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 turned

know what humans are like with their addictions. It was the equivalent of me being addicted to drugs. It wasn't easy to

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

you afraid?” She hadn't pushed herself away from me yet, but that may be because she knew she needed the crutches that were

presses herself against me. “You need to stop assuming

she would prefer us to be alone, away from prying eyes. I settle for a

to make her permanently

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

mumbles when the

shouldn't be saying sorry

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

for me to pick up the crutches. I watch her hobble off

hovering. Her arms folded across

you