The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0086

Dane

Devon leaves us when we make it to my office. Neah lowered herself into a chair so painfully slow that I wanted to help her. She had lied to Raven when she said she had felt fine. She knew I could read her mind, though I didn’t say anything because I knew she wanted to be back here. She somehow felt safer here in the house.

“Can I get you something?” I ask while she pulls her legs up to her chest. Her head shakes from side to side making her dark hair fall around her face.

She hadn't mentioned anything more about the hunt, she hadn't questioned if the others had died the same way, but she didn’t need to, she had already figured it out and yet. she still does not comment on my decisions. In fact. her mind is completely elsewhere

“Neah, I know you are not feeling yourself.”

She picks at a thread in the black jeans she is wearing. “I'm alive.”

Is she having some kind of mental breakdown?’ Aero asks

“Yes you are.” I mutter, ignoring my Wolf

“I shouldn't be. I....I should be dead.” She grips her stomach and her face screws up in pain. “What's wrong?”

“It's just...a little uncomfortable.”

“Let me see.

She puts her legs down and rolls up her top. “There is nothing there,” she whispers and tenses up again. This time her hand grabs my arm. Her nails sink into my skin, creating little half moon shapes.

into my arm and blood rises to the surface. “I’ve....I’ve never had one.” she gasps I hadn't thought about it until now, but it hits me that she hadn’t had a period since she had been here and she should

had been so shut down and frail that its basic systems hadn't been working. And now, everything was

arm again. "Is it always this

Lifting her from the chair, I turn her quickly so that she doesn’t see the deep

water on, letting it soak the both of us as I strip her from her clothes. She would dig her nails into me each time a

mutter, letting my lips

know the hot water would help ease the cramps

against the glass door as she

hot bath, her skin almost sizzles as it hits the water and she

“It's...it's blood.”

think a little blood

me for a second and slides herself forward, allowing enough room

press down, massaging it. She was still sofnin that I could feel herc>

pierce my skin as her whole body tenses. She

with both hands. “What...what are you doing? “Easing the pain.” She doesn't

her folds, running it back and forth. “It doesn't have to be a bad thing.” I

ask while flicking my tongue over the mark on her neck. She

inside her, I curve them around to press against her sensitive clit. Her body tenses up again, but not in the same way it

her hips up. thrusting herself against

Sometimes it wasn’t about my needs, but about watching her, knowing

push a third finger in, she is