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

process. You know what humans are like with their addictions. It was the equivalent of me being

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 of

but that may be because she knew she needed

me. “You need to stop

here, but something tells me she would prefer us to be alone, away from prying eyes. I settle for a kiss, moulding my lips to hers,

make her

bet ‘she lets out a squeal.o of pain almost biting my lip. Her fingers

She mumbles when the

be saying sorry for something my brother did

a scowl. Her frustrations are clear. “Spend some time with Neah.” "Are

the crutches.

up, I see Mallory hovering. Her arms folded across her chest

you need