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.”

just like that

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

thinks of something to say. “Oh.” “Not what you expected to hear? “I didn’t

herself away from me yet, but that may be because she knew she needed the crutches that were still on the grass a few feet

her head and presses herself against me. “You need

me she would prefer us to be alone, away from prying eyes. I settle for a kiss, moulding my lips to hers, enjoying the taste

make her permanently mine

I lift, her, ready-to take her back to my. place bet ‘she lets out a squeal.o of

She mumbles when

shouldn't be saying sorry for something my

scowl. Her frustrations are clear. “Spend

up the crutches. I watch her hobble

see Mallory hovering. Her arms folded across her chest

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