Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
“Where did he find you?”
*Running through a forest. I had to get away, I had too…
“But you knew nothing of Lycans?” Ashburn city knew about Lycans. Blair had already informed me of that because it was where they killed Damien’s brother
“What’s that got to do with anything?” She frowns
“My curiousity.”
She shakes her head at me. “Not until he told me. Everyone smells the same. And then he took everything from me. He locked me up, injected me with something.”
“No.” Samara scowls. I glance at Samara who is shaking her head. “No, you said he muttered a spell over you.” *He did after he injected me with something.”
“But Klaus asked you if you had been drugged and you said no.” Samara presses
“I thought you meant like pills or something.” Eris mutters
“Samara,” as much as I hated what I was about to ask, I needed Dorothy not to see what was about to happen.” Can you take Dorothy back to the house with you?”
I keep the gun pressed to Eris’s temple as Samara leads Dorothy away. “You don’t need to do this!” Eris whispers.
“I wouldn’t normally, but I’m giving you one last opportunity to tell the truth.”
“Brax.” Dane mutters from behind me. “Put the gun down. Neah wants to speak to Eris.”
“She’s lying.”
“That may be so, but Neah still wishes to talk to her. And I know you respect Neahs requests.”
I slowly lower the gun in frustration and watch as Eris breathes a sigh of relief.
“How is Neah?” I ask. I had watched them race her across the grounds to the hospital. I thought the twins might have already been putting to much strain on her body.
“She is okay. Just needed some fluids and food.”
*The twins?”
He pauses, because I hadn’t said anything. “They are good too.”
“She’s pregnant?” Eris mutters
“Yes. Feeling bad about lying now?” I ask
She doesn’t answer
“Eris, come with me.” Dane instructs. I watch her walk over to him. She regularly tosses her hair over her shoulder and gives me one final glance as they head towards the pack hospital.
I should go inside to Maddie, but I needed to check my daughter was safe.
Knocking on the door, Samara answers. Her body stiffens a little. “She’s in there.” She pulls the door further back and steps to one side. My eyes move to her hand where I see a unicorn sticker.
“She likes you?”
“I think so.” She mutters and briefly smiles at the sticker.
“Dorothy?”
“In here Daddy!” She calls back.
I make my way in and find the room decked out in sheets and blankets. Dorothy sticks her head out “Do you like my den? Sammie made it for me.”
Looking over my shoulder, I see Samara standing further back, cautious. “You seem different.”
“I doubt if you would believe me even if I told you, but Dakota has helped me understand a lot of things and still is.”
*Or maybe with Cooper gone, you have become free to be who you were always supposed to be.”
I follow her to the kitchen as she offers to make me a drink. Her soul was healing. It wasn’t quite there, but it will be.
“You like Damien, don’t you?” I ask
“He’s kind to me. He didn’t have to let me stay here. He didn’t have to lend me his clothes. He didn’t have to do anything.”
“You know that’s not what I’m talking about.”
She places her hands on the counter and tips her head back. “He is mated to someone else. I can’t do anything about that.”
“Do you know that sometimes, the mate bond isn’t for everyone.”
“What do you mean?”
“Not everyone who is together is together because of a bond. Obviously it is better that way, ninety percent of the time. But not always. Some people choose each other because they fall for each other.”
“Why are you telling me this? You hate me. I know you came here to check that your daughter is safe around me.” “Because I can see when someone is trying to turn their life around.”
Neah
“Can’t you just let me leave!” I hear Eris before I see her. Damien rolls his eyes as he sits across from my bed.
‘Does she ever shut up?’ Nyx mutters
‘No.’
“You really can’t stand her, can you?” I whisper to Damien
*Could you if she was making ridiculous comments to you every time her mouth opened? It’s not only that, one minute she is begging to leave, the next she expects me to do exactly what she tells me.”
The door swings open and her eyes move straight to Damien. “Why are you here?”
“I’m here to support my brother and my Alpha’s.” He tells her
“Sit!” Dane commands and she shuffles to the empty chair.
“I don’t know what you expect from me. I’ve already said what I need to say.” She tells us.
“Well,” Dane starts. “Brax seems to think that you are lying.”
“Brax?” I ask.
“He was questioning her and he has made it very clear that our guest is full of shit!” Dane frowns
I stare at her and she lowers her gaze. Brax was never usually wrong about someone lying.
“Why were you speaking to Brax?” I ask.
“I was seeing if he could help me. I didn’t expect to run into the other father of your kid!” She snaps as she glares at Damien. “That’s some messed up situation.”
*Remind me again why I should accept you as my mate?” He snaps back and Eris closes her mouth into a pout
“What about Alpha Silas?” I mutter.
She straightens her spine.
“You were running from him?”
“Yes.” she murmurs
“Why?”
“I’ve already told Klaus.”
“And I’m guessing that was a lie. Otherwise Brax wouldn’t have held a gun to your head.”
“You couldn’t have seen that.” she scoffs
“I have eyes everywhere.” It was only Samara that had linked me but Eris didn’t need to know that.
She slouches back and keeps her head low. “I was running from him.” She drums her fingers on the chair. “But the story I gave them was a lie. I thought… I don’t know what I thought. Safety maybe. A chance to find someone who understands. Someone who will help me. I didn’t expect to find my mate.”
“Understand what?” Dane demands “If you don’t give us any information, how do you expect us to help or trust you.”
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