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?"

red hair falls down over her face "It's not

sold more than once?" Mallory mutters in

nods her head. "When I received your link. I saw an opportunity. I told him

a Wolf." Mallory adds, explaining why the guy hadn't heard my

marked me. Told me that he needed to keep tabs on me." She

and kill him, Maddie?"

and she presses her lips into a thin line. "I can't

'Lies!' Nyx snaps

was so up and down. She made me question myself

when she started hating the idea of me trying to link everyone. Something she was on board with at first and suddenly changed

over.

at me and fidgets with the ends of her waist long hair. "I knew you are going to ask me and I

I was just their

et

I heal quickly, I'm fast. Uh, have a great sense of smell and hearing. Obviously you can link me. I have just never been able to shift. I can prove the other stuff if you like. Do you have a

has to have been bound.' Nyx

have been sold multiple times. Did any of them drug you?"

shakes her head at

"What do you mean?"

if I just did what they

following her at all. They bought her but didn't hurt her? Trey, Cassandra had found an excuse

my thoughts. She looked horrified

crazy to you. But as long

"Until Enzo?" Mallory asks

eyes drop

figured

to do to survive