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.

deafening. It takes me seconds to connect the dots. I had been shot in the stomach. The bandages that wrapped around me suggested

"Mallory...." Klaus starts

my head towards Eric. "I'm sorry." I'm trying to hold it together but my chest is tight and my lungs burn with

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

had never seen him

only had I lost the pup. I had lost the ability to have

but I had to focus on something else. "Is Brax dead?" He

to have ripped Brax's

why I lost the pup. He fucking shot me and he

it wasn't him!" Eric stops

are you talking about? He is the only one

going to shoot Neah. Brax tried to get it off of him, but when it went off, it hit you.

that shot me was dead. But I don't, I just feel sore and empty. How something so tiny

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

two nights ago. Because of the damage,

"Oh."

something else I need

much worse could it