Chapter 125 – The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West

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“So her plan was to kill me.” I smile.

He frowns at me. “She doesn’t trust people.” “Well, that’s something else we have in common.” I smile and take a big gulp of my wine and begin to unfasten the jeans.

He cocks an eyebrow at me.

“Ch no, honey, you’re not getting any of this until you telleverything. They are coming off because I can’t stand them a moment longer!” I sit on the sofa, letting the cool air lick my irritated thighs. Yes I would prefer to see his head between my thighs, but not until I hear every little detail about my darling half sister.

I spend hours drawing out every single thing that he knows, even asking questions that he might not know the answer too.

“She had a shitty life too. If Dane hadn’t found her, she probably would have been dead months age. She was barely hanging on to life when he brought her home.” I should feel sorry for her. Any normal person would. Maybe it was what she deserved after living my life. The funny thing is, I didn’t want her dead. I just wanted her to see that everything is rightfully mine.

“I always thought that the Alpha blood cfrom her father, your father.” He mutters, taking a swig of his own drink.

I shake my head. “He wasn’t a true Alpha. Mother said he was a Beta by birth right. That he took over as Alpha when he marked Neah’s mother. She was the one who carried the pure Alpha blood. It wasn’t until after I was born that mother discovered the truth.” He tilts his head at me. “She thought I had Alpha blood. She tried to remind him that I was his heir first. The true heir. Turns cut, I am his heir, but I’m not an Alpha.” “You want to be Alpha?” He asks quietly.

I shake my head. That was his goal, not mine. “I want her to lose everything ‘Daddy dedrest didn’t help mother at all. No maney, no clothes for me,help with food, nothing. He knew aboutand let us suffer, al 50 he could raise his precious Alpka daughter. The last one of her kind.” I knew I had Daddy issues. It’s what happens when you spend years watching yor mother desperately -_ pine for gman that doesn’t give EN shit about you or his daughter. I~ wa ched her sink into oblivion fora man that wasn’t even hers because she was dumb enough toet him get her pregnant.  Then the blshifted to me. I was the reason hg-hever claimed her. I was the reas son why he never cback to ker. I was the ~~ inconvenience. I was the bastard’ child shat trapped her. I was lhe one that-ruined her life. Not him-and his precious fucking daughter:  Tears creep along my waterline and I’m mortified ‘I need a shower!” I snap, getting to my feet. “Can I join you?” “No.” He watcheswalk away. Cne thing he was, was always respectful of issaying ‘No’. It was rare that I said it to him, but still, it was one of the good things going for him The hot water hisses against my skin and those tears sneak out, tracking lines down my cheeks Why the fuck wash was crying? Today hadn’t been a complete failure. I now had all the information to helpmove forward. Yet the tears keep coming. I hear the bathroom door open and turn my face into the tiles so he couldn’t see me.

“Jenson, I said no!” “I’m staying here.” He mutters, “Could you sense her?” 0.” I don’t think she could senseeither. As siblings, looking alike and sharing the sfather was where it ended. Maybe it was better that I couldn’t sense her.

“I want to take down Dane. I want the pack to be mine. I deserve it. But Neah…. hesitates, unsure of how to finish his statement “Her history makes you feel sorry for her.” “And you don’t, now you know everything?” He asks “No.” “Not even a little?”

“No.” She had been beaten and abused. Blood tied and poisoned Multiple Bound multiple times and yet she still survives. It madedespise her more because no one should have that kind of power.

Neah “Breathe.” Raven mutters “I’m not dead am I” I snap “So I’m obviously breathing!” I stop in my tracks, realising how much of an ass I sounded.

Locking over my shoulder, I see the hurt in her eyes. She was just trying to help.

The darkness had a grip so tight on my heart that it was making it hard to think about those around me, unless it was my sons. “I’m sorry.” I mutter. Hoping she knew that I did truly mean my apology “It’s happening isn’t it? You are slipping.” “I… I’m trying not to.” My eyes drift down to my fingers as I carefully feel over the tips. The growing claws had felt so bad and so good at the stime. Like a release of built up pressure. Is that how Salem felt? “You need to talk about it. Remember what Mallory said, you need to look at the bigger picture to see that there is more than what is happening in the moment. To make it all make sense.

I roll my eyes. Mallory and her theories. Though I have to admit, they were helping a little, even if I still didn’t trust her. “So tellagain what miss lookalike said.” “Raven…” She cocks a brow and folds her arms. “She toldwe share the sfather.” I repeat again.

“But you don’t believe that?” “I believed Devon more than her. And look how that ended.” “Bigger picture.” She mutters “No, I don’t believe it. I couldn’t feel her, I couldn’t sense her other than knowing what she is. It’s hard to explain.” “Try.” She smiles at”With Jess, I could feel her presence. The swith Damien and… Mallory. With the other bitten ones. I could feel their fear when they realised they couldn’t fightand my orders. There was even a tiny bit of recognition from Salem, but her, there is nothing. She looked atwith those big brown puppy eyes but do you know what she remindedof? Raven shakes her head. “The way Trey used to look at me. It wasn’t even hate, it was more than that. It was like I was something he stood in and scraped off on the grass. And that’s exactly what I felt when she looked at me.” “What about your parents, what did she say?” “She said something about our father choosing my mother over hers when he discovered he was mated. But it makes no sense as the cone thing I do remember from my early years is that they loved each other so much.” “Like how Dane loves you?” “More.” I mutter. I couldn’t describe it. I just remember the feeling. Or maybe it was because I was a kid and I was seeing what I wanted to see “So she’s older than you, but you are the Alpha?” I nod, “I don’t think she is much older. Dane thinks the Alpha blood comes through on my mothers side. But they@idn’t care enough to tlt”that before they died. Before I was set up.” I hear the spite my words and close my eyes taking I ina dep breath.

We were set up.” Nyx adds quietly. She still wasn’t sure what to think of this Blair woman either and I was glad she was keeping her thoughts to herself.

“Why did you start shifting?” Raven presses as she pulls her hair up into a bun. She was trying to make the conversation as casual as if we were talking about movies. But I was starting to see that she was testing me. Trying to find a trigger point.

“I didn’t know. not straight away. Dane was aware of it before I was.” The claws had retracted the moment shewalked away. Dane had made NE low her. And then informed’everyone that if I turn up-at the gates or anywhere along the boundary line, to check the eyes. If they were anything other than blue, they had to call him in. Cgntent belongs to “Raven, what if I’m supposed to let this darkness take over me?”

Her dark eyes are wide as she thinks of an answer, but all she could dup with its don’t believe that.

‘Damien cback from that place.” She adds with a small smile. I knew she seretly worried about him m slipping pack every single day. Even when she didnt talk about it, I knew becalse Damien would appear’ a few minutes later. Enveloping her in his arms without saying asingle word.

“But the others didn’t.” I wasn’t trying to find a reason to turn, but to understand that it could be my m future. Nwould rather be prepared. She puffs out her cheeks, she doesn’t have an answer and I turn the conversation back to what happened with Blair. “think it’s because she mentioned the twins. I think that’s what prompted the shifting.

“Nyx?” Not me.” Nyx murmurs. ‘It was all you.’ I shake my head and slump into the large armchair.

“Ah, so you went mama Lycan on her.

That is a horrible term. “I probably would have killed her if Dane hadn’t stopped me.

“And he stopped you because he is trying to protect you. I still don’t understand the purpose of her visit.” Raven scrunches up her face. “She calone. She told you she hasn’t seen my brother in months.” “Dane doesn’t believe that?” She cocks her brow. “He doesn’t?” Shaking my head, I sigh, I wasn’t supposed to tell her that. “He is certain he could smell him on her.” Again, I had been too caught up in the ever seeping darkness to take notice of anything but my apparent half sister.

The world could have been imploding aroundand I would have been oblivious.

She pauses to let my words sink in and then carries on as though I never mentioned him. “Just turning up to tell you your father allegedly had an affair, I call bullshit. Damien saw her like six months ago. She was in the city. It wouldn’t have been hard to find our location, even if my dipshit brother is helping her. So why has she waited all this time?” “Your guess is as good as mine.” ***** Dorothy is playing peek-a-boo with the boys. Their giggles turn into hysterical laughter as she pops up from under their high chairs. She had this amazing way with them and loved to make them laugh. Damien said she had a need to feel wanted. Something I understood too well.

She never talked about what happened to her to anyone other than Damien. If someone walked in when she was mid chatting, she would stop immediately. I was happy that she had a safe person.

There were times where I wondered if I would have turned out like her if I had been saved after my parents death rather than being forced into hell until I met Dane.

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