Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
I shake my head and glance back at the house, dropping my voice to a whisper. “I don’t think Thalia is his true mate. I think somehow, Silas has been led to believe she is, just like how Cooper got his prisoners.”
“It’s possible that you are right. But we don’t know for sure.” Dane mutters. “Not yet anyway.” “They had kids together.” Damien mutters with a cocked brow. “That is one hell of a scam.” “A long con.” Dane tells him. “Especially if it was to keep him under the thumb.”
“Brax has no issues with Silas.” Damien adds. He turns his attention back to Dane. “How the hell you two are twins is beyond me. He may look like you, but he certainly does not possess the ability to think like you.”
“The first night I met him, he seemed… powerful.” I frown, “He sort of still does.”
“A front.” Dane tells me. “The same way Beta’s carry an aura of power.”
“And because he carries Black genetics?” I ask
“Yes.”
“I need you to link Klaus.”
Dane
“Neah,” I sigh, knowing she wasn’t going to like my answer.
“He can help. He knows where to find information. He might have already leamed something. It’s what he is good at.”
“I know but I haven’t heard from him for over a week.”
“Well donel’ Aero snaps in annoyance
Neah’s lips part as she gazes at me. There is a brief flicker of hurt in her eyes and in that moment, I felt as though my soul was being crushed. Of all the things she had learned lately. this was the thing that had hurt her. She wasn’t even upset when she found out I was a twin or that I had kept the information from her.
I didn’t like that I had hurt her. I didn’t like the way she was looking at me. It hurt deeply, right down to the core. My chest is tight and there is a strange tug at my heart that I couldn’t explain. It’s not a nice feeling and something I never wanted to feel again.
She glances over her shoulder at Eric’s home. Her blue eyes return to me. She shakes her head and strides past me without muttering a word.
“Do you want me to go after her?” Damien asks.
“No, I know exactly where she is going.” She doesn’t even look back as she continues to stomp across the grounds in the direction of Athena’s home. “I’m just going to give her a few minutes.”
“I told you that you should have told her.”
“I was just trying to protect her. She is supposed to be taking it easy.” I mutter, watching Neah disappear around the comer and out of sight.
“After all this time, you still can’t see that she isn’t like other women. She likes to know what’s going on. She has her own way of dealing with things that neither of us will understand.”
“I know!” I snap in irritation. “Just keep an eye on Silas will you?”
“Is Mallory home?” He asks
“Yes, asleep.”
“Then I will be taking Silas to my place.”
I glance at him. “You two really need to sort it out.”
“I’m not the one with the problem.” He tuts as he moves to the house and pokes his head in through the door, calling for Silas. I watch as Damien leads Silas in the direction of his home.
Neah is sitting on the bench outside of Athena and Sebastian’s house. A hand circles her bump as her eyes flicker between blue and black.
Sitting down next to her, I let her have her conversation with Nyx until she sighs. “You should have told me.”
“I should have.” I agree
“But you didn’t because I’m supposed to be resting.” A small crease forms on her brow.
I nod, taking her hand in mine. “It’s a shit excuse, I know.”
“You don’t have to treat me like I’m going to drop dead at any second. I’m not going to run off, or try to do something stupid. Klaus is family.” She turns her face in my direction. “No more secrets.”
“No more secrets. “I confirm.
“Is he in danger?” She asks with a frown
“No, I don’t believe so. I think the freedom of being able to do what he wants has given him a chance to be himself. A chance to figure things out, but he can’t do that if he is always helping us.”
“But…”
“He said he would contact us if he is in trouble.” I confirm. “And he did tell us that he will come back when he is ready.”
“So we just figure it out ourselves?” She frowns and her hand pauses on her bump as a small crease appears.
“Maybe with the help of one or two people.”
“Silas?” She asks
“And maybe Samara. She seems to be quite good at finding things.”
She nods her head at me and grabs her stomach.
“Kicking?”
She frowns. “No, ow!”
The colour begins to fade from her skin. She suddenly doubles over, vomiting in Athena’s garden. Sitting back up, she wipes her lips. “Home.” I mutter, lifting her off the bench.
“It’s okay.” she mumbles. “I just feel…”
“You are going home, to bed and I will cuff you to it if I need to.”
She doesn’t fight it this time. Letting me carry her back to Eric’s place. Mallory’s eyes are wide as I push my way in through the door. “Is she okay?”
Neah half waves a hand at her, but doesn’t speak as I head directly for the stairs.
“Call me if you need anything.” Mallory shouts behind us.
Tucking Neah into bed, she frowns at me but doesn’t quite look at me. “I’m okay.”
“No you are not.”
“I just need to sleep.” She tells me, closing her eyes.
*****
Six days of sitting by her bed in the hospital and she still hadn’t opened her eyes.
Beneath the surface, the girls are active and move like crazy, but Neah remains as still and as silent as the day I brought her in.
Thad been alerted by Aero to go and check on her. I had walked in the bedroom to find Neah coughing and spluttering as she gasped for breath. Fast asleep, she was choking on her own vomit.
The nurses had tested her for every possible thing they could think of, but everything came back fine. They couldn’t find a problem with anything in her body. It made it a hundred times more frustrating because there was nothing inside her that needed healing. Apart from being unresponsive, there was nothing else wrong with her.
Ilean forward, resting my elbows on the bed and holding her hand between mine. I had tried linking her, tried searching her mind, but there is just silence. And everyday I beat myself up over it. Flickering between anger and guilt. I had done this by not telling her about Klaus. I had hurt her to the point that she was no longer functioning.
“Neah, you have to wake up.” I kiss the hand that I’m holding, desperate for a sign. Just like the other days, there is nothing. “The boys miss you. I miss you.”
A knock on the door pulls my attention away. Mallory comes in and hands me a coffee. “You need to keep your strength up.” She tells me
“The boys?”
“With Eric and Luca.” She tells me as she settles into the chair on the other side of Neah. Evrin is a little more clingy than Logan, but he is okay. Eric is really good at keeping them entertained.”
“Thanks.” I murmur
“You know you don’t need to ask us. We will always help.
“You were supposed to leave with the others.” I mutter
“You haven’t looked around your pack, have you Dane? None of us left. We all know what it could mean and yet we are ready to stand by you and Neah. All the children will be kept safe. Ryken has been working on something for the past week, in the basement of what’s going to be the new packhouse. Besides, Serkan hasn’t shown himself since that night.”
“That we know of.”
“Either way, we are not leaving. Your Wolves follow you. The Lycans follow her. Together, we make a strong team.”
She sits quietly, sipping on her coffee as I watch for any signs of Neah waking up.