Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
“Then let’s bring him in here and I can find out if the little bastard is lying!” Brax growls.
Dane holds his hand up to silence everyone. “Ryken, how would Kade know about poison? It’s not something that is taught to children this young.”
He shakes his head. “He’s never mentioned it before. Not even when he and his brother are fighting. I don’t even think Tara and I have discussed it. Maybe we have and we didn’t realise he was around, but if we did it’s not a conversation we have had recently. If you haven’t noticed Dane. It’s not like we are a family that goes out on hunts or wars or anything like that. We haven’t even participated in a pack run because we don’t feel we will be welcome by the Wolves.”
“All Wolves or certain Wolves in particular?” Dane asks and I realise we had completely been missing the obvious. The Lycans will know of the Wolves causing problems.
“I can give you a few names.” Ryken sighs and his blue eyes catch mine. “I am Kade’s father. I will talk to him again.”
“He is already lying to you. Talking to him isn’t going to do anything.” Brax snaps
“Has Kade ever acted out before?” I ask, hoping Brax will just temporarily shut his mouth.
“Never. He always had a good report from his last school. We have never had issues with him at home, other than a bit of sibling rivalry. But that’s standard isn’t it.”
“Oh yeah.” Dane mutters. “Wait until your daughter gets old enough to develop sass. Younger sisters certainly know how to create havoc.” “Why do you ask?” Ryken queries
“As you are aware, Dottie has been helping Neah with any Lycans that have turned up. She does it because she is just like her biological father.” I murmur, gesturing to Brax. “She sees things others don’t”
“Are you telling me she saw something in my son?”
“That’s exactly what Damien is saying.” Brax snorts
“So what do we do?” Ryken asks. “They both need to attend school, but if there are going to be situations like this happening with the Hunter girl….” He shrugs his shoulders. “I’m already having to keep an eye on my stepdaughter. Tara is going to be beside herself if Kade isn’t allowed to go to school. And it’s not like they can be split up, is it?”
“Actually,” Dane mutters. Maybe that is exactly what we do. Some kids have lessons in the morning and finish at lunch. Others start after lunch. That way they don’t have to be in the same room together.”
“I will agree to that.” Ryken nods
“I guess.” Brax mutters
“Keep Kade off until Monday. My orders if anyone questions it and we will start the new rota then.”
“Thank you Alpha Dane.” Ryken rises to his feet and bobs his head at me and Dane and then blatantly walks past Brax without a simple acknowledgement.
“Do you think it will work?”
“There’s only one way we are going to find out. Brax, close the door.”
He gives Dane an odd look but does as he is told.
“Klaus is alive.”
“How do you know that?” I ask, surprised.
“He linked me.”
“Where is he?” I press
He takes a deep breath, almost like he didn’t want to tell us. “He’s still with Cooper.”
“You’re fucking joking!” Brax snaps.
Dane shakes his head and closes his eyes as he sighs. “Cooper is trying to convince Klaus that Klaus is his mate.”
“He’s fucking delirious.” Brax scoffs
Danes’ eyes lock on Brax. “You know a lot of shit, I’m just wondering if you can confirm something for me?”
“If I can, I will.”
“What is a Witches mark?”
“I’ve never seen one, I can only tell you what I know and it may not be correct.”
“Go on.” Dane growls.
“It used to be said that the mark was a way to tell the difference between them and the rest of us, but over time as the world changed, it became different.”
“Different?” I mutter
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“The mark began to mutate, in it;s place, almost like a scar is the initials…..” He stops and stares back at Dane. It was almost amusing seeing him lost for words,
“Initials?” I press, trying to get the information.
His eyes shift to me. “The initials of his mate. Cooper is his mate, isn’t he?”
“It is looking likely.”
“Has he switched sides?” Brax asks as I try to wrap my head around it.
“No. He is very clear on what he intends to do. But he needs to sort a few things out at his end.”
“We must leave to bring him back. You will be able to find him now that you link him.” Brax suggests “He doesn’t want us to, not just yet. I know what he is planning on doing. We just need to be patient.” “Since when is Klaus gay?”
They stop to stare at me. Brax starts laughing first and then Dane too.
“You’ve been here a while, right?” Brax asks through laughter.
“Yes.”
“I mean, it’s pretty obvious.” He replies
I look over at Dane who is forcing his Outh together to try and hold t ter in. “You may have juse Roel me in a better mood.”
Blair
I lay on the small single bed that was now mine. It was a welcome relief to my spine after spending what seems like forever sleeping on a solid stone floor. Someone had even piled some blankets up at the end with a change of clothes. I’m assuming mum as it was already here when Ryken brought me here.
I could hear my brothers running around upstairs. Their footsteps pounding the floor. Mum yells at them to quieten down before they wake Braelyn.
It was odd, I never thought I would find comfort in the sounds of my family. I had always preferred silence until Cooper forced me into it. Now every silence was uncomfortable. Every silence means a punishment is on its way.
Closing my eyes, a smile appears on my face. I was still alive. Still breathing. Maybe I could find a way to keep it that way. Maybe I just do everything that they ask me too and they will forget about punishing me.
I hear the handle on my door turn and my eyes shoot open. One of my brothers is standing on the stairs, staring at me. I’m not even sure which one. They both had blonde ringlets framing their eyes.
“You look like a boy.” He spits out in disgust. I assume he is the slightly older one, Kade. The one Ryken had mentioned when he came to the office. The one he was having a meeting about some time this morning. I was starting to understand why there were problems with him.
My hands automatically go to my hair. His brown eyes are wide as he stares at me. His lips turn up at the corners. Proud of himself because he thought he had upset me.
“It’s what happens when you are naughty.” I tell him.
“Then you shouldn’t have gotten caught.” He runs back up the steps and slams the door. His feet move quickly across the floor which is then followed by mutterings with mum. Though I couldn’t make out what any of it was.
Minutes later, my door opens again. I stay sitting on the bed, watching my mother slowly descend the stairs. Her hair had been scraped back in a bun, a few white hairs were making their presence known amongst the jet black. A deep green dress clung to her frame. For someone who has had four children, you wouldn’t think so to look at her. Her body was in better condition than mine. Just the soft wrinkles forming on her face gave her age away.
“What did you say to Kade?” She asks softly
Of course he had gone running to mum. “He made a comment about me looking like a boy because of this.” point to my head. “I just told him it’s what happened because I was naughty.”
Her hands go to her hips. “You can’t say stuff like that to a seven year old.”
“Maybe he needs to hear it. I know Ryken has gone to have a meeting about Kim with the Alpha. There is only one reason why he would have to do that.”
She purses her lips. But I knew that she knew I was right.
“Can you please just be careful what you say around the boys? I don’t want more trouble than necessary.”
“Mum! You and Ryken have been tasked with keeping an eye on me. What more trouble could you possibly have?”
She glares at me and I back track.
“I’m not saying I’m going to be trouble. I’m just saying that you are already on the Alphas radars.”
She nods as she mulls over my words. “Come upstairs for breakfast. You will be going to work in a bit and you can’t do it on an empty stomach.” “I’m okay.”
“I will tell you the same thing as I tell the boys. It’s not negotiable.”
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