Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
“You think he won’t do anything because there are Humans?” I shake my head
*He will cause more problems for himself.” Dane smirks at me.
‘It’s a good option. Thalia will be able to get out unseen and even if she is seen, it will be too late for Serkan to do anything. He will be after his number one priority.’ Lyall tells me
“Your choice.” Neah mutters
“Okay.” I agree. “When?”
“A few more questions first.” Neah states, “If that’s okay.”
I nod in agreement. I will answer everything and anything she throws at me if it means I can save my family.
*So you rescued Cooper’s prisoners and many of them joined White Cliffs.” She confirms
*For rehabilitation.”
“Is that the first time?” She presses.
“No.”
*But Serkan was meeting with him?”
*Fucking asshole was providing Serkan with people to grow the pack.” Damien sneers at me “And you didn’t see it. He was just doing it in a better way than how Cassandra did it.”
*Cassandra?” I mutter. I didn’t know anyone by that name.
“You don’t need to concern yourself with that.” Dane tells me. “She’s dead. Damien is just making a point.”
I slouch back in the seat, staring at him. He couldn’t be right, could he? How could I have missed something so blatantly obvious?
“He’s right.” Dane tells me. “What better way to make people feel secure. Offer them a home within the pack that supposedly saved them.”
“No, because the others that I saved had no abilities. They had been stripped, they were practically….” I trail off. Every single one of them had eventually been killed for one reason or another. But the lot I saved this time, had been welcomed with open arms. They had gained their abilities back and were ready to start over. To believe in something better.
I already knew that better is currently staring at me in a much smaller than normal size.
“He’s got it.” Damien chirps
*Cooper was punishing them and then Serkan would invite them into his home with open arms. Making him look like a saviour. It’s a good plan. But not good enough.” Dane mutters as he moves behind Neah, placing his hands on her shoulders. She seems to melt under his touch as she leans her head against his hand.
“Did you know about this?” Damien mutters to Cooper’s half sibling.
She shakes her head at him. “I swear. I knew he had been taking abilities from people for a long time, but I never knew what happened to them. Coop used to move me around a lot. I was at the farm for a while but before that, we never stayed in the same place for long. And after the age of sixteen, I was never allowed to stay in the same location as him. I think it was because he didn’t want me to know. He knew if I figured it all out when I was younger, I would have become a much bigger problem.”
“I can confirm that all the people rescued were not rescued from the same place.” I mutter
She gives me a small smile. She looked so much like her mother. Serkan would have known who she was the moment he saw her.
*It’s nothing to smile about.” I murmur. “Serkan always knew where I needed to go. Always told me there had been reports of sightings, or stories of Wolves and Lycans that were confused. And like the idiot I am, I believed it. I don’t know what is worse. Feeling like this, or having to convince my mate that the man we believed in has been using us like puppets. He offered us a superior life, but it’s come at a price.”
Dane
Damien returned Silas back to the beach, but not before Silas gave us his contact number. He agreed that if Serkan was to reach out to him, he would let us know and we would let him know when we are ready to go ahead with the plan.
“Do you believe him?” Samara asks
“Unfortunately, yes.” I tell her, though I knew Neah wasn’t so sure.
“His mate is a Witch.” Samara frowns
“Yes. He could have lied about that. He could have said it was another Wolf, even a Lycan considering he has already told us that Lycans and Wolves have been getting together for a long time in White Cliffs. Yet he chose to tell us what she is.”
*And what about the fire?” Samara’s eyes are wide. “She can control fire. Even Coop would have been impressed with that.”
*Maybe a fire is why he only has one child.” Neah murmurs. “You heard him, she hasn’t used her fire power in years. His pup is three.”
*I could have asked more, but you didn’t want me too.” I remind her.
“You didn’t see the way he tensed up when he mentioned it. It was barely visible but it was there. His spine straightened a little. His jaw clenched a little tighter.” She sighs. “He shows the same signs of irritation as you.”
*As me?”
She bobs her head. “It’s scary how similar the pair of you are. Even Jenson and Raven were not that similar.”
*You don’t need to worry about that.” I lean down to kiss her but she unexpectedly pulls back. I try to read her mind but Nyx has sealed that off from me.
“What’s wrong?” I press.
Her eyes search mine but she doesn’t speak. Suddenly lowering her gaze, she shakes her head at me. “It’s nothing.
Why is she acting this way?’ Aero mutters. ‘I don’t understand.”
The only thing I can think of is that she sees the same thing that happened between Jenson and Raven happening to Silas and myself. She killed Raven because no one else could do it.’
I study my mate but she keeps her eyes low.
It would never happen. I’m much stronger than my twin, that much was clear. He was busy taking orders from a mad man.
*If his wife and pup escape. Are they going to stay in Black Shadow?” Samara asks trying to break the tension
It was a difficult choice. I couldn’t have a Witch in my pack, not if I wanted Klaus to return and not after what the last Witch put everyone through. She may not be like that, but at the same time, it wasn’t worth the risk.
“We will see.” I mutter. It would need to be a conversation with the pack.
When Damien returns, he informs us that Silas has asked if we are sure we want to go ahead with this plan.
Neah nods her head. “Serkan needs to know that he doesn’t control me. And it’s like I said. If he wants me, he can come to me.”
“Exactly what I told him.” Damien winks at her. He turns to Samara, “Come on, time to let the Alphas be alone together.”
I turn to Neah and easily lift her out of the chair. Taking her place while pulling her on my lap.
“You’re trying to distance yourself. Why?”
“I’m not.” She whispers
“Then tell Nyx not block me out.”
‘I…’
“It won’t happen. My mind isn’t as weak as my sisters. The only people that are allowed in my head are my pack and that is purely to speak to me. I can see that you are frustrated.”
Her eyes lock on mine and she drags her bottom lip in between her teeth, but lets go when I use my thumb to pull it out. A habit that was slowly seeping back in. “Talk to me.”
*If something happens…”
“It won’t.”
“Dane, if something happens to…
*Stop.”
*You want me to talk but you won’t let me get my words out.” She frowns at me.
*Nothing will happen to me.” I tell her confidently.”
*Not you, me.” Her eyes are wide as the words tumble from her lips.
“You are underestimating yourself. Damien thinks you haven’t reached your full potential and Silas, the one man here that knows of Serkan, is certain you are more powerful than him.”
“I know what I’m capable of. I’ve done things that I never thought I would ever do.” She lowers her gaze, “I just need you to promise me that if something happens, you will always be there for the boys. And the girls, if they are here. I just need to know that.”
My hand cups her face. Her chin sits in the crook between my thumb and my finger, forcing her to look at me. “I am not going anywhere. You are not going anywhere. Do you understand?”
A small crinkle appears on her brow as she nods. She takes in a deeper breath. “I’m still surprised that I have lasted this long.”
“I know you are. But you are not the frail, broken girl that I first met. You are not the same person that threw herself back against the door to hide from me. You are my mate and an amazing mother of our pups and I will not let anything happen to you.
*You have survived every fucker that has come after you. You have battled demons that nearly destroyed you and you have thrived. You may not underestimate what you are capable of, but you underestimate your ability to survive.”