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 you

are like with their addictions. It was the equivalent of me being addicted to drugs.

“Oh.” “Not what you expected to hear? “I

be because she knew she needed

herself against me. “You need to stop

back of 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 prying eyes. I settle for a kiss, moulding my lips to hers, enjoying the taste

make her permanently mine

place bet ‘she lets out a squeal.o of pain almost biting my lip. Her fingers dig jato my sides as she squéezes hereyes shut. Content

She mumbles when the

sorry

with a scowl. Her frustrations are clear. “Spend some time

pick up the crutches. I watch her hobble

I see Mallory hovering. Her arms folded across her chest as

Do you need