The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0275

Damien

“I don’t like him. He is fucking shifty. He claims to know stuff about Lycans and Rogues. It’s a load of bullshit.” I mutter though Raven isn’t listening to me. She is busy staring at Jenson.

The guy is hooked up to every machine possible and she spends all day here, watching for the tiniest clues. Looking for something that just isn’t there.

The only reason he is alive is because of the machines.

Turn the ventilator off and the other one that’s keeping his heart pumping and that would be it, but she couldn’t accept that, even with her vast knowledge of medical stuff. Or maybe it was more that she wouldn’t accept it.

Big black circles sit under her eyes from the lack of sleep. Her lips are chapped from the lack of fluids and every piece of food I put in front of her went uneaten. Even her favourite ice cream.

“This wasn’t supposed to happen.” she whispers, gripping Jenson’s unresponsive hand. “We were supposed to stick together. Look after each other. And you had to go and ruin it!”

A single tear trickles down her cheek as she stares at her brother. “You couldn’t just accept it, could you?”

“Raven, he can’t hear you.”

snaps at me. “He

Dane knew

sleep.” I press. I needed to get her out of here, even if it

“I can’t leave him.”

asked Klaus to come and sit

has to be me. If

Klaus will link you. This isn’t good for you. You need to rest. To eat. It’s no good if you are making yourself ill too. You won't be

to mine. “I can’t leave him,

be in the packhouse. You are not

and slowly peels her hand from her brothers

pleads with him, “A finger or a toe

course.” Klaus nods. He takes her seat beside Jenson and I still have to drag her

her body is perfectly nestled into mine. I hoped my presence

and sobs into the pillow like nothing

was expected. It truly is the only guaranteed

scares me, the idea of losing my mate to it does. The worst thing is, I could feel everything

and her cheeks are flushed red from her hands constantly brushing them away. But