Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
He pushes me into the cell a little and releases the rope around my wrists. It was clearly all for show, but I would rather that than have my throat slit.
Neah
‘He already has his Lycan.’ Nyx murmurs, she was still coming to terms with it.
‘Uh huh.’
‘What do we do?’
‘Nothing.’ I reply. I don’t intend on having him bound like I was. This is who he is. But what I couldn’t understand was why Evrin and not Logan. Logan is the first born and yet there have been no signs of this happening to him.
As soon as Evrin shifted back to Human form, he crashed and he crashed hard. I’m certain if there were bombs going off, he would sleep through it. ‘Nothing.’ It wasn’t so much of a question from Nyx, but a confirmation that we agreed on what is right.
Running my fingers through Evrins short dark hair, his lips curve up into a smile. I glance over to Logan who is sitting on the floor playing with some toys. Was he close to shifting? Would he shift? Or would it be when he turns thirteen?
I know I shouldn’t compare them, but I couldn’t help myself. I had so many questions and I knew no one here could answer them. Not even Brax.
I briefly wonder how my parents must have reacted, but the thought disappears as I realise just how quickly they had me bound. They were obviously not happy about it. A far cry from how I feel about Evrin shifting.
Picking up Logan, I tell him we are going to let his brother sleep. He needed it after last night. I carry Logan down the stairs, just in time to see Dane pushing Blair out of his office.
She doesn’t see us and keeps her head low as Dane marches her from the house. Hopefully she had managed to give him some information.
Logan and I head to the kitchen where we find Brax eating. He waves a hand in acknowledgement as I settle Logan on the floor with a couple of his toys.
“Just the one.” Brax muses.
“Evrin is sleeping.”
“Bit of a hectic night for him, wasn’t it?” He’s full of himself as usual.
“What does it mean?” I ask. “I’ve been trying to understand it. He’s not the oldest. In theory, Logan is the heir to the Alpha position, both Black Shadow and the Lycans. But then when Klaus was researching me, he said it was because I was the last female Alpha and that’s why I was gifted my abilities earlier. So why does Evrin have his?”
He chews his mouthful of food incredibly slow while staring at me with narrowed hazel eyes, “I don’t have that answer.”
“You must know something.”
“You would think so, but I’m drawing a blank. As you said, he isn’t the eldest, it, doesn’t make sense, but the reality is, it’s happening whether you like it or not. Following i his mothers footsteps.”
I nod and the back door swings open. Dorothy comes running in hysterically crying. She doesn’t even stop when she sees us and runs through the door that leads to the stairs Moments later, I hear her footsteps moving frantically above us, As Brax starts to move, Damien comes in furious and tosses Dorothy’s bag on the table.
“Why the hell is my daughter crying?” Brax is on his feet growling at Damien
“Oh I don’t know, maybe it’s because she pinned one of the kids down at school. If you haven’t noticed, that is where she should be, but I had to go and collect her early.”
“You better start talking!” Brax demands
“Like it was me who was talking to her teacher?!” Damien snaps and takes a seat next to me. “She pinned Kade down.”
Brax smirks but doesn’t say anything. It’s not something he should be proud of when we are trying to create something better. “Isn’t Kade Ryken’s eldest?” I ask
“Yes.” Damien replies “And we have already had issues with Ryken over Dottie attending the school.”
“Fucker should stay in his lane then.” Brax retorts.
“The school is for everyone.” I warn him.”And if you haven’t noticed, there are a lot more Lycan kids here than there are Wolves.” I turn back to Damien. “Has Dorothy said why she did it?”
“Not exactly, she just said that he made her really angry.” He points to the ceiling. “She never does this.”
He’s right. She never lashes out unless she is in the middle of one of her nightmares. She is normally quite a chilled child and wants to be everyone’s friend. Anger isn’t something that is part of hela character.
“I will speak to the Lycan.” Brax offers
I shake my head at him, “You will do no such thing. I don’t need those three kids being left without a father.”
He smiles at me, almost proud that I knew exactly what his intentions were.
“Spend some time with your daughter.” Damien mutters. “You spend all your time, training, working or with Maddie.”
“Are you accusing me of abandoning my child?!” Brax’s nostrils flare as he pushes his hands against the table as though he is trying to hold himself back.
Damien glares at him, it was exactly what he was saying.
“Sort it out! I snap. “I have enough problems going on in this pack and I don’t need you two to constantly be at each other’s throats! Figure it out!” They both fall silent. I guess Evrin isn’t the only one that’s exhausted.
“I am going to speak to my daughter and find out exactly what happened!” Brax snaps, storming from the kitchen.
Damien opens his mouth to say something and I give him a warning glare
“Did she hurt him?” I ask when I know Brax is nowhere near us.
“Not exactly.”
“What is that supposed to mean?”
“She launched herself across the room at him. Used a chair to pin him to the floor and threatened him with ‘my dad will kill your dad.’ The teacher said to keep her home for a couple of days. She’s going to ask Ryken to do the same with Kade”
“My dad will kill your dad? Was she talking about you or Brax?”
“I think we both know the answer to that. I don’t know if Kade said something to her or whether she is just having a bad day. There were no signs of nightmares last night, even with Evrin crying at all hours.” His eyes shift to Logan. “Where is he anyway?”
“Sleeping.” He didn’t know yet. I take a deep breath and tell him “He shifted.”
He blinks a few times, “Sorry, what?”
“Evrin shifted. He was crying because his body was trying to shift and he was holding it back. I showed him my Lycan and he shifted. A beautiful small black Lycan. And Dane hasn’t spoken to me about it since.”
“Problems never come just singularly, do they?”
I shake my head. Problems never came one at a time, not in this life.
****
“I’m sure it’s nothing.” Mallory tells me as she cradles Luca. “He could just be in shock.”
“He encouraged me to show Evrin. And now he has been keeping his distance all day. I’ve linked him and he keeps telling me that there is something else that needs doing. It isn’t like him.”
“I’m a bitten Lycan, so remind me, how old are you when you shift for the first time?”
“Around the age of thirteen.”
“Maybe that’s all it is. He was expecting to have at least another twelve and a bit years to prepare. Dane adores you and I’m pretty sure nothing scares him. But maybe, this bit of fatherhood does because it’s something he can’t control.
“I hope you are right.” I mutter, “Maybe now it will slow him down on the idea of having another.”
“Another pup?”
“Yes. And before you get any ideas, I’m not pregnant.”
She presses her lips together and raises her brow as she turns away. “Do you wonder if the next one will be a Wok like Dane? That would be funny wouldn’t it. Siblings that are a mix of Wolves and Lycans. Orone that’s a mixture of both. Is that even possible?”
“Who knows?” I cross my legs up under me. “Has Eric told you what’s been happening?”
She nods.
“You knew Cassandra quite well. Did she use Witches? I mean she must have done, her and Trey had me bound. What I mean is, did you ever meet any?”
“No. There were very few people she would let me meet. After running away, the older I got I realised how much there was wrong with the situation, but I had just been too blind to see it. I should have challenged them more when learned about you. I should have seen everything that was wrong instead of just accepting it.”
She takes a deep breath. “I never came across a Witch, Cassandra nor any of the others never mentioned one. We didn’t even come across one when we were living with the Rogues.”
I could see she was bothered by my talk of Cassandra. Eric had told Dane that she still held on to the past and what she had done to me. We never spoke of it. It was like a dirty secret kept between us but everyone else was aware of it.
I hadn’t forgiven her, though not verbally. In my head, I had forgiven her a long time ago. She had become part of this family, my only female friend and I couldn’t imagine my life without her.
She thinks she’s being subtle, wiping a tear away as she kisses Luca’s head.
“I forgive you.”
Mallory
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