The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0344



Mallory

I got shot. I got fucking shot. The bastard shot me in the stomach.

My head is fuzzy, yet being shot is the only thing that is clear.

"She's waking up." I hear Eric and I hear the relief in his tone.

Warm fingers lock around my wrist and another set presses against my neck. "Pulse is strong."

I squint one eye and see Klaus smiling at me.

"I was shot." I mutter, opening my eyes fully. I'm met with silence. My fingers move to my stomach. Bandages cover my entire torso. I start to pick at them. I needed to know how bad it was. I was pregnant.

"Mal stop." Eric's hands grab mine, pulling them back as I let out a whimper

“But I'm pregnant!" It wasn't how I wanted to tell him. It was supposed to be a surprise. I wanted to tell him tonight, when everyone is on the pack run.

takes me seconds to connect the dots. I had been shot in the stomach. The bandages

"Mallory...." Klaus starts

I already know. I was just...." I turn my head towards Eric. "I'm sorry." I'm trying to hold it together but my chest is

there was something else he needed to tell

my hand. "The shot did too much damage, Mal. It, um... it...." I had never seen him lost for words. The news was worse

can't heal." Not only

I had to focus on something else. "Is Brax

him of Damient to have ripped Brax's guts out for

fucking not? He is why I'm here. He is why I lost the pup. He fucking

it wasn't him!"

talking about? He

Neah. Brax tried to get it off of him, but

should feel better. The idiot that shot me was dead. But I don't, I just feel sore and empty. How something so tiny could leave you feeling so empty was something

pack run." I mutter to Eric. "I will be okay here. I will just..." I look around the room. "I guess I will just

two nights ago. Because of the damage, your body has been slow to

"Oh."

else I need to

worse