Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
“A gimmick. Come on inside and I will explain everything.”
Hesitantly, I follow the woman inside. “I’m sorry, I didn’t catch your name.”
“That’s because I didn’t tell you. Samara Clarkson, but I prefer Sammie or Sam, your choice.”
“I’m Blair Kits…. Blair Everwood.”
She cocks an eyebrow at me but doesn’t question it. “Well Blair Everwood. Welcome to my home.”
Sammie shows me around the large farmhouse. Offering me a bedroom for the night. When I shake my head. She promises me that I will be fine.
I hold the drip bags up and she smiles at me. “They are not what you think they are Blair, you can take it out your arm.”
“I will die.”
“No, you will feel incredible pain for a few minutes. You will feel like you are going to pass out and that Death is waiting for you, but I promise you, it only tasts a few minutes and then you feel normal. Well, as normal as normal can feel.”
“You’re lying.” Every part of me felt that this was a trick, but then why was I still here. Why hadn’t I left the very moment she said she asked if I was a Wolf or Lycan?
“If I’m lying Blair, how do you think I’m still alive? I recognised the gown the moment I saw it.” She turns around to a closet and pulls a dusty box from the top shelf. Inside was an identical gown to the one I had to wear at the prison. “The only difference from what I can see, is I had to wear a stupid band because I had an allergic reaction to painkillers. Turns out when you take away our ability to heal. You learn what kind of things don’t work for you.”
Sammie passes it to me. Clearly stated on the band is her name and allergy type.
“And here.” She passes me an empty drip bag. “I thought this was the end too. I thought, here we go, I have run out of time. I sat in that very corner and watched as the last few droplets disappeared into my arm. The pain was unlike anything I have ever felt. And I get that’s why you think you are dying, but you will come out the otherside.”
“I will get my abilities back?”
She sighs “No. I assume he told you the same as me. That whatever is in this bag takes it away and at the same time, you can’t live without it.”
I nod
“It’s funny what our brains will believe when we think we have hit rock bottom.”
“Why don’t we get our abilities back?”
“Because that bad is not what took them away. Cooper did the moment he first drugged you.”
“He’s never found you out here?”
“The thing with making us Human, we lose our Lycan or wolf scent. We smell like every other human to them. But you do need to stay away from familiar places. He will check them and he will have others check them.”
I frown. My mother, stepfather and siblings should be at Black Shadow, but I’m not even sure how long ago it was that I saw them. And I had mentioned Neah to Cooper. Would he go there to find me? Especially if he knew she was the Lycan Alpha.
“You have to say goodbye to your old life, Blair”
She leads me back downstairs and through to the large kitchen. She holds out her hand and glances at the drip bag.
“I’m not sure this is a good thing.”
“Would you rather wait until it ran out?” Sammie asks softly.
“I would rather find a Witch to help me.”
She shakes her head. “And how do you propose to do that?”
“I can track…..” I trail off. I couldn’t track scents anymore.
“I know it’s a lot to take in. If you are not ready, we can try later.”
I nod at her and she gestures to the small kitchen table. “Let me make you a sandwich.”
She bustles about the kitchen as I sit quietly, weighing up my options. She sets a sandwich down in front of me with a glass of orange juice. “How did you get away?” I ask quietly
“A nurse was taking me for my routine shower. I just remember looking at that little bar of soap and thinking this is it. I had to do something or I would never get away. So I shoved it down her throat and drove my thumbs through her eyes when she was choking. You see, there were no cameras in the bathroom. A perfect place to kill someone. I climbed out the window.”
“There are bars on the window now.” I mutter, spent every single day searching without moving from the shower. My eyes went over every nook and cranny, but there was nothing.
“I figured as much.”
“You never went back, to help the others?”
Her face falls and her grey eyes become watery. “I believe the others were killed because I escaped. How did you escape?”
I frown, “Would you believe me if I
told you the doors just opened. I thought they were bolted but it seems they were on a timer too.
Every single door was open and almost everyone escaped. But that can’t be right….” I look at the @rip bag, “I saw them dead in the hallways. They had taken out the drips.”
“And they would only be down long enough for them to be captured. Not dead.” Sammie tells me.
“Why are you helping me? Why are you giving me food and offering me somewhere to stay? You said it yourself, I must have been trouble?”
“Like I said. I was you once. And I wish that I had someone to tell me that this isn’t the end.”
Abraxas
Raven’s soul is so dark that it would give most Rogue’s a run for their money. You could feel it as you stepped into the house. And the bedroom just radiated her darkness.
When I had been talking to Damien outside, I had half hoped I was wrong. That my baby girl had just had one of her nightmares, but it turns out she was far more aware of souls than I realised. Maybe sitting in with Neah had brought it out in her.
Though in my years hunting, I had never come across a Wolf like this.
I had seen Wolves drown in despair. I had watched them become shells of themselves, barely surviving as they faded away. But to become so consumed by what they think is right, that it turns them into this, is something else.
“Did you even love our brother?” Raven demands as she glares at Dane.
Her soul pulsates, whatever answer Dane is going to give her, it isn’t going to make a difference. She is just asking questions for the sake of asking. “Of course I did. I made a vow to our parents to look after you and him.” Dane tells her
“But you stopped looking after him. You gave up.”
“He was a fucking adult, Raven. An adult who could make his own choices. An adult who became so wrapped up in himself that he didn’t care what he did to others.” He shakes his head in disbelief that he was even having this conversation. “Have you forgotten what the fucker did to Eric? Or that he tried to take Neah away from me? Plus the many others he pissed off in this pack. It wasn’t exactly like you were at the top of his priority list either!”
“You are wrong.”
“Really? Where was he when you were suffering because Salem rejected you? Oh right, he needed to deal with his own issues. Fucking more women.”
“Salem has nothing to do with this.”
“Doesn’t he, because if I remember correctly, he was the one that killed
Jess and that sent Jenson into whatever it was. When Salem rejected you, I was the one that had topick up the pieces.”
She glares at him. So much hate radiates from her. Damien moves to her, cupping her chin and forcing her to look at him. I’m assuming he could feel her hate through the bond.
Raven’s eyes narrow to slits and she spits at him and snarls through gritted teeth. “Let go of me.”
“Raven, this isn’t you.” Damien murmurs, wiping the saliva from his chin. “You need to snap out of this before you get yourself into trouble.”
She smirks at him, “Why? Am I not your precious little mate anymore? Do I not do what you ask me to?”
He steps back from her and creases appear on his brow. “I don’t recognise you anymore.”
“I don’t need you to recognise me.” She seethes
“What is that supposed to mean?” Damien demands
Her dark eyes shift to me. “He’s going to kill me anyway. And you can’t stop him.”
I lift my hands to show the men that my gun is firmly tucked into my belt. Though, if I wanted to, I could grab it quite easily. But was I willing to shoot the Alpha’s sister? I wouldn’t hesitate if it were a Lycan. S
Raven is the one Wolf I had least interaction with since I had been here. She had either been in the hospital with Jenson or here, asleep. I never saw her wandering the grounds or talking to any sleep.
else.
But had wondered what losing her twin would do to her. How far would it drag her down?
to
Turns out, pretty damn far.
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