The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0243

Mallory

Neah hasn’t said anything for about five minutes. Her silence makes me more nervous than when she is talking.

I pour myself another cup of tea and slowly take a biscuit from the plate. No sudden movements, that was my best bet. Or maybe she didn’t believe a single word I said. I really hope that wasn’t the case. It had taken a lot to reveal my history. Only Damien knew what I had told her.

I nibble on the biscuit, watching her. Her eyes weren’t black. Another good sign I hoped, but then again, they hadn’t changed colour when she tortured Roan.

Another few minutes pass and the panic is really sinking in. This was it. I am going to die.

“Okay.”

“Huh?”

“One chance.” The words are slow to trickle from her tongue but she said the thing I least expected. I guess I was more certain than I thought that she was actually going to kill me.

“Sure.” I nod my head frantically. For years I had felt in control of my own life until I had come here. But I never truly was while my past played havoc with my head.

“I can’t promise that I will find your presence easy.” She furrows her brow, unsure that she had made the right choice. “But I will try as long as you don’t fuck me over.”

"Yes Alpha."

a sudden flash of darkness in her beautiful blue eyes. A warning from her Lycan I hope. Rather than a sign the

and his brother. It was the very last place on Earth that I wanted to be. But in my heart I knew what I had to do. She is the Alpha and she probably would have found me

from her seat. But she still looks as though she has the weight of the

track her down.” I murmur. “I saw the car, the registration plate.

knit together and she sucks in

where she is hiding. Maybe I can do a little more digging on her

might shoot you.”

are not worried about

lifts her eyes to meet mine. “You can’t tell

gets a whiff, he will be on to

the handle. “Thank you for answering my questions.” She leaves without looking back and I find

heart no longer felt so tightly wound up, but I still had to be careful. There was still

heading my way with Dorothy skipping along beside him. She is a cracking kid, but just like the rest of us, she came

her arms around my hips as she reaches me. “Mallory.” She beams as she stares up at me with her

go?” Damien eyes me as though

“Okay.”

a brow at

asked me questions and

“Everything?”