The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0325



Damien

I listen to them talk. Neah tries to keep herself calm as Eric tells her that Klaus has already restarted Mallory's heart twice.

Twice.

It wasn't a good sign.

We could heal to a certain extent, but if the heart decides to give up. It is rare anyone can come back from that.

Raven should be helping. She is the pack's main doctor. Not Klaus and not the others that she had trained. I had seen her work. She was precise, never missed a step, but she had point blank refused to come when I had linked her and now she is ignoring me.

I rise to my feet and Neah's blue eyes flash in my direction.

"Please tell me what happens as soon as you hear it." I almost choke on my own words. Mallory is my best friend, we had been through a lot together. I couldn't lose her because some fucking prick shot her by accident.

Neah nods at me.

I come to a stop outside the hospital. Trying to decide if I wanted to speak to Dane about his sister, or speak to my mate directly. She should be helping. I had to find a way to make her help.

Making my way across the grounds, I pause outside the packhouse, preparing myself for the argument that is already brewing.

Pulling open the door, Dorothy come's hurtling towards me from the stairs. Fear written all over her chubby little face as she throws herself into my

arms.

"Hey, hey. What's wrong?"

something bad in the house

"What do you mean?"

"It's dark upstairs."

look up the stairs where sunlight is flooding in through the large

are filled with

"Who is upstairs, Dottie?"

quickly drop. She squeezes herself against my chest and whispers, "Raven." "Anyone

her head and shudders. “Daddy,

feel anything

I was trying to keep her calm, but whether she believed it or

She nods her

from a bad dream. But the silent treatment from Raven and the lack of interest in helping Mallory had

he looks surprised to see

today." The comment makes Dottie laugh and for a moment her

chance you can

face. "No problem, she will be perfectly fine here and I do believe the twins are due to wake up. Why don't you come in,

in without a second thought to

bad is

critical condition. Eric and Neah are waiting with

lose anything else." He sighs, "But that's

sure Dorothy was out of

glances down out

Raven when she was here yesterday. She was half asleep so it didn't

more fear in her than what I saw when I rescued her from

here the night." Sebastian replies, "Besides, Athena and I love having kids

tell him that there

know if I need her

Normally, I would quite happily handle this myself. Raven was my mate, but the fact that Dorothy had called her dark, has pushed me out of my comfort zone. Wolves didn't go dark. That was a