Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
“You don’t have to do that Damien. As much as I am grateful to not be sat on a concrete floor, you don’t have to be nice to me.” She wiggles herself back into the sofa, letting out a soft sigh as she enjoys the comfort.
*You are right. I don’t have to do anything. I’m choosing to let you stay here.”
She looks at me with wide grey eyes. “Thank you.” she whispers. “You should talk to Eris though.”
“I will if she is willing to listen, but she seems to be stuck on it’s her way and her way only. Maybe she got away with that in whatever pack she came from, but that doesn’t work with me.”
*Ashburn City.”
“Hmm?”
*Ashburn City is the pack she has come from. An Alpha has moved in and taken over, killed the old Alpha.”
“Who is it?”
“She’s already mentioned him. Alpha Silas.”
Neah
“Are you sure there is nothing I can get you?” Dane asks softly as he sticks his head around the bathroom door.
I glare at him as my stomach churns and he silently retreats. Apparently I can watch someone have their foot hacked off, I can take part in skinning them alive and rip out their heart without a single desire to throw up and yet the smell of chicken has me rejecting the tiniest amount of food I had managed to eat.
*Dane, you are the Alpha, but you are not a woman. Let me go in.” Mallory mutters.
*Just tell her I’m going to speak to Damien.” He replies as Mallory scoots in around the door.
*Shit, you look horrendous.” she muses
Apart from the sweat, I was still covered in Cooper’s blood. Dane had picked me up off the chair and Mallory had come in with a freshly cooked chicken and since then, I had been in the bathroom, practically hugging the toilet. My throat burned, my stomach hurt and yet I was so damn hungry.
*I remembered these helped you last time.” She hands me a packet of ginger biscuits. “Not sure if they will this time, but it’s worth a try.”
I take one from the pack and nibble on it and it seems to do the trick, for now. “This is worse than last time.” I mutter as she sits on the floor next to me
“I’m sure it will get better.”
“I’m sorry. This is probably the last thing you want to deal with.”
“Don’t be silly and I have Luca now. But maybe it is time for you to get checked out. Just to make sure everything is good.”
“It will be too early to see anything. Raven told me that the first time round.”
“But didn’t she find something?”
*Fine, let me at least shower first.”
*I will be right outside if you need me.” She gets to her feet first and offers me a hand.
As she closes the door, I tum the shower on and strip out of the shirt. The hot water is refreshing as it hits my skin. For a moment I watch the streaks of red disappear down the drain, washing away the last of that asshole. ‘Neah, something is wrong.’ Nyx murmurs as I feel the pounding beat of my heart against my rib cage.
“With the baby?” I didn’t want to end up on bed rest again. Especially not this early.
‘No. Us. Call for Mallory.
I turn the water off and struggle to wrap a towel around me as my hands shake. “Mallory.” She comes into the bathroom as black spots appear before my eyes. I reach out to the wall to steady myself, but it’s further away than I thought and I start going down.
“Hey, hey! I’ve got you!” she stops my head hitting the floor as the pounding of my heart echoes in my head. I hear her call for Eric and then nothing.
***
Steady beeps make me wince. It was a sound I knew like the back of my hand. I was in the pack hospital.
As my fingers twitch, I feel Danes hand tighten around mine. I didn’t need to see to know that it was him. Light sparks ignite my skin as his thumb moves in soft cicrles across my knuckles
“Neah?” he whispers as I struggle to open my eyes. The lights are bright and I slam my eyelids shut. “Neah, you are okay.”
“What happened?” I murmur, squinting at him.
‘You didn’t eat.’ Nyx murmurs
“Your blood sugar was dangerously low. You passed out.”
“That’s what you get for not letting me eat.” I mutter with half a smile. It had happened all the time when Trey and the others had starved me. “Why didn’t I just heal?”
*Because even Wolves and Lycans suffer from it. Why do you think we are always eating? Especially after we have shifted. Besides, with the babies on board, you need to be eating more.
“Baby,” I mumble. Until it was confirmed otherwise, it is just the one that I am carrying. “And how am I supposed to eat if I’m throwing up?”
*Babies, and Klaus has suggested those milkshakes that you like if it means getting food in you. For now, you have that.” he points to the bag that is connected by a tube to my arm, drip feeding a liquid into me.
I prop myself up on my elbows and wince as I knock the tube in my arm. “He scanned me, didn’t he?”
“Yes.”
*One?”
He shakes his head with a smile
“Twins?” Please, no more than two.
“Yes.” He leans forward and presses his lips to my cheek. “Told you.”
“I thought it was too early.”
He shakes his head at me, “There is something else.”
“Don’t you dare say bed rest!”
*Klaus wants you to take it easy, just until you are consistently okay.”
I feel Nyx’s annoyance. She hated bed rest as much as I do. “Does he remember that we have two little boys, one of which can shift and escape his cot on a regular basis.”
“I think he probably means no shifting. It takes a lot of energy.”
“I guess I can do that. Have you spoken to Damien about the other thing?”
*No, I had only just made it to his when Eric linked me to say you had collapsed.”
*I believe I heard my name.” Damien raps on the door. His dark eyes settle on me. “You good?”
“I’m fine, just everyone else being dramatic.” He raises an eyebrow at me as he smirks, but doesn’t say anything.
*Could you close the door.” Dane tells him. “There is something I need to discuss with you.”
Damien slowly closes the door. “Is this something to do with Eris, because that girl is nuts.”
“Have you rejected her?” I ask
*No. To be honest she came in for an attack which surprised me. Then Dottie was dropped off so I didn’t get a chance.”
“Where is Dorothy?”
*Samara is keeping an eye on her.”
“You left her with Samara?” Dane asks, surprised.
*Dottie likes her and Samara isn’t that bad once you get to know her. She is trying to make sense of a lot of things and until Blair, it seems like she was on her own for a while, well partly with Cooper, but we all know he didn’t tell her everything.”
*Brax will hit the roof.” Dane smirks.
“I don’t really care what he thinks.” Damien mutters. “So do you need to talk to me about Eris?”
*You heard her mention Alpha Silas?” Dane asks.
“Yes” He rolls his eyes. “She had a bit of a tantrum, said something about your eyes, Klaus and a trap. To be honest, she was just having a massive rant about everything. But one thing she said that I can agree on, she shouldn’t have come here.” He shakes his head and seems appalled by her. And I don’t think she is going to be able to change that.
“So who is Alpha Silas?” He asks.
*If it is the same Silas. It is my twin.”
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