Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West >>
Raven works to clean Mallory’s stomach, prepping it for whatever she needs to do. I find myself unable to move. I was inches away from getting my revenge for what she had down toand yet6 I couldn’t say the words.
“Damien will never forgiveif she dies.” Raven mutters, pushing intestines back in the gaping wound My eyes flicker up to her, but she isn’t looking at me, instead, she is too focussed on saving Mallory.
If I stop her from helping Mallory, it would put her matebond with Damien at risk. She will hatefor taking away her chance at happiness. I couldn’t lose the one friend I have.
“Can you save her?”
I ask quietly ‘I think so.”
she givesa tight lipped smile. “The wound higher up has already healed which is a good sign. But I think her stomach is a bit like my leg. I won’t be able to tell until I can get in there properly.”
She sighs. “I know you have issues with her, Neah. I know a million ideas are probably running through your head right now, but this is what I signed up for. Saving people and helping them has always been my dream. Please don’t letleave her to die.”
It’s your choice. I will stand by you no matter what you decide.”
Nyx murmurs “Is there anything I can do to help?”
It was so hard forcing the words from my mouth. Raven givesa small smile. “Giveyour hand.”
She takes my hand and places it on Mallory’s neck. “Normally, I would listen to her pulse, but it’s not clear. Her body is going through mass amounts of trauma so you have to trust what you feel. Do you feel it?”
I nod.
“Tellif anything changes, even the slightest little jump.”
The men returq after what felt like forever. Accompanied by Eric, Klaus and Eric’ s.boys. The boy’s eyes ares wide as they see Mallory but Eric guidesthem straight past and into another part of the house ast hear one-of the boys asking if the woman of? the table is dead I watch Raven work. She’s patient and calm, and completely in her element. The only sounds that could be heard is from the work she is doing.
“Now it’s upto her.”
She steps back, admiring-her work. Mallory was lucky. Tere was enough flesh that once everything was back in its right plage it had begun to knit itself together.
I stumble from the kitchen, not quite believing that I had let her live. Dane’s hand catches mine, stoppingfrom going any further. “Talk toNeah.”
“There is nothing to say.
“You were going to let her die. “I didn’t though, did 1?”
The words sound so spiteful helped. His hands move to my shoulders. “I wish you would talk tamore.”
“I do talk to you.”
“Not recently. You are so short tempered all fhe tand if you are not, it lasts for all of five minutes before yourlose your temper. And.ho ma teow many times I have ~ aske edyou not to do it, Nyx keeps blockingfrom reading your reind. I can’t help if you keep blockingout.”
His crimson eyes bore into my own, makingfeel small and seen
| open my mouth to speak, but the words disappear into thin air like they were never supposed to be heard.
Dane “Neah?”
She falls into silence. Staring back atwith her mouth partly open. “Can we please find Jess and Jenson. I know she is dead. I just… I need to say goodbye. “You’re deflecting.”
I mutter.
“I just need to deal with one thing at a time.”
She mumbles with a frown. “Please?”
she adds, practically choking on the word as tears fill her blue eyes.
I link my brother, he doesn’t answer immediately. Though I feel his pain through our link Jenson, where are you?’ I ask again Leavealone!’ Jenson!’ I snap through the link Fuck off!’ Don’t you dare speak tolike that! Where are you?’ You let them chere. You let them invade our home.’ His anger through the link was rising to levels I had never felt before. Jenson, where are you?’ Far away from you.’ He snaps, ‘You put her in danger and I can never forgive you for that!”
He takes a deep breath. “I, Jenson Black, former Gamma of the Black Shadow pack, reject all ties to Black Shadow from this moment onwards.”
FUCKER! Aero roars I feel the breaking of our connection, just as Raven lets out a scream. She would feel it too, because he would be rejecting her as his twin too. Neah’s eyes are wide as she stares at me, waiting forto speak.
“He has rejected the pack. He has left. He left and he has taken Jess’s body with him.”
I mutter in annoyance She blinks back the tears. “What does that mean? Why would he reject the pack?”
“He blamesfor Jess’s death.”
“Where will he go?”
“I don’t know.”
My face hardens. “But he has made his choice and he can live with it.
“You are giving up on him, just like that?”
She asks in shock.
“He doesn’t want my help, Neah. He doesn’t want his sister’s help.”
Neah looks back to the kitchen door where we could both hear Raven sobbing. Tears that she hadn’t shed in years are probably drowning her face “Go to her.”
Neah whispers softly. “She is your sister.”
I hold my hand out to her, “Are you coming? She looks up at me, a small smile, creasing her lips. “Maybe it doesn’t have to be a completely bad day.”
She takes my hand and places it on her small bump. I could feel the movement underneath. Only slight, and more like fluterrings, but still movement. It was enough to keepfocussed and deal with Raven.
Raven, as expected, is in floods of tears. She is on the floor, gripping on to Damien like her life counted on it. He is talking to her but even I knew it was falling on deaf ears.
“Will someone tellwhat has happened?!”
Klaus asks “Jenson has rejected the pack. He has broken all ties with us.”
I tell him “Are you serious?”
“He blames me.”
I mutter “He should blhimself.”
Klaus retorts. “He was the one who insisted youdring in other Alphas. If. Roan hag never chere, Jess < ~ wouldr+have been kidnapped – You guys.would never have had to. go afterher. You would never Have ret… “He gestures to Damien and an unconscious Mallory. It wasn’t like Klaus to sound so irritated ‘I’m just saying, we are all in this together. It’s not his battle alone.”
“Did he say something to you?” I ask, narrowing my eyes He looks away “Klaus?!”
“He has been making his annoyance clear from the moment the Rogue first presented itself.”
“To who? “Mostly me.”
He folds his arms across his chest. “I tried, Dane. I tried to make him see that he started this. That if he really looked into it, he could find blanywhere. “Why didn’t you cto me?”
“I honestly thought I had it handled. He stopped bringing it up. I thought. maybe. he was finally starting to understand that it is out of our control. Then Jess…. I’m sorry. I screwed up. I hold a hand up to stop him talking. focussing my attention on my sobbing sister. “Has she spoken?”
Damien shakes his head.
“Raven, I know you are hurting. Jenson has made his choice. You wouldn’t have been able to change his mind. No one could have.” I glance back at Klaus who sighs.
She doesn’t speak. Her eyes are glazed and she stares at a spot on Damien’s shirt, unblinking, t, unblinking, unmoving while great big fat tears roll down her cheeks. Maybe Midnight was trying to offer scomfort, but then again, Midnight had lost her twin too. “I will take her upstairs.”
Damien mutters, rising to his feet with Raven cradled in his arms. “I think I will rest too.”
Neah murmurs, her eyes shift to Mallory though her mouth remains closed I stop her before she leaves. “Tell Nyx to drop the block.”
She nods and-her eyes briefly darken.
I could feel all her emotions cfloading i in. I never thought the day would cwhere 1 wouldn’ ty feel I nekmal because I didn’t feelmy ma ‘esSomehow, after all these yeats Searching, she was the only offre who madefeel camplete. In that second, I understood Jenson’s reaction. He had gone from woman to woman until he had a mate who made him rethink everything because she was too young for him to act on it. Grief had hit him like a brick wall.
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