Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West >>
“I don’t doubt it.” He shrugs his shoulders as I scan the grounds to see if Alpha Dane was on his way. “Dane is with Klaus, researching.” “Okay.” I whisper quietly “Shall we go inside?” I don’t get a chance to answer as Raven grabs my arm and tugsin through the back door, muttering how Veronica was a piece of work and that Alpha Dane should have killed her years ago.
“Are you okay?” Beta Eric asks as he fills a glass of water and places in front of”That stupid cow needs to learn to stay away!” Raven grumbles as she falls into one of the chairs.
| agree, but maybe you could rise above it, Raven. Dane has made her position in the pack quite clear. And you know as well I do she won’t be the last to fawn over Dane. Learn to ignore it.” He mutters at Raven. “You are better than this.” “She was taking the piss out of Neah.
“Have yous frot noticed she does that when sheis jealous. She has to ar” otherwise she would realise how” desperate she sounds. As much as I despise the woman, she is digging herself a hole. Let her carry-on.” “What do you mean?” Raven asks Beta Eric’s eyes focus on me. “He has made his decision quite clear.” It was supposed to be easier here, simpler, so Alpha Dane had told me. But everywhere I turned lately, there was a new problem. “Why don’t you go,” I hear Beta Eric tell Raven. “I can sit with Neah for a bit, keep her company.” “Are you sure? “The boys are with their grandparents for the night. I have nowhere to be.” “I can stay if you needtoo.” Raven whispers to me.
‘I’m okay.” I whisper back, giving her a small smile “If you need me, I will be at the hospital.
She heads out as Beta Eric takes her seat. “You are a terrible liar.” “I know.” I mumble quietly “Why didn’t you tell her you weren’t okay?” “Too….too many people are in this mess.”
“If Dane had an issue with you being a Lycan, you wouldn’t be sitting here, talking to me. “Am I dying?”
“Hopefully not.” He shoots mea wink.
“Devon has said multiple tines that there i is something different aboilt you. An anomaly.” – “You believe him?’
‘I believe what I see. When I first met you, I wonderéeé how you were even alive. You were nothing more than skin and bane. Your face was gaunt e like you were in your final days. Armsdike twigs that looked as though they would snap at any rofment. Even your heartbeat was SO 6 slow, barely beating, like you were hanging on to life by the thinnest of threads.” Ashburn
He smiles at me, “But look at you now.” “I’m still small.” I whisper. I was in comparison to the other women in the pack “What I’m saying, Neah, is that you shouldn’t have even survived the journey here, yet somehow you did “Because I’m a Lycan?” “Maybe. Maybe it’s that you were with your true mate. Maybe it’s because you have more of a thirst for life than you believe. Maybe you survived because you are something that the world needs.
“Devon’s got in your head!” I mutter “Maybe he just opened my eyes a little.” “What…what does that mean?” “It’s no secret there are more than humans and Wolves in the world. And if we look at it that way, we shouldn’t be surprised when something else makes an appearance.
“Me? He nods. “We did fuck up, we went into this agreement blind. We should have done more research, we should have questioned Trey more. Dane probably would have if he wasn’t so interested in you.
“You blme?” “No in the slightest. I enjoy a good war, no matter how they cabout.” A war was the last thing I wanted. “Would you like to speak to Devon? I can take you to him if you like.” “Alpha Dane won’t like that.” “Then why did he suggest it?” Beta Eric makeseat a sandwich first. Tellinghe is not havingpass out on him due to hunger. Alpha Dane*still hadn’t returned by the twe were striding across.the Snow covered grass. It madenervous. After he had forced our closeness, he was now keeping a distance. “You came.” Devon smiles atas I step in frontot his cell. “I didn’t think you weregoing to cback after>> last tHis blue eyes gaze al Bela Eric, “tis good to see you too.” He tumnsto look at the steps. “No » Alpha Dave?”
“Not right now.” Beta Eric tells him I just stare at Devon. I didn’t know what I wanted to say or ask. I didn’t even really understand why I had agreed to cwith Beta Eric. He smiles at me. “I know you are not just here to stare at me. You have questions.” ‘I was…. was bound four times.” “That’s not really a question.” “Should…” I glance over at Beta Eric. “Should I be dead?”
I see him swallow, he shifts his gaze back to Beta Eric and sighs “In theory, C yes.” He sits back on his small bed. Rsits “You were last bound when you were eighteen, right? I nod “Trey, Cassandra, whoever it was probably hoped it would kill you and yet you survived.” “If they wanted her dead, why didn’t they just kill her?” Beta Eric asks
“I don’t know, dve been trying to figure it out for years. If it was anyone else they would have just killed their grobler, right? That’s what Alpha Dane would do here> right? And other packs too. Sothere must have been skindof béhefit of keeping you alive.
“It can’t be because Neah is an Alpha.” Beta Eric murmurs. Betam Eric’s eyes flashed up behind me, just as Alpha Danes’ strong woody scent.
hits “You are right.” His crimson eyes lock on mine “It’s because you are able to carry the next Alpha.
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Neah “That’s fucking gross. Are you saying our uncle wants to put a pup in her?” Devon sticks his fingers back his throat and starts gagging. I agree, I was horrified by the idea, how could he even suggest that, we are related! “Not necessarily him.” Alpha Dane mutters. He stops next to me. “You said Trey and Cassandra have been together for a long time.” I nod. “Since I was little.” “And yet they have no pups of their own. Rather odd, don’t you think?” It wasn’t something I had ever thought about. If anything, I just tried to keep my head down and make it through each day with as little beatings as possible.
“Neah carries Alpha blood.” Beta Eric murmurs. “We are a dying breed.” Devon adds “Exactly. It’s the only thing that comes remotely close to making sense.” Alpha Dane studies me. * you. Most likely multiple times. Producing another Alpha.” I think the plan was to have someone impregnate lo.” I shake my head. “Trey never. “He never let anyone near you like that, I know.” He finished my sentence forand it just made it sound ten times worse. “You think he wanted to raise them as his own?” Devon mutters Alpha Dane nods “What about the excess bindings?” Devon asks “That is something Klaus is trying to make sense of.” Alpha Dane mutters to Devon, “Trey had to have known.” “He boundbecause of Kyle.” I whisper. “He boundbecause I could scent Kyle.” My voice catches in my throat.
“That’s what I am struggling to understand.” Beta Eric murmurs. “He must have thought there was a reason why Neah was somehow breaking out of being bound.” “Maybe he thought the sthings we did. That her bindings were failing” Alpha Dane suggests.
Devon groans”Trey isn’t the smartest codkie out there. Cassandra definitely pulls his strings, t rat’s for sure. And from> what tve been told, I think this has moréto do with her than it does Trey. “What do you mean?” Beta Eric asks as I try to keep up with how they were working things out.
“I haven’t grown up ina pack. But I acks operate.” am aware how’p Ye Devon frowns. “An Alpha normal has a Lupa: The Luna seeks the < spawer as the Alpha. Normally, to ensure their place, the Luna*’ provides the Alpha with an heir. She hasn’t done that.” He shakes out his mop of dark hair. “Fucking bastards!” Sswn ovelIt was the most anger I had heard from Devon, he was usually so laid back, considering he was locked in a dungeon. “If he changes more people, he will have a bigger pack anyway.” Beta Eric mutters “What good is a pack if they have no heir to carry it on?” Alpha Dane frowns “If they had killed you, which they almost did, the Alpha line would be dead anyway.” Devon’s blue eyes are on mine. out of there sooner.” ‘I’m so sorry that I didn’t get you If the situation wasn’t so serious, I would laugh. He spoke like the older brother Trey should have been. Maybe it was tto let him out.
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