Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
“He won’t kill you.” Damien mutters. “Will you?” His eyes search mine, though I don’t answer, because I couldn’t give him an honest answer. “He will if I ask him too.” Raven replies with a shrug of her shoulders. “It’s what he is good at, killing Rogues.” Her eyes shift to me, “Right?”
“You are not a Rogue!” Damien snaps
“All the questions you have been asking Neah.” Dane frowns. “You weren’t asking about her, you were asking for yourself, weren’t you?”
She keeps her lips pressed together
“You wanted to know what it felt like. You wanted to know how to control it.” He continues. “You wanted to know if you were feeling the same thing as what she felt.”
She shrugs her shoulders. Not giving a clear answer.
“What does your Wolf think?” I ask
She snorts at me. “Midnight hasn’t spoken to me since Jenson’s machines got switched off. Yet I know she hates me, she hates you.” She points at Dane and then her mate. “And you.”
Her hand moves to the mark on her neck and she faces Damien. “I thought this was forever, but you care more about your friend than you do me.” “I’ve never said that and it is forever.” Damien mutters. “You are my mate. I just asked you to help her. She has been nothing but kind to you!” “Until she swooped in and tried to take my place.”
“What the hell are you talking about, Raven?” Dane demands. “Have you become that much of a self centred brat?”
“A brat?” She laughs, but the emotion doesn’t reach her eyes.
“That’s how you are acting.” Dane growls. “You are not the sister I raised. You are turning out to be exactly like Jenson!”
She smiles smugly. “We are twins after all.”
“Raven.” Damien sighs
She puts her hands up and shakes her head. “That’s why you are here now, isn’t it? To force me to go and help the dying Lycan while I am dealing with my own problems.”
“She’s called Mallory and don’t bullshit me. I know you liked her. So help her.”
“No.”
“You made an oath.” Dane snaps. “You promised to help look after the people of our pack.”
“I did.”
“If you are saying Mallory isn’t part of this pack, then you are saying that I’m not either!” Damien frowns
“Damien is the Beta here.” Dane reminds Raven, though now, I was starting to think none of what they are saying is sinking in. She’s too far gone. Trapped in her own little chaotic mind.
“And he couldn’t even be bothered to take an oath so that he could link you all.” She half laughs, amused by her own comment. “That suggests he doesn’t really want to be here. Or maybe he just favours his own kind over us.”
Damien takes a step back. Frustration and confusion on his face.
“Dane, I need to speak to you.” I mutter
He glances over to me and dips his head in acknowledgement.
“You can say what you need to say, right here, Hunter.” Raven snarls
“Fine!” I smile back at her and turn to Dane. “Some promises just can’t be kept.”
“What kind of cryptic message is that?” Raven demands
“It’s not cryptic and Dane understands exactly what I’m saying.”
She glares at me. Every bit of her anger is aimed at me, but she stays completely still. There is silence between the four of us. Neither of the other men knew what to say to Raven and it seemed like she was waiting on us to say something.
“So what’s your plan, Raven?” I ask
“Excuse me?” It wasn’t what she was expecting to be asked.
“This, it’s part of your plan, right? What do you hope to achieve? Do you want Damien to reject you? Do you plan on killing everyone in some kind of revenge plot for your
е
brother? What is it that you, Raven
Black, wants?”
“I don’t know, Abraxas, maybe I want you to tell everyone how you are mated to a Lycan!” She folds her arms across her chest, seemingly pleased with herself.
Dane and Damien both turn to stare at me.
“Is this how it’s going to go, is it? You are going to start telling lies about people.”
Neah
Eric hadn’t said anything for a while. He had sat completely still the entire time, holding my hand as we waited for some news from Klaus.
It had felt like hours, maybe it had been. I wondered if Dane had felt this way every time I had ended up in here. Wondering if he was never going to hear my voice again.
And somewhere along the line, I had become concerned about Mallory’s survival.
I watch the room like a hawk, waiting for the slightest change. Klaus must be nearly done, though I still wish that Raven was here to help. She is good at what she does.
The door finally opens and Klaus steps out in a gown that is soaked in blood. I pull Eric off the floor and to his feet as we wait in silence while Klaus moves towards us. “She is alive. Just.” He lets out his own sigh of relief
‘Thank goodness for that.’ Nyx whispers.
“Thank you Klaus.”
“It wasn’t easy, but she is a fighter. She didn’t want to go.”
Eric’s hand tightens around mine. “Her heart stopped.”
“And we got her back. She is very weak though and she has lost a lot of blood. I will have to see if any of the Lycans are a match to help her.” “Me.” I mutter
“No, Too risky.” Klaus mutters
“Can I go see her?” Eric mumbles
“Of course. Just give the nurses a couple minutes to clean up in there. She is out cold and will be for some time.”
“I will tell Damien.” I will do it in person rather than through a link. “I will ask him to come over and get checked.”
I wait until Eric is given the all clear to go and sit with his mate. I decide to head over to the house. I had a feeling Damien had gone to question Raven about why she wasn’t helping. I wanted to know why too.
Something feels off as I enter the packhouse. It almost reminded me of the day the boys were killed in Dane’s office. It just had an eerie feeling to everything.
I could hear Dane calling someone delusional, followed by Raven screeching. “I am not the delusional one! You are the one who can’t see what is right in front of you.”
Slowly, I make my way up the stairs, listening to them argue. It wasn’t just Dane and Raven. Damien and Abraxas were here too. Though they could barely get a word in over the siblings arguing.
“Raven, this isn’t you.” Damien mutters, though he sounds a little lost. Like his usual tricks to calm his mate down wasn’t working.
“Maybe this is me, right. I mean you said it yourself, didn’t you Abraxas. My soul died. Or was that another lie.”
“It wasn’t.” Abraxas replies coldly. He was probably staring at her in the l
same way he did when he was curious about my reactions. Or maybe his hand was already resting on a gun, ready to blow Raven’s head off.
I hoped not.
‘Something is off about this whole thing.’ Nyx groans. ‘Why wouldn’t she help? It’s what she does.’
‘I don’t know. I want to say she is grieving, but that doesn’t seem right. She checked over Maddie after the fire.’
“So you can tell the truth about some things.” Raven’s tone is full of sarcasm
“That’s enough Raven!” Dane warns her
“I don’t think it is.” She shouts back and I hear glass breaking.
Hurrying to her room, I find Dane and Abraxas holding onto Raven, the window behind her is shattered. Her dark eyes settle on me and a grin spreads across her face. “You should never have come here. We were happy before you. We powerful before you. We had control before you.”
‘Doesn’t this seem a little out of place for Raven?’ Nyx asks. ‘It’s not like her. She’s gone from quiet and grieving to flat out being a bitch.’
I stare at Raven, struggling between the two men. Something was wrong l.n and it was more than just her losing her twin. The way she talked sounded just like Jenson. Too much like him when he didn’t get what he wanted.
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