Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
“Take her in, feed her, keep an eye on her, don’t let her out of your sight. She will be put to work with a guard and when work is over, she returns home to you and does not leave the house unless it is myself or Neah that requests it.” Dane tells him
“She is your stepdaughter, Ryken.
She is your responsibility. If you say no, I understand, she will not live to see another day. If you say yes, your family’s lives rely on her doing what has been asked of her. If she fails or steps out of line in any way, she will not be the only one to face death. Do I make myself clear?” Dane asks
“I have a baby.” He protests with a frown
‘What are we going to do if he says no?’ Nyx asks
‘I guess we will deal with it if it happens.’
“If I do everything that’s required, I get to live?” Blair asks in a whisper
No one speaks and after a few seconds, Blair nods her head. “You are going to kill me anyway.”
“I will do it Ryken announces and everyone’s eyes move to him. We et I expecting him to conset but still say no.
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“You will?” I ask as Blair stares at me with wide eyes. She is just as surprised as I am.
“I will kill her myself if she doesn’t follow orders.”
Blair looks at me, her eyes full of tears. “Thank you.”
“It’s not me you need to thank.” I leave the office before anyone else. My own heart racing as my head pounds.
‘I don’t like it either.’ Nyx grumbles. ‘She was set on destroying us.’
I wait at the top of the stairs, but it’s sometime before the rest of them appear. Ryken has his hands on Blairs shoulder, her eyes are still low as he pushes her through the front door Damien tags along, I’m assuming to make sure there is no problem. Eric disappears through the door.
Dane casts his crimson eyes up at me from the office door. “I know you are not happy and this is just temporary.”
Dane
‘She is not happy.’ Aero groans
‘I am aware.’
‘There’s still time to change the plan.’
‘No, we need this done. And we need it to work.’
“Are you going to say something?” I ask my mate
Neah doesn’t say anything, though she really doesn’t have too. I can feel it through our connection and by the way she stares back at me from the top of the staircase.
She carefully gets to her feet, her hand gripping the bannister. Her blue eyes lock on mine for just a second. “I hope you know what you are doing.” She turns away just as Brax appears. His eyes move from her to me, then he watches her with a small frown as she disappears down the hallway. “You’ve seriously pissed off that one.” He muses as he makes his way toward me.
“I know.”
He cocks an eyebrow at me, “Don’t you think you should go after her?”
“Usually I would, but right now my presence will anger her more. She needs time to think and process what’s happening.”
“And what is happening? What have I missed now?”
I fill him in and he spends most of the time shaking his head and snorting dismissively.
“So let me make sure I understand this. Blair made a threat. Samara is in some weird form of denial and you think you can solve the problem by bringing Blair out of the dungeons. I have to say, I’m with Neah on this one and that is really fucking hard for me to admit.”
“You don’t run the pack, you don’t get a say.”
“That’s fair.” He mutters. “But put it this way. You are talking about Samara playing a game, Blair could very well be in on it. Her reaction could just be part of the plan. You know that, right?”
“I don’t think she is. Not this time. The defeat she feels is on display for all to see. She asked us if she gets to live if she followed the rules we put in place and then thanked Neah. She is broken. Maybe you need to spend some more time watching her.”
“You want to fix her?” He raises his brow at me
“It’s not about me fixing her.”
“I can see that.” He mutters sarcastically as he studies me.
“Don’t act like you know everything, Brax.”
“You have to consider that Neah might not want family outside of this pack. She has been through a lot and until you, she had no one. Not all of us want siblings and quite frankly, I’m surprised that this is your reaction after what Blair did to your brother.”
“My brother dug his own grave and took down my sister with him. He was always a prick and always thought about himself. Instead of just dying, he piggybacked my sistersoul. In reality, I think el
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brought out his true colours. I’m not saying what she did is right because it’s not. And I’m not trying to make Neah trust her.”
“Right.” He presses his lips together, watching me carefully
“It doesn’t matter what you think anyway. When the time comes she will be offered for trade along with Samara.”
“If you say so.”
“I do.”
“In that case, I will keep an eye on her.” He offers. “Not when she is with her stepfather, but when she is put to work. She fears me probably more than she fears you. I think my presence will be a good reminder.”
“You mean you want to keep a closer eye on Ryken?”
He scowls at me as I mention Ryken’s name.
“Ryken is returning tomorrow to meet with Damien and I to discuss what happened with the kids. As Dorothy’s father you are more than welcome to join us, but on the simple conditions that you keep your hands off of any weapons and you keep your hands to yourself.”
He clenches his jaw as he stares at me.
“Those are the conditions Brax.”
“She is my daughter.”
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“Then act like a father and have the fucking conversation with him. Both kids were in the wrong. You can’t put all the blame on Kade. Dorothy pinned him down, she may have had her reasons and we need to get to the bottom of it. I have told Damien the same thing and he is willing to come up with an agreement with Ryken.”
“Fine, I will be there. No weapons and I will keep my hands in my pockets.” He tuts with an eye roll. “and I can’t promise that I will agree.”
“I can accept that for now and now we have that sorted. Why the fuck did you shave Samara’s head?”
He laughs,”I wondered when you would ask. You said I couldn’t physically hurt her. So I made sure she felt no physical pain, just psychological. Though I still didn’t get any useful information out of her.”
“Always looking for a loophole.”
He nods his head and smiles at me. “So Samara and Cooper are siblings?”
“You couldn’t pick that up when you looked at her soul?”
“Why do I need to keep reminding everyone that I am not psychic? If they were twins, yes, I would have known, but I’m assuming half siblings?” “Why do you say that?”
“There is no real resemblance between them apart from the blonde hair. Different coloured eyes, different nose, lips, face shape. If I met them in the street, I wouldn’t have thought they were siblings. Do you believe it?”
“Neah ordered her to tell the truth. You could see that Samara didn’t understand what was happening to her. She freaked out because her hearing was getting louder and louder.”
“Almost like she has never shifted?”
“Exactly that. It reminded me of Neah when her bindings were broken. She wore ear plugs for the best part of eight months just to cope with the heightened noise.”
He nods, “Klaus told me.”
“He did?”
“When we were out looking for something to help Neah, he filled me in on quite a lot of things and I think you are right about Samara. She’s never had the abilities.”
I frown “She kept talking about Cooper telling her that he was protecting her, keeping her safe so she wouldn’t become a danger to everyone. I was thinking Rogue, but if she has never shifted, that wouldn’t be possible. That means he would have done it before she turned thirteen.”
“And I would know if she had been a Rogue at any point. Let me spend some more time with her, I might be able to see her soul better.” “Wait until morning and don’t touch her.”
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