Chapter 152 – The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West

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Her Lycan is the darkness at the edge of her soul, feeding on her pain, her anger, pushing unwanted thoughts. into her mind. “Go see your boys.” I mutter. Her soul instantly brightens, pushing the edges back until it’s so bright that I have to look away from her.

I know she is confused. She hadn’t mentioned her sons to me.

“What the fuck was that about?” Damien snaps atas Neah leaves “Wind that fucking head in. I’m not here to help you.” I snarl back at him. His eyes flicker to my gun on the desk. “Go ahead, do you think that’s the only one?” “ENOUGH!” Dane snaps “You saw something when you were watching Neah, didn’t you?” Mallory asks with her brows knitted together. “The sas how you didn’t shoot me.” I don’t answer her and turn my attention back to their leader.

“She was bound, right?” My guess was two or three times, which in theory should have killed her.

“Four.” Dane tells”How the hell did you know that?” “Hunter.” I mutter, trying to understand how she could have been bound four times and still be alive. But it did show one thing. How fucking powerful she really was.”Does she shift?” “Not anymore. Why?” “Her Lycan is the one responsible for pushing the darkness on her.” “That doesn’t make any sense. We don’t have Lycan spirits.” Damien is shaking his head at me. “If that’s how you turn Rogue, that makes no sense.” “You don’t, but I know what I see.” They stare atlike I’m mad. A look I was all too familiar with. I laugh at them, so fucking predictable.

“I’m not in the mood for games.” Dane speaks, staring at me.

“Yet you let those fuckers in your life. You know that’s one of the things Rogues do, right? They play you to get what they want.” I see Damien clench his teeth. He was so furious that it was fucking hilarious. “I am not a Rogue anymore.” He seethes “So you told me. It doesn’t mean I have to believe you. I would rather trust what I see.” “What does that mean?” “Exactly what it sounded like.” “Damien, go check on Raven.” Dane tells him.

“Another Lycan?” I muse. How many were already hidden here? “No. My sister.” “I would want someone more trustworthy to check on my sister.” “They are mates.” “Another one? What the fuck is going on here?” Wolves and Lycans don’t just get paired up. I had been watching Lycans and Rogues for years, learning everything about them. Wolves were never in the picture, well not as mates. “Who was mated first?” “Neah and myself. Why?” “You know that isn’t normal.” “World is changing.” Mallory mutters “Yet one thing stays the same.” I rise to my feet again and move to the window, running their words through my head. “What’s the connection?” “What?” Blondie mutters “Neah and Dane. Damien and Raven. Blondie and Mallory. Who else?” “It was Jenson and Jess. Jenson is Raven’s twin. Jess died.” Dane purses his lips together and glances at Blondie, “And now Jenson is mated to Blair.” I raise an eyebrow, I did not see that coming.

“It’s not what you think.” Mallory tells me. “He got himself mixed up imm sweird shit with her and now he is is in the hospital dying. They aren’t fated mates. He claimed her.” “Did he now?” “He was pissed off with me.” Dane groans “I can put him out of his misery.” I offer “I’m capable of doing that.” He snaps back at me.

Fucking Wolves. They are all so damn touchy when it comes to om members of their pack there was nothing worse than seeing someone suffer. Their death dragged out in the hopes they would heal. “Can he get information to her?” “He’s in a coma.”

It takes a lot to put a Wolf in a coma. Something else must have been happening. Though know he won’t 3. withe be waking up ever. They never did. Yet as I look at Dane, I realise he has hope that the guy will survive. If he does, it would be a fucking miracle.

Damien “I don’t like him. He is fucking shifty. He claims to know stuff about Lycans and Rogues. It’s a load of bullshit.” I mutter though Raven isn’t listening to me. She is busy staring at Jenson.

The guy is hooked up to every machine possible and she spends all day here, watching for the tiniest clues. Looking for something that just isn’t there.

The only reason he is alive is because of the machines.

Turn the ventilator off and the other one that’s keeping his heart pumping and that would be it, but she couldn’t accept that, even with her vast knowledge of medical stuff. Or maybe it was more that she wouldn’t accept it.

Big black circles sit under her eyes from the lack of sleep. Her lips are chapped from the lack of fluids and every piece of food I put in front of her went uneaten. Even her favourite ice cream.

“This wasn’t supposed to happen.” she whispers, gripping Jenson’s unresponsive hand. “We were supposed to stick together. Look after each other. And you had to go and ruin it!” A single tear trickles down her cheek as she stares at her brother. “You couldn’t just accept it, could you?” “Raven, he can’t hear you.” “You don’t know that!” She snaps at me. “He could still wake up.” Even Dane knew it wouldn’t happen.

“Raven, you need to sleep.” I press. I needed to get her out of here, even if it were only for a few hours.

“I can’t leave him.” “He won’t be alone. I’ve asked Klaus to cand sit with him.” “It has to be me. If something happens…” “Then Klaus will link you. This isn’t good for you. You need to rest. To eat. It’s no good if you are making yourself ill too. You won’t be able to help him if you are making yourself suffer.” I press, hoping that she would finally understand what I’m telling her.

Her dark eyes flicker to mine. “I can’t leave him, Damien.” “You will only be in the packhouse. You are not leaving him.” She sighs and slowly peels her hand from her brothers as Klaus appears.

“Anything Klaus, promiseif there is anything, you will tell me.” Raven pleads with him, “A finger or a toe twitch, the machines. I need to know. Please.” “Of course.” Klaus nods. He takes her seat beside Jenson and I still have to drag her away.

Tears fall more freely when it is just us. In bed, she letscurl around her until her body is perfectly nestled into mine. I hoped my presence would be enough to make her feel something other than sadness and fear.

She cries and sobs into the pillow like nothing I have ever seen.

Being like me, you cto learn that death was expected. It truly is the only guaranteed thing in life.

We are born and we die. What happens in between is up to us. And though my own death is not something that scares me, the idea of losing my mate to it does. The worst thing is, I could feel everything she was feeling, but I couldn’t make it better. Only one person could and he was being kept alive by machines.

She falls asleep from crying. Her eyes are left puffy from all the tears and her cheeks are flushed red from her hands constantly brushing them away. But she was asleep and I wanted to keep it that way. At least for a little while.

Carefully moving away, I watch her for a moment, making sure e shem escapes and I knew she was out and unlikely to wake for at least a few hours. doesn’t wake Actiny shore m The house is empty and I find Neah sitting on the steps in front of the house. A deer A deep frown etched on her face as she stares at Abraxas performing ssort of martial arts.

“Dane?” “Dane took the boys and Dorothy to Eric’s parents.” “Is that a good idea?”

“They miss their own grandsons, well, the ones they thought were theirs.

Dane thought the kids might cheer En them up.” “And he thought it was a good idea to leave him alone.” I nod my head in Abraxas’ direction.

“This is all he has been doing for the last hour.” “You offered to watch?” Ashburn She nods. “Dane told him to stay where I could see him. He has done.” I watch other Wolves stop to observe him. Abraxas doesn’t acknowledge them, like he is in his own little world. He moves with precision and ease, probably following training patterns that he had mastered over the years.

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