and Jenson.”
‘No part of the soul lives in the other.’ Nyx deciphers his code for my sleepy brain.
“Do your thing.” I murmur
“Where are you from?” Brax asks Silas as the wind catches his shirt. I see his gun, but then again he would never have come without it.
“As I have already explained, I am from White Cliffs.” Silas tells him.
“Ah, the secret pack that no one knows about.” Brax continues to ask questions, mostly the same ones we had.
I rub my eyes, listening to the same information being repeated. I was tired and hungry and desperate for the comfort of a bed. Quietly closing the car door, I could still hear everything.
Dane gets in the driver’s seat and reaches over to cup my face. “Do you want to go home?”
“I do, but I don’t want him following us. He doesn’t know everything.” I sigh and change to speaking to Dane through mindlink, just in case.
‘What if we send Samara? She wants to go. She is trying to find proof so I will give her permission. She wants to find out about her family and her mother. I’m sure Damien will accompany her.
‘It’s a risk, and you could be throwing her into the lion’s den. We don’t even know if Serkan knows about her.’ He replies
‘He must do, his daughter was pregnant.’
‘Yet from what Silas is telling us, you and your presence is Serkans only priority.’
Brax taps on the window and opens my door. “As much as I hate to say it, the clone ain’t lying.”
Dane gets out and joins the others. I mostly tune out of their conversation to watch Dane and Silas. If they switched places, would Serkan even know?
I close my eyes, searching for a possible link to my grandfather. I find nothing. No link to a man called Serkan. But Silas had said the Lycans in White Cliffs had heard me. That they wanted to find me and yet, there was no connection to a man that was technically family. I don’t even know if there ever was.
Neah
Dane gets back in the car as Damien and Brax move to the car behind us. I watch as Silas walks away in the direction of the house he is staying in.
“That’s it?” I ask
“We have agreed to meet tomorrow evening. I do not want you to come.”
I nod as he backs the car up and turns it around.
“You tried searching for a link, didn’t you?” He asks as he rests a hand on my thigh
“There is nothing. It’s like, I hear what Silas is saying and I heard Brax confirming that Silas is telling the truth. But there is no link to Serkan. Not even something that is blocked off from me. There are also no other names that could be mistaken as his.”
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