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.

connect the dots. I had been shot in the stomach. The bandages that wrapped around me suggested that my wounds were extensive. Which could only mean one thing,

"Mallory...." Klaus starts

know. I was just...." I turn my head towards Eric. "I'm sorry." I'm trying to hold it together but my chest is tight and my lungs burn with the need to

could see it on his face, there was

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

leg." I whisper, knowing what he couldn't say. "It can't heal." Not only

It wasn't fine, but I had to focus on

to

I'm here. He is why I lost the pup. He fucking shot me and

him!"

He is the only

over it. The guy was going to shoot Neah. Brax tried to get it off of him, but when it went off, it hit you. Neah killed the

But I don't, I just feel sore and empty. How something so tiny could leave you feeling so empty was something I

should go on the pack run." I mutter to Eric. "I will be okay here. I

two nights ago. Because of

"Oh."

else I need to

worse could