The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0227

He grins at me like a fucking idiot. “She’s found her beacon of light.”

‘Beacon of light?’ Aero quizzes

“What are you talking about?” I demand

Damien shakes his head at me,“She’s surrounded with a darkness that she is constantly fighting off. The darkness slowly crushes you. It takes over every inch of you when you are least expecting it.”

“While Neah fights it, there is no space for her to have the ability to be a strong and powerful Alpha. We can protect her, we can give her the tools to help her stay in control, but we can’t fight it for her. That’s something she has to do on her own. And she can only do that when she finds the thing that gives her hope. And it sounds like she has found it. She just doesn’t realise it.”

‘We didn’t give her hope?’ Aero sounds defeated. ‘We are her mate.’

think that’s what he means.’ I mutter

must be something else we can do for her, that

me

felt powerless. It was a shitty feeling, watching my mate struggle and not being able to do anything to help her. She was having

into space. Her dark thoughts weighing heavily on her as her mind shifted

you are saying that the twins will be the ones to

to give her her strength. The ones who will make her really understand who she is. Raven is my light just as those pups are hers.” He gets to his feet. “This could be her turning point, Dane. This could be the thing that really puts her

broken free

the door and turns his head back over his shoulder. “I will be your Beta, Dane. But at the end of the day, my priority will always be protecting Neah. Oh, and you can be the one to break the news and I will not be referring to you as Alpha.” He smirks before

decide what I should say, in the end I opt for the truth. Lying could have an even worse outcome. And I want to grow old with her. Surrounded by

cuddled into each side of her as she reads them a story. I recognised the book too.

had been flung across the room multiple times when