Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
“You are going to leave?” She asks quietly
I nod. “I need to find out more about who I am. And I know you understand that, probably better than anyone.”
“Have you told anyone else?”
*I only decided a little while ago.”
She looks past me at my books. “Where will you go?”
“Wherever the road takes me.” I smile at her. “I’m not saying goodbye just yet and when I do, it won’t be forever. Since this news about me has come to light, I can’t stop wondering. I mean, I have done research on you, other Lycan’s, even Brax, but I’ve never fully looked into myself. I’ve never felt the need.”
*Until now?”
“Until now.” I confirm, “And I know nothing apart from what my first pack told me. Which was extremely limited.” I gesture for her to take a seat.
“It will be weird without you here. Who will be the pack doctor?”
*Some of the nurses that have helped me are more than qualified. They will be around to help you deliver the new pup or pups.”
“You knew?”
“Doesn’t take a genius. Especially when you have been rubbing your stomach since you have been here. How far along are you?”
“It’s early,” she mutters, “Why is everyone so sure it’s more than one?”
*Twins run in the Black family.”
“Dane isn’t a twin.” she replies and I press my lips together. He hadn’t told her. “Klaus?”
*Dane was a twin when his mother carried him.”
“What?”
“I’m sorry, I honestly thought you knew.” I mutter, half cursing myself for telling her. “His twin was stillborn.” She stares at me with her jaw dropped.
“It’s not something he talks about.” I try to cover up my mistake. Dane might actually murder me. “I really thought you knew, Neah.”
“No…no, I did not.” She looks down at her stomach. “And all I came here to do was ask you to help me set Cooper up. Now I understand why Dane keeps saying it’s more than one,”
I figure it’s best not to respond
“Can I have some water?” she asks quietly
“Sure.” I head to the kitchen and when I return, Neah is thumbing through the current book I was reading.
“Neah. I’m sure he has his reasons for not…”
“Will you help me with Cooper?” She interrupts.
“You know I will, but I’m not sure how I can help.”
“I need you to take Samara to him.”
*You want to let her out of the dungeons?”
*She has her Lycan now. I’m certain her Lycan won’t allow her to betray me. Her Lycan, Dakota, believes she is supposed to be my Beta.”
“You’re Beta?” That was different, a Beta is chosen, it’s not something that is inherited. Most of the time.
She dips her chin.
“So you want me to take her to him, and then what?”
*Make him vulnerable. Make him think all his christmases have come at once, so that I can get into his head.” *When?”
“There is no time like the present.”
“It’s the middle of the night.”
*Precisely. I can’t wait any longer.”
We move quickly across the grounds, stopping in front of the dungeon where Damien is waiting.
“What are you doing here?” Neah whispers.
*I saw you creeping across the grounds to Klaus’s, figured you might need a hand with something and this would be where you end up.” He offers her a smile of reassurance. A smile that said he was on board with anything.
*Klaus is going to take Samara to Cooper.” Neah tells him. “I need to be far enough away that he can’t scent me, but ready for the moment his guard drops.”
“I mean no offence, but why would you think Klaus is the answer? After what happened when Cooper projected himself here, I’m pretty sure he is going to be expecting it.”
“Yes, he will.” I confirm. “The time I spent with him was short, but I learned a few things. He is quick to recognise his mistakes. He won’t fall for it again, but if Samara is with me, he might just think that I have switched sides.”
*And he still thinks Klaus is his mate.” Neah adds. “He won’t give up on Klaus so easily.”
Damien pauses for a brief moment and finally nods his head. “Okay. Someone has got to make sure you don’t get harmed.” His dark eyes move to me. “Though I’m going to make a suggestion.”
“What’s that?”
*If he believes you are mated to him, lead him down that path, but keep him at a distance. It will drive him up the wall.”
Both Kade and Samara are fast asleep in their cells. I felt bad for the kid, but I understood why Dane and Neah were doing it. If he had been an adult, he would have already been burned alive or ripped apart for his actions.
Damien quietly opens Samara’s cell. Silently creeping in, she starts to stir and Damien is quick to cover her mouth and stop her from screaming and waking Kade.
Her grey eyes are wide as he pulls her to her feet and Damien removes his hand. “Now?” she whispers
“Yes.” Neah replies
We keep Samara sandwiched between Damien and I as we move up the steps and back out into the night. She doesn’t try to get away or to challenge us. But the moment she steps out onto the grass, she sucks in oxygen like it was her last chance.
Damien watches Samara with interest as Neah tells her what is about to happen.
“What do you want me to say to him?” Samara asks
“That’s down to you.” Neah replies.
“I don’t understand.”
*You came here for help, even though you went about it the wrong way. Now it’s your turn to prove yourself.” “You want me to kill him?”
“No.” Damien tells her. “You just need to make him believe that we don’t know you are there. That Klaus broke you out.”
*He knows when I’m lying.”
*Then you better figure out how to cover it up.” Neah tells her.
*Okay…okay. I can do this.” Samara mutters to herself. Her grey eyes settle on me. “You are the one he believes is his mate.”
“Yes.”
“One other thing.” Neah tells us. “Do not mention Kade.”
“We will come down to the gate with you.” Damien tells me. “But you need to go on ahead. If anything changes, link me.” He commands
“You can link Wolves?” Samara whispers to him
“I can.”
She cocks her head but doesn’t speak
Eric is on guard at the gate. He doesn’t question anything. I’m assuming Damien linked him because he doesn’t ever work the gate.
Samara makes a little squeak as we move through the gates. I’m guessing from the length of time she had been in our dungeons, she never expected to have any form of freedom. Though she still doesn’t have it now.
“How far?” She whispers to me after we break away from Neah and Damien.
“He is hiding out in Blair’s house.”
*Still?”
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