The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0242

“Her miserable life ended when he killed her. And maybe that was one good thing that came out of their marriage.” Her shoulders drop and her hands shake as she fills her cup with tea. “I certainly wasn’t.”

It takes me a second to realise what she is telling me. “You... you were a product of rape?”

Her shoulders hitch up as she takes a deep breath and bobs her head.

“Did he…did he ever…..”

“No. There was one time, where I thought he was going to hurt me, but he turned on my mother instead. Do you see why I thought Cassandra was offering me a better life? She made me promises. She made me feel worthy. She made me feel safe.”

Exactly how she made me feel before her and Trey set me up and destroyed me.

“I know now that she was a bitch to you. But at the time, she gave me the opportunity to have something better. To not be waiting for the day when my father finally decided I was old enough for him to rape me. And I took it. And that is when everything fell apart.”

I could feel Nyx’s sorrow as we listened to her story

information that she fed me. I believed every damn lie she told me about you. I should have been smarter. I should have realised after my upbringing that trust is more than bribes. I see why you don’t trust me, Neah. I see why you don’t want to trust me. I wouldn’t either but I swear that I will never stop trying. You

“I don’t hate you.”

taps the table, my words catching her off

used to wish that you had actually killed me. That you ended my

reaches out to take my hand,

you could have ended my suffering and you didn’t.” I shake my head, half a smile creeping across my face because

stupid. You were looking for a

a biscuit as I try to find a way to

give her a

killing your father what turned

had already turned by the time I killed my father.” She smiles. “He tried to repent for his sins as I tore him apart. Fucking bastard thought that praying to his stupid

in her mouth as I see the moment of enjoyment on her face. I wasn’t the one to say it was wrong to enjoy it. There is

don’t understand. You told me that Damien was the only one you had helped to turn back, successfully. Who

darkness wasn’t natural. Like I was trying to be someone or something that I’m not. If you ask Damien, he will

“I don’t follow.”