Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
She tilts her head down, a wrinkle appears between her brows as she frowns. “So how do we beat him?”
“Neah and Klaus,”
*Just Neah and Klaus?”
“I believe so. I told you Klaus is a Witch Hunter.”
*Neah can’t link him, can she?”
*She can when he is vulnerable. That will be the key.”
“You have a plan, don’t you?”
“I’m working on something. I will talk to Neah tomorrow. Tonight, we stay here and get a decent nights sleep.” “Do you think he will come back?”
*If he does, it will just be a projection of him. He won’t actually be here.”
Madison sleeps tightly curled up into me. All evening, her eyes had been darting around the house, looking for him. She was even sleeping in one of my tshirts because she didn’t want him to see her naked.
Anytime, I made a hint of a move to pleasure her, she would tell me no. Something about Cooper projecting himself made her nervous and vulnerable.
I don’t sleep. Not a single wink. I was aware there were more Rogues out there than just the two that tried to kill me. I could smell them near my house, but was it worth leaving my already scared mate, by herself?
I lay awake, listening to their sounds. There were at least eight. Eight that prowled around below my bedroom window. But not a single one tried to enter the house. They could smell that we were here. I was expecting one to try a door handle. Or one to climb the side of my building and try a window, but they don’t.
They circle the house, taking it in turns. I couldn’t stand it any longer. Slipping out of bed, I silently grab the rifle that I stored in my wardrobe and creep up towards the window.
Aiming at one, I don’t fire immediately. I watch as they talk to each other in hushed, gravelly voices. They spoke in code too and just like that, they leave. Disappearing behind the empty house opposite mine. Unusual behaviour for Rogues, they didn’t usually care about a locked door or window.
I watch until the sun rises, but they don’t come back.
“What are you doing?” Madison asks with a yawn.
*There were Rogues here last night.” I’m not going to lie to her.
“You didn’t wake me?”
“They didn’t do anything. It was more like they were looking for someone.”
“That’s not normal, is it?”
“No.”
“Were they looking for you?” she asks
“I’m not sure.”
Her eyes cast a glance over the rest of the room. Almost like she expected to see Cooper here. She shivers and quickly gets dressed. “Can we go back to Black Shadow now?”
*Sure.*
*****
Madison is quiet in the car. Brining her with me had been a mistake, but without her. I never would have got that shit out of my back.
“I will keep you safe.” I mutter and place my hand on her thigh but she pulls it away.
“You don’t know that.”
“I know that I want to protect you. I know that I can now I’m back to full strength.”
*He made me inject something into you without my knowledge. How can you keep me safe from that? How do I know that this isn’t a dream created by Cooper?*
I pull the gun from my hip and hand it to her. “If you think this is a dream, point it at me and pull the trigger.”
She takes it and slowly lifts the gun. I don’t slow the car. I don’t stop either. If she really believed it was a dream, then I was about to die.
I take my eyes off the road to look at her. She can barely keep the gun straight. Tears flood her chestnut eyes. “I don’t know what to do?”
*Yes you do.”
Her breathing is heavy as she continues to point it at me. A little gasp escapes her parted lips. “He wouldn’t know would he? He wouldn’t know that you would voluntarily let me shoot you?”
I shoot her a wink and she drops the gun into her lap. “Besides, you would need to take the safety off.” My fingers drum on the steering wheel. “He’s really got to you, hasn’t he?”
From the corner of my eye, I see her bob her head. “It’s like nothing is mine. He took away my abilities. He somehow convinced me to do something to you. What else could he have done? Did he make me do that to other people? Did he touch me when I was with him? How long has he been watching me?
I didn’t have an answer for her. But I understood why she was so reluctant to want to do more than be kissed. He had put more cracks in her soul and I couldn’t let anymore appear.
“He wouldn’t have touched you, he has a thing for men, not women.”
I watch her relax and then lean forward, “Is that Blair’s brother?” Madison asks
I slow the car to see a boy with blonde ringlets running in our direction. His feet pound the pavement, sweat drips off of him as he eagerly looks around. Ignoring the cars passing him.
“Why would he be out here, alone?” Madison asks.
I pull the car over and the moment I step out. He tries to pick up speed, running away from me.
It takes two seconds to grab him. “Where do you think you are going?”
The little shit tries to kick me in the balls.
“I don’t think so, get in the fucking car.”
“You can’t tell me what to do. I hate you.”
I glare at him and he drops into silence. The kid certainly did have a darkness about him.
“Get in the car.” We were only a couple of miles out from the pack, so he had made it quite far, but who was he running from?
Neah
“You will figure it out.” Mallory offers me a smile. “You have always figured shit out.” She cradles Luca and rocks side to side as Luca makes little noises. She had settled into motherhood like it was where she was always supposed to be. Yet, a part of me was nervous to tell her I was pregnant again. How do you tell that to a woman who will never carry her own children?
Being here has given me some time to calm down, to come to my senses. And I felt more than stupid. For a brief moment, I could see why Kade had called everyone stupid.
“No one is perfect.” Mallory mutters. “You can’t keep beating yourself up over it. If Dane suspected anything, there is no way he would have let you wander off with Kade. No one would have expected a kid to do something like that. You did what most sane people would do. Think about it, by the time you could have ordered him to give you the watch, he still could have pressed it.”
“It still shouldn’t have happened.”
*Eric said that if the house was the target, it still would have happened anyway.”
I nod as I look over to my boys who are playing in the corner. Half wondering how they would react to another sibling. And half wondering whether this pregnancy was making me miss things. Last time it made me miss important things, I had been so tired with the twins.
“I’m sure they will find something.” She smiles at me.
“Even if they do, what good is it? The house is gone. The only place I’ve ever truly known as home, has gone.” “Dane will have it rebuilt.”
I nod. Knowing Dane, he was already planning a rebuild as soon as possible.
“What are you going to do with Kade?” Mallory asks curiously as she sits down next to me.
*Truthfully, I want to kill him. But I know that is wrong. At the end of the day, he is a child that has ultimately been groomed. To kill him for that, would be wrong.” I shake my head. “But he still needs a reasonable punishment for what he did.”
*Cooper did it in the same way as Cassandra did with me.” She murmurs.
I dip my chin in agreement. “I know they will find him. There is only so far he can run, even if Cooper is waiting for him.”
*And Cooper? The asshole seems to be prepared.”
I run my thumb over the tips of my fingers, I could feel the very tips of my claws hiding beneath the surface. “If he wants to play games, then let’s play a game.”
She cocks a brow at me.
“I need to work out the finer details before I share.” I kneel on the floor next to my boys, kissing the top of their heads. “Could you watch the boys a little longer? I just need to do something.”
*Sure. I will set up the spare room for you and Dane.”
Leaving their house, I hurry over to the dungeons, keeping my eyes off the mess that was my home. The guard dips his head at me and tells me that Samara seems to be more frantic than normal.
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