Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
They slip out the door and quickly across the courtyard, carefully navigating the dead. Thankfully no one sees them.
“I am still shocked that his place doesn’t stink of death.” I mutter as I watch through the peephole. “I was expecting to smell it when the door opened, but nothing.”
“It’s weird.” Indy mutters. “You seem to be able to see everything and yet the smell doesn’t bother you.”
“We need to talk about that!” Klaus tells me as he watches through the other peephole.
“We need to talk about what you have done to your hair.”
“It’s not a big deal. I cut it after I couldn’t wash the blood out.”
“A Witch’s blood?”
“Xavi’s.” He replies “But you didn’t answer my question. Why did you go to a Witch?”
“Because I’m not an idiot.”
“Guys, can we focus on what they are doing out there? We can talk about hair cuts another time.” Indy scowls
“The Wolf has gone up the steps, Orion is standing guard.”
“Thank you.”
She starts to pace in a small circle. Stepping away from the peephole, I study her. “Orion knows what he is doing.”
“I know.”
“You are worried about your friend.”
“Unless we break this hold Thalia has, he is my only friend. I don’t want anything else to happen to him.”
“He’s fine.” Klaus mutters, “They are already on their way back.”
“No one saw them?”
“It seems that way.” He confirms. “See, they could…..”
I look back at him. He had his eye pressed right up against the peephole, but he had changed. Anger pulsates from him. His tone had also changed, “The Witch is here.”
Klaus
“What? No. She shouldn’t be.” Indy mutters. Brax huffs as he gets shoved out of the way. Indy presses her eye to the other peephole.
“Why shouldn’t she be?” I ask. My heart pounds as Xavi and Orion dip behind a wall. I didn’t come here for Xavi to die
“The music starts soon. She hates it and keeps herself away. She shouldn’t be here. Why is she out? She must know you are inside my house. Is she coming this way? You should get in the tunnel, just in case.”
“It’s okay.”
“Her presence worries me.” She sighs
“I won’t be going anywhere while Xavi is out there.” I tell her as I keep watch
Guards follow Thalia in a V formation. Her long green dress hides her feet, giving her the appearance that she is gliding along the ground. With a flick of her hand, the dead bodies move out of her path, but not out of the way of the guards.
Brax had said her gift was fire. There was definitely more. The entire situation told me that she is not a standard Witch. There was something far more powerful about her, to have this much power didn’t make sense.
All the books I had managed to find described Witches as nothing more than creatures of the earth. Creatures that use herbs and potions. They were described as harmless. It didn’t match Cooper and it didn’t match Thalia. And if they are really harmless, why did Wolves like me and Xavi exist?
The thick grey clouds that litter the sky above White Cliffs seem to be getting darker by the second.
“She doesn’t like music?” I ask with a frown
“She hates it. I don’t know why.” Ivy mumbles
Thalia marches through on some kind of mission. Her guards keep formation as they follow her, trampling over the bodies in their path. I wasn’t sure if they were aware of the dead or not.
“Are her guards Lycans?” I ask
“Most definitely!” Brax tells me. “Some are borderline Rogue, I can feel it.”
“Are they under a spell or are they following her?”
“I can’t be sure. Maybe both.” Indy sighs. “I just know she walks around like she is the Queen of White Cliffs and Serkan lets her.”
“The others that live here, how do they react when they see her?” Thalia and her guards turn the corner out of sight as Xavi and Orion speed back across the yard, charging inside as Brax opens the door.
‘She was right there.’ Xavi mutters through our link. ‘She was right there and I could have ripped her throat out.’
“You would not have been able to get close enough before she killed you.” I remind him. “Someone like her needs to be handled with precision.”
It was as if all my birthdays had come at once when I found Xavi. A mate that I was never looking for. Coming into my life when I least expected it.
Everything about him was calm, unless he was faced with a Witch. If I speak of Thalia, all signs of reasoning disappear into a black hole. Anger, hatred, frustration were just some of the things that flooded through our bond. I knew it was partly because of her being a Witch, but mostly because of the curse she put on him.
He didn’t trust Indy either. But that wasn’t for me to fix. He had a lot more experience with Witches than did. If I wasn’t here with Xavi, Indy would be dead. He was only holding back because I had asked him. Though I did hope he was wrong about her.
Indy wraps her arms around Orion and then punches him in the chest. “Don’t do that to me!”
He rolls his eyes at her and pulls her back in for a hug. Squeezing her until she tells him she can’t breathe.
“Indy? How do the others react to her?” I wanted to know what was in that tower but I wanted answers while there was little chance that we would be attacked.
“They don’t. The only one they ever react to is Serkan. He is an Alpha. He is a Kitson.”
I shift my focus back to the darkening sky just as the subtle sounds of music appear. Ripping a wooden plank from the window so that I could see better. Indy panics, grabbing the wood from my hands. “No, she will see.”
“No, she won’t, you said it yourself, she doesn’t like the music, she leaves.” The tunes grow louder and people begin to pass the house in some kind of a trance. They are laughing and muttering to themselves, walking right over the dead as they head in the direction of the music
“The same music every night?” The thick clouds above seem to crackle
“Yes, with food, like a celebration. Every night at the same time. The rest of the people seem to love it and will even join in when it’s pouring with rain, nothing stops them.” Ivy mutters, trying to put the plank of wood back into position.”
‘You think it’s the music?’ Xavi asks as he jumps up to have a look
‘You taught me magic leaves a trace. She doesn’t like music and just as the music started the clouds became darker. Have you come across this before?’
He shakes his large white head at me.
‘Because you have managed to beat them to it?’
‘You could say that. I do think you are right about her power though. I was only out there for a few minutes. It sent a cold shiver through my spine. A hollow pit in my stomach.’
“Is someone going to let us in on the private conversation?” Brax frowns.
“We have a hunch that it’s the music that has everyone in a trance. Every night it’s played, the spell is reset.”
“Right, well that’s simple enough to handle. We kill the band.” Brax smiles.
“You are wrong.” Indy frowns and gives up with the wood. “There is no one playing the music. It’s almost like it is in the air around us.” She glares at him. “And even if it is a band, it’s cruel to kill them for being under a spell.”
He waves a hand dismissively. “It’s not like I’ve got my gun anyway is it?”
“What kind of Wolf carries a gun?” Indy screws her nose up at him.
“The one who kills Rogues for a living.” He winks at her.
“And you help the female Lycan Alpha?”
“I do.”
“Are you scared of her?” Indy asks as she places her hands on her hips.
“No!” He splutters. “I have an agreement with her mate. And I have an agreement with your mate.”
“Oh.” She drops her hands and sighs, “He wants you to bring Thalia to him.”
“He wants me to bring his mate to him.” He glances at Xavi. “I guess I will need to make sure you stay alive.”
‘What happened at the tower?’ I ask Xavi, letting the others talk
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