Chapter 160 – The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West

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Ryken points a finger at me. “You are fucking nuts. You do realise who she is, right?” “Yeah, everything that I should be.” He laughs and I feel that white hot rage creeping up inside of me.

“You were never going to be an Alpha, Blair. Your dad wasn’t an Alpha, it was a fucking lie you stupid cow.” He prods his thick finger against my temple. “Why can’t you get that to go in that thick skull of yours?” “He lied, Blair.” My mum whispers sadly. Where was her anger? Where was her rage? “Are you really that stupid?” Ryken shakes his head, “You are an Everwood. You could have had a chance at leading this small pack, but you fucked that up by going on this wild goose chase of yours.” I laugh, looking around at the houses. “There’s like thirty people in this so-called pack and my nis Blair Kitson.” He laughs atwhile mum just stares atwith a deep rooted sadness “You would rather take your half sister’s nthen be proud of our own pack?” “If it getsmy place.” Ryken laughs. “You are fucking delusional. Looks like the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. And I’m not talking about your mother.” “You are saying I’m like my father.” “Exactly like him. Why do you think your mother spent so long despising you?!” He mocks “Mum?” She turns away without uttering a single word and heads deeper into the house. Ryken throws a glance over his shoulder and then stares at me. “You had a chance here, Blair. A chance at a fresh start. I was willing to take you on as my own, to raise you into a loving family. Give you everything you missed when you were a child. But you threw that away because you can’t let go of this stupid idea of yours. Now leave, you are trespassing.” He slams the door in my face and my heart drops into my stomach. I had really hoped mum would welcme with open arms.

Slinking back to my car, I watch the house for a while, mulling over Ryken’s words. Every now and again I would see one of my brothers appear in the window. They never looked at me, but they were so damn happy. A million miles away from how I had felt growing up.

Mum had changed, she had gotten everything she ever wanted. A happy, loving family and I wasn’t part of that. A tear leaks from my eye. I’m quick to wipe it away. Crying was not happening. Mum had moved on without me. Speeding down the road, Neah’s voice vibrates through my head, telling all Lycans to cto Black Shadow. “Fuck!” My hands slam against the steering wheel. I knew this day would come, but why had she waited until now? Turning the car around, I head back to my mum’s place. I needed to see if they would go. Neah’s request wasn’t an order, but that could change and then I would be forced to go too.

Would she have them killed because of me? I stop at the end of the road. They et were already loading up their car with bags. Mum had the baby cradled in her arms as Ryker moved back and forth, slotting things into the car like he was playing agof tetris.

S They weren’t the only ones either. Every house had people loading up cars. They were all going. They were all fucking stupid.

Slamming on my brakes, I block their car in. My mum stares atwith wide eyes and backs off towards the house as my sister startes to cry. “You are making a mistake.” I mutter “It’s our decision.” He snaps back atand stams the car door shut with the boys inside. He goes to say something and instead shakes his head in disbelief. “What the fuck have you done, Blair?”

I had been fighting Wolves, Lycans and Rogues for years. I had been thriving on my own. Yet somehow he always makesfeel like a little kid mel with no power. A little kid who had done something really, really bad.

The strength and confidence I usually have in any situation fades to nothing. “BLAIR!” Ryken growls “What danger have you put the pack in?” “I…” “You didn’t just find her, did you?” He snarls at”Lettalk to whoever is in charge.” “You are looking at him.” “You are in charge?” I ask in disgust “As voted by the others. Now I have to speak to the Lycan Alpha about helycane the mess you created.” “She will probably kill you.” “Then the death of your family will sit firmly on your shoulders alone.”

Neah Mallory guides a crying woman into the office. The red haired woman has her hands clutched to her chest, almost hyperventilating as a wide eyed Mallory ushers her into a chair.

“He can’t hurt you now.” Mallory tells her.

The bang made sense now. Abraxas had killed someone else. Someone that he had deemed unworthy to even meet me. By the mark on this woman’s neck, my guess is the person was her mate.

“I’m sorry.” I mutter, knowing there would be no words to actually soothe the loss of her mate. She is most likely in agony.

“He’s really dead?” She splutters through tears.

“Yes.” Mallory offers her a smile “Good!” The woman looked so relieved to here the confirmation. Now I was even more confused. “The bastard markedwhen I received your link.” “You weren’t his mate?” I ask as even more questions develop in my head ‘It’s a trap.’ Nyx mutters.

‘You think everything is a trap.’ I snap back “No.” The redhead mumbles. “I was sold to him.” I was starting to see why Abraxas had shot him. “You were sold?” She drops her gaze, her long red hair falls down over her face “It’s not the first time.” “You’ve been sold more than once?” Mallory mutters in disgust.

The woman nods her head. “When I received your link. I saw an opportunity. I told him I had to come. That you had sent an order.” “He was a Wolf.” Mallory adds, explaining why the guy hadn’t heard my link “It was the only thing I could think of. But he marked me. Toldthat he needed to keep tabs on me.” She runs her fingers over the mark on her neck.

“Why didn’t you just shift and kill him, Maddie?” Mallory presses.

The woman’s brows knit together and she presses her lips into a thin line. “I can’t shift.” ‘Lies!’ Nyx snaps “You can’t?” I ask while trying to ignore my Lycan. I was starting to feel like there was something seriously wrong with Nyx. She was so up and down. She madequestion myself far too much. She constantly tried to makesee the bad in everything. Sometimes it seemed like I wasn’t just fighting the darkness but her too.

Especially when she started hating the idea oftrying to link everyone. Something she was on board with at first and suddenly changed her mind over.

Maddie shakes her head atand fidgets with the ends of her waist long hair. “I knew you are going to askand I don’t know the answer.” “Were you bound?” Her tears had finally stopped “No, I was just their plaything. I can et do everything else. I heal quickly, I’m fast. Uh, have a great sense of smell and hearing. Obviously you can link me. I have just never been able to shift. I can prove the other stuff if you like. Do you have a Knife?” ‘Bullshit. She has to have been bound.’ Nyx growls “You said you have been sold multiple times. Did any of them drug you?” I press She shakes her head at me. “They didn’t need to.” “What do you mean?” “A long tago, I learned that if I just did what they asked, they wouldn’t hurt me.” I wasn’t following her at all. They bought her but didn’t hurt her? Trey, Cassandra had found an excuse to hitfor any reason, even when I did conform.

“You had sex with them?” Mallory breaks my thoughts. She looked horrified by the thought Maddie bobs her head. “It might sound crazy to you. But as long as I did that, they didn’t hurt me. None of them did until….” “Until Enzo?” Mallory asks Maddies eyes drop to the floor again. She had figured out what she needed to do to survive and it sounded strangely like she had cto terms with what happened to her.  “How old were you when you were first sold?”

“A week short of fourteen. They gavea year thinking that maybe my ability to shift was late When it didn’t come…. She shrugs her shoulders. “Your parents sold you?” Mallory frowns “Yep.” She was very open with information. Not something I m expected from someone who had gone through that. It had takenages to share anything with Dane. “I wasn’t worthy of being their child.” She gets to her feet and flicks her red hair over her shoulder. “Thank you for gettingout of that situation. You have no idea how much it means to me.” “More than you will ever realise.” I mutter She givesa smile and Nyx mutters something about reminding Maddie who’s presence she is in.

“Can I ask why you asked us to chere?” “Have you heard of a Lycan called Blair?” Mallory asks She shakes her head at us. “Not a nI’m familiar with. But then again I have spent the last ten years mostly in the company of men.”

“How did you know where Black Shadow was?” I ask. We weren’t the siest pack to find especially for these that had never been here.

“Enzo said he knew the Alpha here.” Mallory stands behind Maddie and shakes her head at me. ‘Dane didn’t act like he knew him’ She links ‘See, lying.’ Nyx presses ‘If you don’t stop nagging me, I will find a way to block you!’ I snap back at my Lycan “Can you get Dane and Abraxas?” I ask Mallory.

“Sure.” Maddie’s eyes widen a little and her heart starts to race all over again. “Are you going to let them shoot me?” “Just need to check something.” I offer a smile She sits in silence, fiddling with the ends of her hair as we wait.

Dane is the first through the door, he walks around and presses his lips against my forehead. Maddies chestnut eyes follow the movement and I see a tiny hint of a smile.

“Where’s Abraxas?” “He’s coming. He was cleaning up his mess.” Dane tells me.

Maddie shudders and combs through her hair with her fingers. “He really is dead?” “Yes. Are you okay?” “It hurts, but that’s because he marked me, right?” I explain to Dane that this Enzo guy wasn’t actually her mate. That he was keeping her as his property. It madeso angry and I’m a little disappointed that she didn’t get to kill him. There wasn’t anything quite like watching the life drain from those you hate.

Shaking my head, I close my eyes and focus on my sons as I push the dark thoughts away when I catch the scent of Abraxas.

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