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.

bouncing around in pure happiness that I was

I see what they are fighting over, a gun. It hadn't been Abaraxas that shot Mallory, it had been the dickhead he was fighting with and Abraxas had already managed to

Lycans. They were silent, including the kids while their hearts ran rampant in their chests. Not a

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

pup won't survive that.'

see Brax's finger twitching on the trigger. I had let him kill whoever was a threat up until this point. But he does

"Stop!"

his hazel eyes to me in confusion.

are a dirty fucking Hunter. A disgrace to your own kind." The shooter

won't get a chance to try that again." The shooter slowly turns to face me. His piercing green eyes stare

let the Hunter in?!" There is a darkness to my voice. But unlike the other times,

to finish his sentence

part and he lets out a breathy gasp. Shock and surprise linger on his face as his eyes

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words are 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

I watch the life drain from him which is quickly washed away and replaced with

this. He hurt 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 to know