Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West
She sits up and frowns at me. “Like some sort of temporary Beta? Do you think she will agree to that?”
“I’m sure you can negotiate terms.”
Her head slowly moves up and down. “But what if… what if I become a Rogue?”
“That’s what you are afraid of?”
“I’m afraid of many things. Cooper always said I was a beast. Bloodthirsty and a pack’s worst nightmare.” “Cooper liked to prey on people, doesn’t mean it’s true. Besides, I will make sure that doesn’t happen.”
“”You can’t…”
I pull her on my lap. “I came back from it. A few of us stopped Neah from going down that path. I will do everything possible to keep you from crossing to that place.”
She loops her arms around my neck, pulling herself tightly against my chest. “I wish I had met you years ago. You help me see things more clearly.” She presses her soft lips to mine, arching her back as she pushes her breasts into me. Our kiss deepens just as the front door swings open.
“Assholes!” Silas tuts, only stopping when he sees us. “Sorry. I will go.”
“Don’t bother. You’ve killed the moment.” Samara snaps as she climbs off of me. She presses her lips to my cheek. “I’m going to go and speak to Neah.”
“Do you want me to come?”
“No. I can do this.”
“You really should use the bedroom,” Silas comments as Samara closes the door. “Anyone can walk in.”
“My my of mutter, adjusting tell stand. “Are you who the assholes you talking about are
“I offered to help keep watch on the gates.”
“They told you no?” I ask, already knowing why they refused.
He dips his chin at me. “I take it from your tone, it doesn’t surprise you, does it?”
“I hate to tell you this, but do you really think they are going to allow that to happen? You are under a spell that is yet to be completely hat-is ochet broken, one that screws around with your memory. You were sent to collect Neah and take her back to White Cliffs. You are Dane’s twin. Don’t call them assholes when they are protecting their pack.”
He drops into a chair with a scowl. “Is it true?”
“”Is what true?”
“Neah and Dane. They have four children? Not just the one she was pregnant with?”
He was going to figure out the truth eventually. I’m just surprised it had taken him so long to see it. “Yes.”
“Two sets of twins?”
“Yes. Who told you?”
“That one that doesn’t like Samara. I think her name is Blair.”
“Blair?” What a fucking surprise.
Silas nods. “Neah’s half-sister, right?”
“I wouldn’t call her that if I were you.”
He frowns, “Why didn’t you tell me? Because of Thalia”
I nod, “And for the same reason they won’t let you help on the gates.”
“It would have been nice for my boys…..” He trails off, shaking his head as he frowns and closes his eyes. “My boys are not real.”
“And that’s exactly why no one will let you help. You may want to bet you are far from ready. Now, if you will excuse me, Dottie’s teacher is linking me.”
Damien
I sigh as I leave the house and make my way across the grounds, preparing myself for the worst. I hadn’t been called in since the incident with Kade.
As I approach, children are already leaving the small school, but the session wasn’t over yet.
The teacher greets me at the door, her face etched in concern. She gestures for me to follow her. Before she even points her out, I see Dottie’s trainers sticking out from under a desk. “I can’t get through to her.” The teacher tells me in a whisper. “She is inconsolable.”
I hear Dottie’s little whimpers and snuffles telling me she has a snotty nose. “How long has she been like this?”
“The tears have been on and off since her arrival. I will be outside if you need me.”
“Dottie, come out.”
Her toes twitch, but she doesn’t move.
“Dottie, I can move the desk, but I want you to come out and talk to me.” The snuffles continue, yet she doesn’t speak.
Squatting down to the floor, I see she is hugging her teddy bear tightly. Her bright green eyes laced with tears. Red, puffy cheeks shine from where she had been rubbing them. “Dottie?”
“Daddy’s in trouble!” She croaks as the tears break free.
“Brax?”
Her eyes drift to her feet. “A fire and scary water.”
“Come here,” I pull her out and wrap my arms around her. I couldn’t tell her that Brax would be fine, not when I didn’t know what was happening.
“I think… I think Daddy is going to die.” She chokes as she hugs me.
“How do you know?”
She shrugs and scrunches her face. “He said he loved me and to be good.”
“You heard him?” I was confused; she was so young, but then again, he was her birth father, and Hunters had abilities that others didn’t.
“Uh-huh.”
I couldn’t link Brax. He refused to be a part of the pack. That made him unreachable by anything other than a phone. “Have you tried talking to him?”
She nods.
“He hasn’t said anything else?”
She shakes her head.
“He told you there was a fire?”
“No.” She whimpers, her eyes hovering on mine, “I felt it.”
What did that mean? How could she feel something that was happening hundreds of miles away?
“When did you hear him?”
“Breakfast.” It explained why she suddenly wasn’t hungry anymore and why she asked to walk to school alone. “Is he with Klaus?”
She shrugs.
“Let’s go and see Neah and Dane in the new packhouse.” I smile at her.
“I’m in trouble?”
“No, of course not. I just want you to tell them what you have told me. Can you do that?” “Yes, Daddy.”
We walk across the grounds to the pack house. Dottie clings to me the entire way, refusing to let me put her down. I could feel her fear and her worry. It radiates off of her in ways that you don’t usually feel from other children. I was sure she hadn’t even discovered her full range of abilities, at the same time, she still had a long way to go before she gained her Wolf.
I step into the packhouse, and Dottie finally relaxes enough to look around. “Wow!”
Evrin and Logan come charging out of one of the side doors, crashing into my legs as Dane appears. “Boys, try not to knock him over.” He pulls Logan from my leg and swings him up onto his shoulders. “If you are looking for Samara, she is in there With Neah.” He nods at the office.
“Actually, we need to talk to both of you.”
His eyes shift to Dottie. “She might be a while. Can you tell me?”
Dottie nods as I lower her to her feet. “Daddy is in trouble. I think he is going to die.”
“Brax,” I add when Dane cocks a brow at me.
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