Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West >>
Six months later Neah My eves flicker to the clock as cries echo through the bedroom. Nudging Dane, he doesn’t budge. He is out cold on the bed and doesn’t stir even when the twins’ cries grow.
Dragging myself from the bed, I creep towards their cribs. I don’t even know why I’m creeping at this point, they are already awake, it was just Dane that was sleeping.
The moment I pull them into my arms, the tears stop. I settle into the large armchair in front of the window as both boys snuggle into me. The cuddles made the sleepless nights worth it.
But I still watched.
Every night I was awake and alone with the boys, I found myself watching the grounds. Waiting.
It had been almost nine months since we had seen Salem and six months since the news broke that there was someone else that looked like me. Damien and Raven returned to the city often to look for Jenson and the woman, though they never saw them again.
I should be grateful, but it just putmore on edge. What were they planning? Would they turn up here with an army? Would they cfor my sons? I will protect us.” Nyx mutters quietly I know.” I murmur It had taken my Lycan a long tto give in. To letfigure things out for myself instead of constantly putting ideas into my head. To keepaway from that ever shadowing darkness.
Now we were more like when she first appeared. Talking toand accepting my decisions.
I don’t bother to look when I hear Dane get up. He always felt guilty when he sleeps through their cries, but I let him off tonight. He had been on a pack run.
“Sorry.” He murmurs, close to my ear and lifts Evrin from my chest with a yawn. “You are watching again? I ned, “Gut feeling.” “There has been nothing in months. Everything is as it should be.” I know he is trying to reassure me, but that gut feeling never fades. The saround Mallory. She still makesfeel…. Off.
“I like to watch.” I mutter “And I would like it if my mate spent the entire night in bed with me.” He mutters with a smile because he knew that wasn’t going to happen even if I wasn’t watching over the grounds. The longest the twins slept for was a few hours.
“How was the pack run?” I ask, changing the subject.
Every full moon in the last few months, I fought between wanting to go and wanting to stay here with the twins. My need to be with the twins outweighed it everytime, but that was mostly because I had becafraid to shift.
He knew that, but he never pushed. Though he thought it would helpgain more control. Maybe I would when I feel like the darkness isn’t going to suckright under. He smiles at me. “No change.” It was his way of tellingeverything is normal in the forest, but his words just seem to make my gut feeling grow. I clutch Logan a little tighter and he lets out a little moan of content.
Dane moves over to the crib, carefully lowering in a sleeping Evrin. He then takes Logan from me, repeating the process. “Cback to bed.” He whispers, pullingfrom the armchair “Something is off.” I mutter “Your mind is doing that thing again.” He speaks softly, leadingto the bedand sliding in after me. => His arm n feops my waist, pulling mie in agamst him as he leaves a C lingeting kiss on my lips. “You need to’sfeep. “
“The twins “Are asleep.” “But what if.
“We have it covered.” He runs his fingers through my hair when he suddenly stops. Locking at him, I see his eyes are glazed. “Now?” He snaps in annoyance What’s going on?’ Nyx asks I don’t know.” Dane gets out of bed, pulling on a pair of shorts. “Stay with the twins. I will wake Damien to cand stay with you.” “What’s happening?” “I am not a hundred percent sure.” He hurries out of the room and minutes later a sleepy Damien appears. “Do you know why I’m being asked to guard you? “He got a link and then left.
“That’s all he said?”
“Yep.” I pop:the pin frustration. After everything, we agreed that sharing information was vital, especially as it helped to keep my mind frora” spiralling.
Raven appears and immediately ~~.
leans over the cribs to eye up the boys. She was more than in love’ withcher nephews and made. sure that everyone knew it.
“Aren’t they sc cute when they sleep?!” she whispers happily. I think I had heard that exact phrase, every single day since they had been here. “Raven, let them sleep.” Damien mutters, sensing my frustration and pulls Raven away from them. He turns his head towards the open door, frowning.
“What is it?” Raven demands “Lycan I think.” He frowns I make a break for the door, but he grabs hold of me, pullingback, farther into the room “It’s not Salem.” He mutters toas if he knew exactly what I was thinking. “But it is a familiar scent.” “If it’s not Salem, how did they get through?” Dane has guards everywhere.
I look over to my sleeping children. The need to protect them was on another level. I would die for them, I would kill for them.
I grab the changing bag and launch it at Damien. Charging past him, I race out of the bedroom and down the stairs, coming to a complete stop on the bottom step. There in the doorway was someone who looked exactly like me, except the eyes. Her eyes are brown.
She smiles and shoves her hand out as Dane steps back. “You are Neah, right. I’m Blair.” I keep my mouth closed. Six months it had taken her to get here, but she doesn’t sound anything like what Damien had described. He had said she was all in leather. Heals like a stripper. I had to look that up because I hadn’t known what he meant.
But now she stood in front of me, in trainers and loose fitting jeans. A sweatshirt that was far too big for her. Almost like she was trying to look like me. “I don’t know you.” I mutter, refusing to take her hand. “Father never spoke of me? How rude.” Her brows knit together in frustration. “I’m your half sister. We share the sfather.” I couldn’t sense her. Yet it was the one thing Dane and Damien had suggested that seemed to be coming true. Though one of the good things I remember is how much my parents loved each other.
0.” I state confidently. “I’m an only child.” Her shoulders drop. “Mother did warnthat he probably kepta secret. I never actually thought he did.” She rolls her eyes and takes a step forward. Yet she hadn’t actually been invited in yet.
She opens her mouth to speak.
“How did you get past security anyway? And where is Jenson?” I demand before she follows up with sother crap.
She shrugs her shoulders. “I’m guessing they thought I was you.” She flaps her finger between us, “and I haven’t seen Jenson for a few months now.” “Liar.” “I’m just here to talk. Can you at least hearout?” Mallory had used that sexact line.
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