The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0162

Damien

“Desire?” She whispers back to me, refusing to look away. “Yes.”

Her hands rest against my chest, a small crease forming between her eyebrows. “A desire for what?”

“To live.”

She glances down to her hand resting over my heart. It beated steadily under her touch. Yet her own heart starts to race and the wind catches in her hair, firing her scent in all directions.

“You were going to die?” She asks with a hint of concern “We all die eventually, Raven. What I mean, is that I had enough of the same shitty life. Eat, sleep, hunt. repeat. I had a desire to break free from it. Her eyes flicker back up to mine. "And Mallory helped you?"

“She did. She gave me a home. She became a friend and is now practically a sister. She reminded me that just because I became a beast. it didn’t mean I needed to live as one. She still reminds me.”

like that

their addictions. It was the equivalent of me being addicted to drugs. It wasn't

as she thinks of something to say. “Oh.” “Not what you expected to hear? “I didn’t know what to expect.” she murmurs. “This entire year has been full

may be because she knew she needed the crutches that were still on the grass a few feet

head and presses herself against me. “You need to stop

her head, I tilt her face up toe mine. Inhaling her delicious scent. I could claim her right here, but something tells me she would prefer us to be alone, away from

would get to make her permanently mine scon

I lift, her, ready-to take her back to my. place bet ‘she lets out a squeal.o of pain almost biting my lip. Her fingers dig jato my sides as she squéezes hereyes

when the pain

sorry for

just go lie down.” she mutters with a scowl. Her frustrations are clear. “Spend some time with Neah.”

crutches. I watch her hobble

arms folded across her chest as she looks at

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