Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West >>
“I know now that she was a bitch to you. But at the time, she gavethe opportunity to have something better. To not be waiting for the day when my father finally decided I was old enough for him to rape me. And I took it. And that is when everything fell apart.” I could feel Nyx’s sorrow as we listened to her story “I believed every ounce of information that she fed me. I believed every damn lie she toldabout you. I should have been smarter. I should have realised after my upbringing that trust is more than bribes. I see why you don’t trust me, Neah. I see why you don’t want to trust me. I wouldn’t either but I swear that I will never stop trying. You can keep hating me. You can keep acting like I’m the scum of the earth. But I will not stop trying to make up for what I did.” “I don’t hate you.” Her hand taps the table, my words catching her off guard. “You…you don’t?” “I used to wish that you had actually killed me. That you ended my existence.” “I’m sorry.” She reaches out to take my hand, on instinct, I recoil and she she looks heartbroken.
“The hardest part of having you here, is that you are a constant reminder that you could have ended my suffering and you didn’t.” I shake my head, half a smile creeping across my face because my reasoning sounded ridiculous. “Stupid right? Especially when my mate is the Alpha of this pack. If you had killed me. My sons wouldn’t exist.” “No.” She mutters, her brows knitting together. “No, it’s not stupid. You were looking for a way out. Even if the way out was death.” We fall into silence. Mallory nibbles on a biscuit as I try to find a way to move forward with this uncomfortable conversation.
‘We should give her a chance.’ Nyx mutters “Was killing your father what turned you Rogue?” I splutter “No, it was what I did to you. I had already turned by the tI killed my father.” She smiles. “He tried to repent for his sins as I tore him apart. Fucking bastard thought that praying to his stupid God would save him from all his crimes.” She jams the rest of the biscuit in her mouth as I see the moment of enjoyment on her face. I wasn’t the one to say it was wrong to enjoy it. There is just something satisfying about taking the life of someone who doesn’t deserve one.
“There’s something I don’t understand. You toldthat Damien was the only one you had helped to turn back, successfully. Who helped you?” She scrunches up her face. “Rogues love the lifestyle. It’s a simple life. I’m sure Damien has told you that. The darkness drags you in. For me, something just felt…wrong. Like my darkness wasn’t natural. Like I was trying to be someone or something that I’m not. If you ask Damien, he will tell you that apart frombeing able to shift, I’m more human than most.” “I don’t follow.”
“Cassandra turnedbecause I told her exactly what she wanted to hear.
I wanted to make sure she didn’t om passup. So I did what needed to NO de to ensure it would happen. I had to pretend to be someone I wasn’t. When I hurt you, something else took over. I think more than anything, I was trying to prove a point to her.
Now that’s stupid.” ‘It sounds like she was brainwashed.’ Nyx mutters. ‘Cassandra played on her desperation.’
I had been there. For years I thought Trey was my brother. For years m believed that had been solely Enr responsible for my parents death. Her brown eyes flicker up to me. “You wish that I had killed you back then. I wish I had never met Cassandra.” “You wouldn’t be a Lycan.” “I know.” She shrugs her shoulders again and I stare at her, surprised by her announcement.
“Hurting you and letting Cassandra biteare two of the worst decisions I have ever made in my life and I can’t change either of them. But I can use one to help you in any way I can, if you let me. Starting with that bitch that calls herself your half sister.”
Mallory Neah hasn’t said anything for about five minutes. Her silence makesmore nervous than when she is talking.
I pour myself another cup of tea and slowly take a biscuit from the plate. No sudden movements, that was my best bet. Or maybe she didn’t believe a single word I said. I really hope that wasn’t the case. It had taken a lot to reveal my history. Only Damien knew what I had told her.
I nibble on the biscuit, watching her. Her eyes weren’t black. Another good sign I hoped, but then again, they hadn’t changed colour when she tortured Roan.
Another few minutes pass and the panic is really sinking in. This was it. I am going to die.
“Okay.” “Huh?” “One chance.” The words are slow to trickle from her tongue but she said the thing I least expected. I guess I was more certain than I thought that she was actually going to kill me.
“Sure.” I nod my head frantically. For years I had felt in control of my own life until I had chere. But I never truly was while my past played havoc with my head.
“I can’t promise that I will find your presence easy.” She furrows her brow, unsure that she had made the right choice. “But I will try as long as you don’t fuckover.” “Yes Alpha.” There’s a sudden flash of darkness in her beautiful blue eyes. A warning from her Lycan I hope. Rather than a sign the darkness is pressing forward.
“I will do anything.” I had been so against the idea of Damien sendinghere with Dane and his brother. It was the very last place on Earth that I wanted to be. But in my heart I knew what I had to do. She is the Alpha and she probably would have foundeventually and then, everything could have been so much worse.
She rises from her seat. But she still looks as though she has the weight of the world on her shoulders.
“I can track her down.” I murmur. “I saw the car, the registration plate. I can find her. My bet is she isn’t that far outside the pack.” Her brows knit together and she sucks in her cheeks.
“You don’t have to do anything, but it could be beneficial to know where she is hiding. Maybe I can do a little more digging on her for you.” “She might shoot you.” Neah mumbles.
“We both know you are not worried about that.” She hesitates and lifts her eyes to meet mine. “You can’t tell anyone, including Damien.” “Of course.” Though I’m pretty sure if Damien gets a whiff, he will be on to me. Sometimes, he knewbetter than I knew myself.
Neah heads to the door, pausing her hand over the handle. “Thank you for answering my questions.” She leaves without looking back and I find myself tearing up. Maybe there is a chance for us.
In the afternoon, I take my mug and head out to sit on the stone porch. My heart no longer felt so tightly wound up, but I still had to be careful. There was still a chance that Neah could decide I wasn’t worth it.
Damien is heading my way with Dorothy skipping along beside him. She is a cracking kid, but just like the rest of us, she cwith her own issues.
She throws her arms around my hips as she reaches me. “Mallory.” She beams as she stares up atwith her bright green eyes.
“How did it go?” Damien eyesas though he was expecting the worst.
“Okay.” He cocks a brow at me.
“Seriously Damien. We talked for hours. She askedquestions and I told her as much as I could.” “Everything?” I nod my head. “I wasn’t risking keeping anything hidden. She probably would have seen through it anyway.
“Tmakes a difference.” He mumbles I shake my head at him. “Actually, Klaus gavesgood advice.” “Klaus?” He mutters in surprise.
I nod. “Apart from you. He’s the only person that seems to likebeing around.” “I do too.” Dorothy yells as she picks sof the flowers from the small patch of garden.
Damien narrows his dark eyes at me. “Are you and him….mates?”
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