Filed to story: The Alphas Contract Novel by Taylor West >>
She shakes her head I give her a reassuring smile. “You will get used to them. Get ssleep. Because when you have your Wolf back. you will be joining us. As I start to close the door, she still remains in the sspot, staring at me, confused.
Downstairs, I find Eric and Jenson waiting for me.
“How’s it going with the new girl?” Jenson asks, unbuttoning his shirt.
“Neah is staying and Moonshine doesn’t do pack runs.” I mutter, mulling over Neah’s words “Are you serious?” Eric questions. “I thought that was standard everywhere. All Wolves are empowered on the night of a full moon, and it’s the best tto hunt.
I frown at Eric, “You sure you didn’t see anything unusual?” “From my.position, they acted just like everyone else. Swent to.” work, sstayed and trained, > others: harvested their crops’ He cocks! a brow at me. “Why, what do your think they are hiding?’ ~ “For starters, who really killed Neah’s parents.” “Trey?” Eric suggests “I don’t think Trey is smart enough to do that. The idiot didn’t even bother to read the contract.” Jenson mutters “I think we should pay them a visit tomorrow.” Jenson suggests “Surprise them?” I mutter “Sometimes, it’s better when they don’t know we are coming!” “True. Trey was pissed about my arrival.” When the hunt is over, I confirm with Eric and Jenson what twe will be heading out before making my way upstairs for a shower.
Slipping quietly through the bedroom doer, I was glad to see Neah fastadleep in the bed. I half ~ expectedher to have ran. To have> used th@ opportunity to escape” Instead, she’s curled up in a small batt-hugging a pillow, still iathe sweats I had given her eafrtier.
She doesn’t wake while I shower, she doesnt even stir when I flick the light on. Almost like she was used to sleeping in a confined space, at any tof the day.
Drying off, I climb into bed with her. Pulling her tiny, weak fragainst me. She makes a few funny noises as she starts to wake, but quickly falls back to sleep.
Waking beforeévier, I couldn’t help but watch hersleep, At spoint t, she had rolled m during thenight, she had herself over, facing me. In the eany morning 1g light, you could see a faint splattering of freckles acrossvier nose. S sw.She gasps, suddenly sitting upright and rubbing her eyes. “Where am I?” “Neah, you are in my pack, remember.” Her blue eyes lock on mine before they drift downwards, to my bare chest and then to the sheet that was barely covering”Are you…. Are you naked?!” There’s a rosiness to her cheeks that didn’t make her look so fragile.
“I prefer it that way, especially in my own bed.” I smirk at her
She pats herself down, checking that she was still wearing clothes and lets out a sigh of relief as she realises she is still fully dressed. ‘We could strip her.’ Aero mutters. ‘We could show her what we really want.’ We need to take it slower.’ I mutter back. ‘She isn’t like any of the others.’
Aero sulks at my comment, slinking off to the back of my mind. Thankfully, as I had gotten olderh had becbetter at keeping him under control. Neah crosses the room, shutting herself in the small room with the toilet. I could hear her muttering to herself about keeping it together. “When you are done.” I call out. “we need to put your cream on.” Ten minutes pass before she makes an appearance. She eyeballsas I pull on a black tee “Eric, Jenson and I have an errand to run. You will be staying here.” I grab the pot of cream and gesture for her to lift her top “Alone?” she asks, her voice quivers as she rolls her top up.
“Alone.” I confirm. “Well, there will be others here, so not completely alone.” My hand hovers on her stomach a little longer.
‘She’s right here.’ Aero growls Dropping my hand, Aero sulks. He wanted to prove a point. To claim her as ours, to finally put a silence to the rumours surrounding us.
Neah
“You know my brother really likes you.” Raven smiles atas she shoves a crumpet into her mouth My eyes flash up to hers across the breakfast table. She had been put on babysitting duty while Alpna Dane runs those errands he had mentioned Clearly my comment about being alone had made him reconsider.
He hadn’t toldwhere he was going and I didn’t ask. I didn’t think it was my place. “You are prettier than the last girl.” Raven mutters, distractingfrom my thoughts. “Last girl?” I almost choke on my juice.
“You are his contracted mate, right?” I nod my head.
“Did you really think you were the first?” It wasn’t something that had crossed my mind. I was more concerned about what Alpha Dane was going to do to me. He hadn’t made a move except for haldingagainst him while we slept. He hadn’t tried sneaking a hand between my thighs. He hadn’t insisted I sleep naked, nothing. And that only made it worse. Waiting for the unknown. He didn’t seem like a man that would wait.
“Hopefully, you will stick.” She adds, reaching for another crumpet. “I will stick?” I wasn’t used to these phrases or the way she spoke toso casually. Orders and abuse, that was what I was used to.
‘I probably shouldn’t be the one telling you this but it’s better for you to be prepared.” She takes a deep breath. “My brother has been looking for his mate for a long time. He’s twenty eight. Doesn’t have an heir yet. The others, they stay no more than a few weeks, srun. Sare killed.” She tellswith a shrug of her shoulders, like it was normal “Because they won’t give him an heir? She shakes her head. “Because he loses interest.” “Why are you telling me?” I whisper. I would prefer not to know if I was going to be killed.
“There’s something about you. He looks at you differently. I saw it at the hospital.” Her words don’t exactly makefeel better. Everyone looked atdifferently. They always had because of my strange scent. “Your biggest concern will be if he finds his true mate.” She mutters Beta Kyle had been my true mate and he had rejectedthe second I turned eighteen. Barging into the basement in the middle of the night and screaming his rejection at me. He had beatenblack and blue until I accepted his rejection “You have a mate, don’t you? I can tell by the way your eyes just flickered “Had.” I whisper. “He rejected me.” I remember the pain I had felt and not just from the beating. It had felt like my heart was being torn from my chest. And because I had felt the bond, my brother hadbound for a second time. That is when I stopped being able to heal like everyone else “I know what that’s like. Mine rejectedtoo.” She sighs. “The moment he found out what pack I’m from and who my brother is, he wanted nothing to do with me. Anyway, like I said, my brother seems to like you, more than he has liked any of the other women.” Is that supposed to makehappy? Knowing that I might just last a little while longer than the others. That because he likes me, he might keeplike a prized possession.
Raven takesalong to the hospital. She had to work and apparently Alpha Dane had told her to not letout of her sight unless it was to use the bathroom. Maybe he thought I was going to be like sof his other brides and run. As if I had the energy to do that.
No one comes into the hospital. Raven spends most of the tdoing inventory. It almost seemed pointless having a pack hospital. No one needed it everyone could heal.
“Hey.” She smiles as she comes towards me. “I’m going to be here for a while yet. so I brought you strashy mags to read.” Raven dumps them on the table in front ofwith a smile as I just stare at them. I had no idea who the people were in the photos, nor did I have a clue what was written about them “Not your thing?” she asks curiously. I just shake my head, I didn’t want to admit the truth. She stares atfrom the other side of the counter, her eyes slowly narrow to slits. “You can’t read, can you?” How did she know? I shake my head, feeling my cheeks fl’I’m guessing you didn’t go to school?” lo.” It was so embarrassing having to admit it. What twenty two year old couldn’t read or write? “Does my brother know? “No.” “Well at least now, I have something to do other than counting.” She smiles atand sits in a chair next to me.
Hours passed and I still wasn’t getting the hang of it. But she was patient and kept trying. Suddenly, she grabs the pieces of paper and shuffles them all into a pile and shoves it into one of the drawers.
“My brother is back.” “How do you know?” “A pack thing.” Seconds later and the doors swing open. Alpha Dane moves towards us. He looked angry. His crimson eyes were darker than usual. His brow creased and all of his attention is on me.
“I need a word with my mate!” He snaps at Raven. “Sure.” she mutters and quickly escapes, leavingalone with him.
He waits for her to be out of sight and turns to face me. My eyes drop to the ground as his voice rumbles through the hospital. “Where has Trey gone?” “Huh?” “Do I need to repeat myself? I open my mouth to tell him that I didn’t understand.
“There was no one there, Neah. No one.” I feel his glare on me.
That didn’t make any sense. How could there be no one? “Homes empty. The packhouse, empty. Where have they gone. Neah? I shake my head, confused. “You… you went to see my brother?” I whisper, refusing to meet his gaze. “Was this all a lie?” He gestures to me. “A set up so you could get sdirt on me?” He was so angry. “What does Trey want?” I close my eyes like I always do. It was easier if I didn’t see the beating coming “NEAH!” His hand grabs my chin. “I said you would never have to fear me. But that was when I believed I was helping you. Open your fucking eyes and look at me!” Tears creep out of my closed eyes. Raven was wrong, this was going to be the end of me.
Opening my eyes, his crimson ones are staring at me. Slowly his face starts to soften. “You don’t know what I’m talking about, do you?” jo.” I mumble He lets go of my chin, “The pack is empty!” “Abandoned?” I whisper
“No, nothing isgone, everything is still present ut there were no people anywhere. It was like they just disappeared and trust me, we searc{ted. You said they don’t do packTuns, but they clearly do something.” 4 ‘I don’t know.N-gulp. “I have never left the packuntil yesterday. I.
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