The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0290



Neah

Mallory guides a crying woman into the office. The red haired woman has her hands clutched to her chest, almost hyperventilating as a wide eyed Mallory ushers her into a chair.

"He can't hurt you now." Mallory tells her.

The bang made sense now. Abraxas had killed someone else. Someone that he had deemed unworthy to even meet me. By the mark on this woman's neck, my guess is the person was her mate.

"I'm sorry." I mutter, knowing there would be no words to actually soothe the loss of her mate. She is most likely in agony.

“He's really dead?” She splutters through tears.

"Yes." Mallory offers her a smile

"Good!" The woman looked so relieved to here the confirmation. Now I was even more confused. "The bastard marked me when I received your link."

"You weren't his mate?" I ask as even more questions develop in my head

'It's a trap.' Nyx mutters.

'You think everything is a trap.' I snap back

"No." The redhead mumbles. "I was sold to him."

I was starting to see why Abraxas had shot him. “You were sold?"

her gaze, her long red hair falls down over her face

than

I received your link. I saw an opportunity. I told him I had to come. That you had sent

Mallory adds, explaining why

thing I could think of. But he marked me. Told me that he needed to keep tabs on me." She runs her fingers over the mark

just shift and

and she presses her lips into a thin line.

'Lies!' Nyx snaps

to feel like there was something seriously wrong with Nyx. She was so up and down. She made me question myself far too much. She constantly tried to make me see the bad in everything. Sometimes it seemed like

trying to link everyone. Something she was on board with at first

over.

at me and fidgets with the ends of her waist long hair. "I knew you are going to ask me and I don't know the answer." "Were

I was just their plaything.

et

of smell and hearing. Obviously you can link me. I have just never been able to shift. I can prove the

have been bound.'

have been sold multiple times.

at me. "They

"What do you mean?"

I just did

They bought her but didn't hurt her? Trey, Cassandra had found an excuse to hit me for

them?" Mallory breaks my thoughts.

crazy to you. But as long as I did that, they didn't

"Until Enzo?" Mallory asks

eyes drop to the

figured

to