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 you turned

what humans are like with their addictions. It was the

“Oh.” “Not what you expected to hear? “I didn’t know what to expect.” she murmurs. “This entire year has

hadn't pushed 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 away

me. “You need

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

get to make

take her back to my. place bet ‘she lets out a squeal.o of pain almost biting my

She mumbles when the pain

saying sorry for something my

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

pick up the crutches. I watch her hobble off in the direction of

folded across her chest as she looks at anything but

you need