The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0282

‘There’s that soul shit again.’ Aero mutters. ‘I don’t understand how someone can see a soul.’

“Are you saying her soul is tainted?” I ask Abraxas. I wasn’t sure what to think of him saying he could see souls. At one time, I also didn’t think someone could be bound four times. I’ve learned a lot in the last couple of years.

“More like it has cracks in it.”

“Cracks?” Aero and I mutter in unison

“Everyone’s soul starts off as a small ball of light. It grows as the person grows, gradually taking shape of the person. Sometimes, it gets to a certain size and never grows anymore because a person is trapped in a cycle that they can’t get out of. Others, like those who have experienced levels of trauma, develop cracks. When the cracks meet, the soul breaks along with that person.”

“How bad are hers?”

“She should have broken long ago.”

“Is that how the darkness got in?”

“No.”

you be

Rogues. I’ve spent years watching, hunting, killing. Listening to them plead for their petty lives.

soul is cracked. What’s keeping

that out.

“No, limited amount.”

issues, gotcha!” He smirks at me with a cocked eyebrow. “You don’t believe

takes the empty bottle to the bin. “You believe in Witch magic

telling the truth. You said her darkness was waiting to

But you’ve been wondering that for a while, haven’t you?” He sits back down opposite me. “Neah has a surprisingly good level of control over her Lycan.

“Never?”

“Not once.”

bad thing. But if you linked it to how much he hated Lycans and Rogues, it wasn’t a good sign.

I help her deal with her Lycan if Nyx is causing

shouldn’t be here. She is constantly fighting with her Lycan. Bound four times

at me. “Maybe binding

binding her.” How fucking dare he think that’s

are not listening to me Dane. You asked me what was holding her together.” He drums his hand on the table, working through things in his mind. “Humans are full of cracks. Little