Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
“If I don’t find out what is happening to me, I am more than useless to them.”
She frowns at me.
“That is not what I meant and you know it.” I scowl back. “They brought me here for a reason and I am no longer holding up my end of the deal with Dane.”
“I’m sure if you explain…”
“I can’t explain it, Madison. I don’t know what’s happening to me. Even as I stand here, looking at you, your soul is getting harder and harder to see. It’s like my Hunter abilities are slowly being sucked from me. Tomorrow I could wake up and I will be a bog standard Wolf.”
“You really think there is something at your old house?”
“I don’t know, it’s worth a try.”
She pouts and slowly nods her head. “I will come with you.”
“Then let’s go. I have a car parked up the road.”
As Madison climbs into the passenger seat, I see how she is rubbing her neck again. “Still sore?”
“It comes and goes.” She shrugs like it had just become a part of her daily life, but it bothered me. I had even felt her neck to make sure nothing had been injected under her skin.
“Blair said that once she lost her abilities, she noticed changes.” Madison tells me. Blair seemed to talk more freely to her just like I expected. They shared something in common. “What kind of changes?”
“Like you feel aches and pains more because you don’t have the ability to heal. Sometimes, even lying funny makes me ache now. I guess we just healed before, even little things like achy muscles weren’t even a thing. My scar still itches like a bitch.” She points to the long thick scar that runs over her eye to her chin. Luckily she hadn’t been blinded.
“It is where he injected me.. I think. Maybe it’s more in the head than it actually hurting.” She shrugs her shoulders.
“Why haven’t you said anything?”
“Because it annoys you when you can’t fix something. And this is one of those things.”
I glance over to her. She has an elbow propped up on the door, staring out the window. I could fix it if she was willing to be bitten. But I don’t bring up the topic. It upsets her every single time.
“This is your home?” She mutters as I pull up next to it.
“Yes.” I reply, glancing up and down the street. Something felt off. It was the middle of the afternoon and there was no one. No one walking their dog. No one is running or cycling. As much as Humans annoy me. They were predictable with their habits.
Madison moves to get out of the car. “Don’t,” I mutter, grabbing her arm
“What is it?” she whispers back.
“I haven’t been back here for a while and it looks like Rogues might have moved in. I’m pretty certain that we are being watched.”
“What do we do?”
“You don’t do anything.”I reach in the backseat for my shotgun. “You stay here. You lock the doors behind me. You do not open them until I come back.”
“What if….?”
“No what if’s. You do exactly what I say. Understand?”
She nods as I quietly exit the car. I watch her press the locks down and something slams into me, sending me to the ground. My gun slides across the road away from me, just in time to see another Rogue moving towards me.
Blood from a recent kill coated its face. It drops down on to all fours, picking up speed as I reach for the gun in my belt. A bang makes my ears ring and I watch the Rogue drop to the ground.
I turn to see a wide eyed Madison, poking one of my guns through the small gap in the window, both hands clasped around it
The first Rogue attacks me from the side. Claws sinking into my shoulder before hurling me through the air.
As I land on my stomach, the air is knocked from my lungs. Screams come from the direction of my car. Rolling over, I see the Rogue desperately trying to get to my mate as he forces the window down.
Madison fires the gun over and over until she is out of bullets. Each and every one somehow misses the bastard.
Creeping towards my shotgun, I point at him and blow his fucking head off.
Blood sprays my car, splattering Madison as the Rogue’s headless body slides down the side of the vehicle.
She flings the door open and runs to me, jumping up and wrapping her arms tightly around my neck.
‘Let’s get inside.”
Head her in through the back door of my house. “I need you to stay here while I get rid of the bodies. I don’t need any more turning up on my doorstep, not until I know what’s happened here.”
“Okay.” she whispers and I reload the gun for her.
“Just in case.” I mutter
I don’t see anyone else when disposing of the Rogues. I also don’t sense anyone else watching us, but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t, especially if I’m losing my ability to sense them. I should have scented the one that knocked me to the ground. I should have seen it coming.
It didn’t matter now. They were both dead.
Lighting a match, I toss it on to their bodies, watching them go up in flames before walking away.
“Madison?” I call out as I enter my kitchen.
She doesn’t answer immediately. And then I hear a very weak and scared “Here!”
Slowly pushing open the door to the dining room. Cooper has Madison with her back pressed to his chest. An arm locked around her as he holds one of my fucking kitchen knives to her throat.
“You’re not here.”I growl
He pushes the tip of the knife into Madison’s throat. She lets out a squeal as a bead of blood appears.
“You are still not here.”
“You are a smart Hunter, but a stupid one.”
“Maybe, but you are still not here in this house. You project yourself, right? Make it seem like you are present. You are clearly strong to be able to carry a weapon. Strong enough that you seem real. So how did you get here?”
“Does it matter? I will be able to find all of you, won’t I Maddie?” He drags her back a few steps. She squeezes her eyes shut, trying not to cry.
“You put something in her?” I demand
“No.” He smiles at me
“It’s in you.” Madison cries. “It is in you.”
“Me?”
“And everyday, you grow a little weaker.” He smiles at me.
“You haven’t laid a hand on me!” I snap.
“No, I haven’t.” He agrees “It’s funny what a little spell can do. How easy it is to control someone, right Maddie?”
“I didn’t know.” she whispers.
“That’s the beauty of it. They don’t even know they are doing it.” Cooper laughs. “Amazing abilities us Witches have!”
“Do you know many other Witches?” I mutter sarcastically
The smile disappears from his face as he glares at me.
“So what’s the purpose of tracking me, huh? Taking away my abilities? What do you get out of it?”
“Pick you off, one by one, Cooper and Sam get to have lots of fun.” He sings.
“Samara? Samara is locked in a fucking dungeon. The last I heard, she wanted nothing to do with you, you cunt!”
He pushes Madison to one side and points the knife at me. “What did you say?”
“Which bit? Calling you a cunt or telling you that Samara wants nothing to do with you. Lets see, when I threatened to cut her finger off a few hours ago. She told me she never wanted to see you again. That you lied to her, her whole life and if she does see you again, she will rip your throat out.”
“LIES!”
“Nah. I don’t have a reason to lie to you when I know the truth will piss you off more.”
“I could slice your throat open.”
“Yes, you could. But I can see from your legs that you are getting weaker.” They were slowly fading. “Anger makes you weak, not strong. You are barely holding on. So get the fuck out of my house, because when I do see you. I’m going to string you up and let the crows feed on your decaying flesh. That’s if the Witch Hunter doesn’t get to you first.”
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