Contract With Alpha Logan

Chapter 157

Astrid POV

Xander personified the concept of darkness. His mother’s neglect had caused him to lose the ability to feel love. It was replaced with a twisted sense of survival. However, it was his addiction that twisted every other emotion he had. I was sure that it was his mother from whom he must have stolen his first drug. Or who knows his mother had pushed him into it? Sometimes, I pitied him, and wondered if I could redeem him. But what he did with me was irredeemable.

The darkness surrounded me, resembling inky black waters. I wanted to surface, but a pounding ache on the back of my head made me groan.

“She’s awake!” a distant voice sounded that seemed warbled.

“Not yet,” another voice boomed.

The headache was too much to bear and so I succumbed to the darkness again. I woke up abruptly when cold water was suddenly splashed on my face. “Ahhh!” I groaned, trying to lap up the water. Instead, I licked the water that was on the black fabric enveloping me. I attempted to move my hands and legs, but they were firmly tied to whatever I was seated upon.

“Now she’s fully awake,” Xander’s voice boomed in what I think was a small room.

“Good! The bitch has been a thorn in my eyes. Now get your bloody signatures and kill her!” And this was Tracy.

I heard footsteps coming closer to me. As the black bag around my face was lifted, I felt a rush of fresh air against my cheeks. Sharp light fell on my face, making me wince. I closed my eyes and lowered my head until the effect was over. When I looked up, I saw Xander staring at me through the locks of his dark hair that had fallen over his eyes.

“Ah! There you are!” he exclaimed. “You shitty liar!”

I sucked in a sharp breath, and I focused my eyes on him. “What lie did I tell you, Xander?” I asked, wondering if there was a room to wiggle my wrists free from the rope.

smelled of mold and grime and oil. A light hung right over my head, illuminating me but enveloping everything else in the dark. It seemed like they had brought me to a deserted factory. My eyes went behind him, where I saw a silhouette. Tracy. She was leaning against a long table near the door, glaring at me. A wave of surprise crashed into my chest. So the two were working together?

that your birthday was a week later, but

suppressing my surprise. “Yeah. That was a

his hand to slap me, but

Xander! Just fucking get the signatures on whatever property shit you’ve been harping about and kill her!” Xander clenched his jaw and took a step back. “I am

case, you have to keep me alive. And if I

fiercely. He violently shook my neck as I struggled to catch my breath, each cough more painful than the last. “Signing it is not optional,” he explained firmly. “I am going to torture you so much that you will beg me to kill you!” With those words, he shoved me aside. With his chest heaving, he growled, “I am getting the papers and you are gonna sign them!” He walked away from me.

sideways and looked at Tracy. “You said there were

But those Hanks boys are stupid crazy. They believed me, just

Xander going out of the room. When he opened the door, a gust of cool wind

So what?” She peeled her lips from her teeth and sneered. “I hate you so much that had it not been Xander’s insistence, I would have already killed you.” She pushed off the table and took a step towards me. Her eyes were filled with hatred. “Because

Xander hissing a laugh.

to Cedar Academy with a dream that I will become the Luna of the Nord Pack, not so that my dream would be crushed by a simple human.” Her voice carried a mix of determination and frustration. “I wish I had killed you when you had come to the academy. I don’t know what Kael saw in you. Werewolves don’t mate with humans. If the Elder Council comes to know about it, they

1/2

+5

Chapter 157

make sure of that. You aren’t his fucking mate. And once he marries me, he will mark me and I will become his chosen mate. Then there would be no way I will leave him. So you-” She shoved my head away. “You are nothing but a fucking season’s flavor and you are going to die in

an evil laugh.

as Tracy stepped back. “Sign these papers, bloody

asked, bringing my hands in front of him.

curse, he looked at Tracy, who was also shocked. “Did you open her