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.”

that you turned

You know what humans are like with their addictions. It

to

me yet, but that may be because she knew she needed the crutches that were still

presses herself against me. “You need to

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

get to make

place bet ‘she lets out a squeal.o

mumbles when

sorry for something my brother did to

down.” she mutters with a scowl. Her frustrations are clear.

me to pick up the crutches. I watch

folded across her chest as she looks at anything

you