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

addictions. It was the

to say. “Oh.” “Not what you expected to hear? “I didn’t know what to expect.” she murmurs.

hadn't pushed herself away from me yet, but that may be because she knew she needed the crutches that were still

her head and presses herself against me. “You need to stop assuming that I

her face up toe mine. Inhaling her delicious scent. I could claim her right here, but something tells me she would prefer us

get to make her permanently mine

nand under her ass, 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 shut. Content

mumbles when the

saying sorry for something my brother did

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

crutches. I watch

hovering. Her arms folded across her chest as she looks at anything

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