Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West >>
Less than two days of no problems and Dane had them back to duty, it didn’t sit right with me. One, we didn’t know for sure where Salem was. And two, there were alot of people grieving over Eric’s boys but Dane insisted normality would help. What part of kids being killed was normal? I had tried to argue with him. Asked him if we should expect him back to duty if something happened to his twins. He hadn’t answered, but I could see the fury in his eyes He’s just trying to keep the pack occupied.”
“I know.”
I mutter back to Midnight. “I know. It doesn’t mean it has to sit right with me.”
I touch the mark on my neck, Damien hadn’t even linkedor anything. Not a single whisper of his voice. Maybe he thought it was best this way. To keepin the dark until there was something to tell me. Maybe I would be a distraction.
“He will be okay.”
Mallory interrupts my thoughts as she bursts into the kitchen. She had toldthe sthing, multiple times a day for the last two weeks. It didn’t make it any easier to hear.
“How can you be sure?”
“It’s Damien.”
She givesa tight lipped smile, almost turning her lips the swhite as the scar just above her lip. Even she was starting to question it. “He survives everything.”
Surviving wasn’t the only issue.
[turn as she starts pouring herself scereal. She had practically.”
made herself at hnow. I didn’t mind. it was nice to have another femate I in the house. I was soused tobeing outnumbered by the men.
She shovels it in like she is never going to eat cereal again. “Sorry,”
she splutters, spraying pieces of half chewed frosties across the table. “Dane wantsin training today.”
“Seriously?”
She had asked, but he had always said no. What has changed about today? Her head bobs up and down as she shovels in another spoon “With Damien chasing Salem, Dane wantsto help guard Neah.”
I had to hide my surprise. He had made it quite clear Neah was to be with him. “How does Neah feel about that?”
She had accepted Mallory’s help, but she still barely tolerated her.
She shrugs her shoulders at me. “Probably hates it.”
‘I could join ..».”
I watch as her eyes drift down tomy bad leg before I even finisk my sentence. I thestopped Using crutches but I was: still hofbli ng everywhere as I oY couldnt straighten my leg properly without intense pain icking tp my béhes.
Whereas Salem, somehow walked with half his thigh missing. He ran too. That day! had seen him, he of sappeared into the. trees at om breakneck speed. Like the inj jury was non-existent, but I had seen it. myself. Maybe pain was nothing to hin. Maybe that’s why he gets a kick out of playing with his foed, listening to the screams, because he found their pain hilarious. A
Mallory washes up her bowl super fast and hurries out the door without even a goodbye. We could go hang out With Neah.”
Midnight suggests As much as I loved Neah, I would rather not right now. Instead I found Klaus sitting in the freshly decorated office. It had to be done after the blood bath that took place
Klaus has his head buried in books. He smiles atas I plonk myself on the chair. His long dark hair falling around his face. He is quick to tuck it back, letting his deep green eyes catch mine, “You okay?”
“Frustrated.”
I mutter “We both know if there was something wrong with Damien, you would have felt it. “It’s not that.”
He tilts his head and smirks at me. “Really?”
just have a bad feeling.
“About what? “That’s the problem. I don’t really know.
“You are in a mood, but you don’t know why?”
“Exactly.”
I let myself slope against the backrest. “Did you know Dane has asked Mallory to join in the training today?”
Klaus bobs his head at me. “It was actually my idea.”
“Yours?”
I splutter in surprise “Look, she is in the house the entire tand as much as Neah has accepted her help with her other problem, she feels caged in by Mallory. Dane wants Neah to have a break and this is the best way.”
“So you are sending her to training and have told her it’s so she can protect Neah.
“We never told her that.”
He scowls at me. “Maybe she just got the wrong idea of what’s being asked of her.”
He pauses. “Maybe she made a mistake. Maybe she misunderstood.”
He was probably right, though it sounded as if he was trying to convince himself. Mallory had spent most nights tellinghow she was grateful that Neah was finally talking to her. Maybe she had just misheard “You miss him?”
“Of course I do.”
I mutter, surprised by his comment “I’m not talking about Damien.”
+ No one had speken toabou Jenson. If I ientioned him in front of Dane, he would either roll his > crimson eyes, or leave the room. As far asthe was concerned, our brother was dead. But it never stoppedwofdering. He is still my brother.
“He made his choice.”
I sigh. I didn’t want him to think anything else.
He rocks in the chair as he studies”Do you know something? Has he been in touch? Does he regret rejecting the pack?”
The questions topple from my mouth without another thought. He shakes his head and I feel my stomach drop. For a fleeting moment, I had semething to look forward to instead of being trapped, waiting I’m not sure what I was even hoping for. Jenson had made it very clear that he blames Dane for Jess’s death and that wasn’t going to change.
Klaus returns to reading his books, unphased that I was still sitting here, watching him. He was like that. Company or no company, he was content. I didn’t know how he did it.
“Do you think you will ever find your mate?”
I prod, trying to start a conversation with him
Neah “Stop it!”
I snap, staring at my belly. The twins were growing fast and had also taken to kicking each other or my bladder and it was drivingnuts. Dane raises an eyebrow atwith a small smile as Mallory comes running towards us. I sigh, I had forgotten she was taking part in training.
She comes to a stop in front of us. Her eyes narrowed at my belly. “Is it wise for you to be training?”
“I’m not. This is the only way I can get out of the house!”
I snap at her and she lowers her gaze.
Years I had spent trapped inside a house because of Cassandra and Trey. Going no further than the back garden to having almost complete freedom. And now, now I would do anything to feel the grass on my bare feet, to lie in the sun without being monitored every second of the day. But until Damien sends news, I wasn’t allowed out of Dane’s sight. The fake grass of the training ground will have to do.
I knew it was to protectand the twins. I knew he was doing it to keep us safe, but all I wanted to do was break away. to not feel so…. trapped.
Dane knew, and he would talk toin a reassuring tone, remindingit was only temporary and for the best. Promisingthat I could still do most things. as long as he could see me. But to me, doing the best thing meant losing a part of my sanity. If I even had any at this point.
But it wasn’t just about keepingsafe. It was to keep an eye on me, to make sure I don’t becthe monster I feared.
“Where do you want me?”
Mallory beams at Dane. I really wanted to wipe that smile off of her face. It felt fake and forced. And I bet behind closed doors she has an excellent resting bitch face. Though I was yet to see it, deep down, I could feel it was there.
Dane sends her over to a group of well trained guards. He had already toldhe wanted to test her ~ abilities. {questioned why, because was living proof of her abilities, Thad felt what she could do if she fut her mind to it. And that was justafter ste had been turned. Coritent belongs to What was she like with years of training under her belt? “It’s better to know what everyone is capable of. There may be a twhen we need to use it or prepare for it.”
Dane winks atI look up at him, but he keeps his crimson eyes focussed on the groups as they start to spar. Did he secretly not trust Mallory either? Nyx mumbles and starts to talk. I tell her to shut up. It was easier not to have her weighing in with her own opinion and this way, I could focus on keeping the monster at bay.
I lower myself onto the grass, watching everyone fight. Training had been ano go forsince finding out was pregnant. Though training ad never been a concer whenlwas face to face with _~ someone and fighting for my- ife. I had just shifted and destrayed them in seconds. Taking their Heart, just like Salem did to Jess. Was that a Rogue thing? Going for. the heart? Surely that was just the obvious choice? But then againthey playwith their food. The heart wouldn’t be the first thing they went for.
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