The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0323



**** TRIGGER WARNING: MISCARRIAGE ****

Neah

"Everyone needs to stay fucking still!" Dane roars as I look over at Mallory.

Eric is desperately trying to stop her from bleeding as he slams his hands against her stomach. Damien cups her face, forcing her to look at him rather than down at Eric and talks to her, trying to keep her calm. From here, I can see her body trembling, blood already pooling around her. Dane grabs hold of my face and turns it to his. "You need to get them under control. You can't help Mallory otherwise."

'He's right. We have to do this.' Nyx mutters

'I'm not sure I'm ready.' I whisper back

'You've got this. Just like we practised.'

I take a deep breath, letting my lungs fill to capacity as I tune into my Alpha abilities. I only needed this lot to listen, not the others in the pack and definitely not Damien as he tries to help Mallory.

in on the connections to every Lycan in front of me. “Everyone, face

drops and Nyx is bouncing around in pure happiness that

fighting over, a gun. It hadn't been Abaraxas that shot Mallory, it had been the

ran rampant in their

it directly at the shooter's head. "She is pregnant,

won't survive that.'

let him kill whoever was a threat up

"Stop!"

his hazel eyes to me in confusion. "He is

Alpha, not a Wolf Alpha. And you are a dirty fucking Hunter. A disgrace to your own kind." The shooter sneers like he somehow thought I was

Lycan Alpha. But you didn't obey my order. And the one you shot was a Lycan. You won't get a chance to try that again." The shooter slowly turns to face me. His piercing

unlike the other times, it

a chance to finish his sentence as my

lets out a breathy gasp. Shock and surprise linger on his

.ne

barely a whisper as my claws sink deeper, slicing holes into his lungs. A gargled sound rises up through his throat as he no longer gets the oxygen he needs. Blood appears in the corner of his mouth, slowly making its way

me as I watch the life drain from

Mallory. It doesn't mean anything else and you know it's the right thing to do. There would be too many put in danger if you allowed him to live. And we need them