Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
*For his actions. Maybe because if I had really tried, I could have stopped him a long, long time ago. If I had just stood up to him… If I had looked for help earlier…”
“Hindsight is a beautiful thing. You couldn’t have known it would come to this.”
“I do know that my father would be rolling in his grave.” There’s a pause. “I thought I would feel pain too. You know, he is family and the bond between us has been severed.”
“It seems that it depends how close you were to them. Your bond with him wasn’t a true family bond. He controlled you, Samara, just like Neah said. He preyed on you.” I let out a groan, “It’s ridiculous, no matter what species it is, there are bastards like him everywhere.”
I sit on the ground next to her as the flames begin to die down. Embers remain in the ash along with the shattered bones, droplets of rain begin to fall, thinning out the smell of the burnt flesh.
Suddenly, she leans her head against my shoulder but doesn’t speak as she continues to hug her legs to her chest.
“Are you ready to head back?” I ask
“Why?” she responds quietly “You said you don’t think Neah will put me in the dungeon and there is nowhere else for me to go. Not anymore.”
“You can stay in the house I’ve currently taken over. Until we figure out what is happening.”
“What about Eris?”
“I haven’t figured that out yet.” I tell her the truth. “I don’t think I’m ready for another mate, not just yet.” “What was Raven like?”
“Different. She was gorgeous, cared about others way more than she cared about herself. It’s why she liked working in the hospital. We argued over stupid shit, but at the end of the day I knew we were good together. She had a ridiculous love for ice cream and she thought I didn’t know that she had a secret stash of sweet treats in our bedroom.” I had no idea why I was telling Samara, but it was easier to speak to someone that didn’t know Raven,
‘She was close to Neah, but something changed and that is still one thing I’m not clear on. And until I am, I don’t think I can accept a new mate.”
“You should Eris that. It isn’t fair to let her think there is a chance. If I met my mate and he wasn’t ready, I would want to be told. I would like to be with someone who wants me and only me. Someone who accepts me for me. Not someone who is trying to figure out something that went wrong.”
“Wise words.” I muse.
I feel her shrug her shoulders, “I read a lot when I was living on my little farm. You should take it with a pinch of salt, it’s not like I’ve ever been mated.”
“We should go.” I mutter
‘The question now, is how am I going to get out of the forest naked and without anyone seeing me.”
“Climb on my back.” I offer
“What?”
“Climb on my back. The house isn’t too far from the edge of the forest and if anyone sees you, it will just be the back of you.”
*You are insane.”
“Either that or you bite the bullet and walk out with everything on show.”
“Why is it that everyone enjoys being naked?” she scoffs, but she shuffles behind me and wraps her arms around my neck.
*Comes with being a Lycan, especially when you can shift.” I rise to my feet and she hooks her legs around my torso, pressing herself into me until I can feel the curve of her breasts.
Stamping out the remaining embers, I make sure the rest of Coopers bones are in tiny fragments. Just in case. Samara clings to my back as we move through the forest and she finally asks me how I can talk in Lycan form. “It’s a long story.”
“I can’t.” she mutters. “Is it something I need to learn now that I have my Lycan?”
*No. Think of it this way. You are lucky you can’t. It’s not a good thing.”
I break through the trees almost by Mallory’s old house. It had been fixed for a while and since the packhouse had gone up in a massive explosion, the house was where I had set up camp. I open the back door and turn around to drop Samara.
“I have some clothes upstairs. I’m sure you can find something that works.”
*Thanks Damien.”
I wait until I hear her footsteps disappear to the back of the house and up the stairs. I grab the joggers that had been drying on a nearby chair.
Shifting, I quickly pull them on and settle on the doorstep when I catch Eris’s floral scent. She was quickly heading my way.
Her arms are swinging as she marches toward me. Her golden eyes lock onto mine. She is furious about something.
*They won’t let me… why do you smell of another woman?” There is a hint of anger in her tone
“I was helping someone.”
Her golden eyes narrow, “You stink of her.” she snaps before I have a chance to expand.
*I told you, I was helping her and right now, I don’t care for your attitude.”
She shakes her head and folds her arms across her chest. “This place is all kinds of fucked up. They won’t let me leave. That Klaus brought me here as a trap. The Wolf Alpha is a fucking mad man. Someone could have said something about his eyes and I definitely would not have come here. And my mate is.. What do you call it… a Lycan who is stuck in the past. Should have taken my chances and stayed out there.”
“Klaus didn’t trap you.” I keep my voice calm, although i’m irritated by her assumptions
“Why are you covering for him?” she stares at me
“He offered you safety. Klaus is the most easy going Wolf that I have ever met. He genuinely means everything he says.”
*Some fucking safety. Is Alpha Dane going to call Alpha Silas?”
“Alpha Silas?”
*The guy I’m running from. They are related right, I mean they look identical.”
*Clearly I have missed something because I don’t have a clue what you are talking about.”
*Alpha Silas!” She speaks his name really slowly
*You mentioned something about Neah being worse than him, but that was it.”
*Crap,” Her cheeks flush, “It wasn’t you who I spoken too. My mistake.” She takes a deep breath ready to tell me whatever it is she thought I knew.
“Damien.” Samara mutters behind me. “I think I’ve found something that works. The tee is a bit big, but I’ve tied a knot in it. Hi Eris.”
“You!” Eris growls. “You knew that he is my mate and now you are in here, swanning around in his fucking clothes. You bitch….
She tries to charge past me, jealousy racing through her. Her hand slices across my cheek when she can’t get past.
“I’m right here and you choose to sleep with her.” She screeches at me
Pushing her back, she falls on her ass. “I told you, I helped her. What do you not understand about that?” I stare at her in disbelief. Not quite believing the words coming from her mouth. Her attitude was disgusting. Was this my punishment for almost killing my own mate?
She jumps to her feet. “I came looking for you because I thought you would help me. I didn’t expect to find you with another woman. Is this what you Lycans are like? You don’t care about your mates. You just jump into bed with anyone?”
“Smell the air. Does it smell like we have had sex?”
She stares at me for a moment and then casually sniffs.
“And even if we had slept together, do you really think you would be standing there?”
She frowns at me, “Why is she wearing your clothes then?”
“I told you, I was helping her. And if you hadn’t come in here with so much attitude, I might be helping you too.”
“Do you like her?” She demands
“Right now, I like her alot more than I like you.”
Damien
“You can’t say that to me!” Eris screeches at me again. I was already sick of her behaviour. She wasn’t even giving me a chance to explain. Clearly she cared about no one else but herself.
“What do you want from me?” I demand
Her eyes widen and she seems surprised by my question. “We are mates, you could at least act like it.” she snaps
“And I have already told you that I have a lot to think about. What is it about that statement that you don’t understand?” The irritation was creeping into my words
“I thought you would at least have the decency to stay away from other women!”
I let out a snort, “You shouldn’t let jealousy control you like that. Look around you, this pack has a large amount of Wolves and Lycans. Are you going to have issues everytime I talk to another woman? Or what if I’m doing something for Neah or my best friend. Are you going to be calling them a bitch too?”
*Your best friend is a woman?” she scoffs
“Yes.” I stare her down and she just stares back. “And I’m curious to know how you are going to react when you find out I have a kid.”
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