Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
‘Shit!’ Nyx mutters
“Where is he?” I press.
“I’m going to tell you, but you are not going to do anything. Do you understand?”
“It’s Klaus.” I protest, “We can’t just let…..”
“We have too.”
“You are not doing anything!” I didn’t understand why he had no urgency about this. Klaus was our friend. He had helped out with a lot of things. My Lycan history. Tutoring. The hospital. He stood in as Beta when Eric was digging himself a hole. He saved Mallory. I could list everything but I don’t think it was going to make a difference.
“Trust me, Neah. I am. This isn’t a quick fix. We are not going to go in and get him out.”
“Why not? I’ve seen you kill multiple people.”
“You’ve seen me kill Wolves and Lycans. Witches are a different game.”
“I don’t understand what you are saying.”
“They come with different capabilities and we don’t know what Coopers are. He was using a drug to take away people’s abilities, but we don’t know if he can just create potions. He could be capable of other things.”
“Like what?”
“There was a story when I was a kid. It was about a Witch that wiped out an entire Wolf pack without ever physically stepping foot inside the pack.”
I frown as Nyx asks me how something like that is even possible.
“The story suggested that she could make herself appear in the pack. Project herself. She was able to gain information without actually entering the pack.”
“They couldn’t see her?” I ask in confusion.
“No.”
“Then how do you know that’s the truth?”
“I don’t. All I know is that the story has been passed down through multiple generations of Wolves. I remember the first time I heard it and how I tried to talk to my father about it. It made him all weird and my mother told me to never bring it up again.”
“If I’ve learned anything. It’s that we shouldn’t believe it until we see it with our own eyes.” I sit up and swing my legs over the side of the bed.
“I just know that story haunts many of the older generations of Wolves.”
“And that’s why they don’t work with Witches?”
“That’s right.”
“You did.” I whisper
“Madame Curie was different. Though I’m pretty sure she would have done anything for the right price.”
I don’t answer as I try to wrap my head around everything he is saying. “You don’t want me to know where Klaus is, do you?” I ask quietly
He sits on the bed next to me. “I’m concerned you will go after him on your own. And before you say anything I know you are more than capable of killing him. That’s not my issue. Klaus has said he is waiting for That means he is fully prepared for our appearance. I’m not taking any risks.”
“But….”
“Klaus has said he is safe. Cooper hasn’t hurt him.”
“He took away his abilities.” I frown
“Temporarily. We will get Klaus back, we just need to get our timings right and let everything play out. We will make our move when we are ready.”
I nod as he wraps an arm around me. But the idea of leaving Klaus out there put a knot in my stomach. It felt wrong. It felt like we were abandoning him.
Dane toes off his boots and crawls up the bed, dropping down with a groan. He holds out a hand to me. “Come, you are exhausted.”
“I’m fine.”
“We have a few hours before Ryken is back here and Athena is keeping the twins until midday.”
His hand doesn’t drop but his crimson eyes narrow at me. He was doing it to make sure I didn’t go anywhere.
I roll my eyes and lie back down, but he grabs hold of me, pulling my back against his chest as his arms locked around me.
I should be pissed that he isn’t letting me go. But his scent, warmth and touch was comforting for my restless mind. I had to trust his process. I had to trust what he was doing.
Damien
Knocking on the office door, I’m surprised when there is no answer. I was expecting Dane to already be here. Especially when there is less than five minutes until the meeting with Ryken starts.
Making my way in, I position myself in the far right corner, behind the desk and next to the window. I needed a good view of everyone in the room.
Brax appears next and purposely spins in front of as he lifts his top just high enough to show me that he doesn’t have any weapons stashed in his belt.
“You actually listened then.” I mutter
“It may surprise you, but I do actually care about my daughter and I can follow some rules.”
I don’t respond as Dane enters yawning. “I need to catch up with both of you later.”
“About my baby girl?” Brax asks
“No…”
He was about to say more when Ryken appears. He checks his watch. “I’m not late am I?”
“Actually, you are right on time.” Dane tells him. “Have a seat.”
“What about my baby girl and his brat? Shouldn’t they be here too?” Brax challenges, “Considering this is about them.”
“DON’T refer to him as a brat.” Ryken growls with clenched teeth.
“I don’t want either of you to speak.” Dane’s crimson eyes move between the pair of them. “You both need to listen.”
He points to me. He had already asked me to explain how I had found Dottie. Believing that it would give Ryken a clearer picture. “Are you aware of how Dorothy lived her younger years?” I ask carefully.
“Yes, I know what Blair did.”
“I’m not talking about Blair, I’m talking about the Humans that Blair sold her too.”
“This has nothing to do with her attacking my son.”
“Maybe, maybe not. But I think it’s only fair for you to know and we might understand a little bit more why she pinned Kade down.”
Even Brax didn’t know the exact truth of how found her. He had just heard small details. Though as long as she was safe, all was good, but I couldn’t help wondering if he saw cracks in her soul too, but just didn’t want to say anything.
His eyes flash up to me and I could already see how his anger bubbling up to the surface. He paces in the background. His hands balled into fists. He was like a grenade, ready to go off.
‘Tread carefully.’ Dane links me but he is looking at Brax.
‘He’s got no weapons’ But that didn’t mean Brax wouldn’t hit something.
“She was just a kid.” Ryken mutters with sorrow as I finish telling him how she ate food from a bowl like she was a dog the first night I saved her.
“She had to learn to survive on the bare minimum. She had nightmares for the best part of a year and they had finally settled down to the point they were happening maybe once a week.” look over at Brax who was staring into space, probably thinking about how he was going to make Blair suffer for making his child suffer. “Dottie has held everything in for so long that one day, I knew there was a damn good chance that she was going to blow. She didn’t attack him for a game. She attacked Kade for what he said to her.”
Ryken looks down.
“He hasn’t told you what he said, has he?” Dane asks
“He is sticking to the same story. The one he has given me is that he asked her for a pencil and she just lost it. But I know deep down it is not the whole story. While she has nightmares, he sleeps like a log, without a single worry.”
“He called her poison. Told her that someone will kill her while she is sleeping.” I mutter. Hearing Mallory tell me that made my blood boil. “He wouldn’t….”
“He did.”
His eyes narrow at me. “She told you that.”
“No, she confided in a friend and I believe her.”
“My son wouldn’t say something like that.” Ryken shakes his head dismissively.
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