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.

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, I had

"Mallory...." Klaus starts

to hold it together but my chest is tight and

see it on his face, there was something else he needed to

squeezes my hand. "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 losing

like Raven's leg." I whisper, knowing what he couldn't say. "It can't heal." Not only had I lost the pup. I had lost the ability to have them. "Mal, I'm

had to focus

of Damient to have ripped Brax's

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

wasn't him!" Eric

you talking about? He is the only

Brax tried to get it off of him, but when

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

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

of the damage, your body

"Oh."

else I

worse