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.

dots. I had been shot in the stomach. The bandages that wrapped around me suggested that my wounds were extensive.

"Mallory...." Klaus starts

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

his face, there was something else he needed to tell

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

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,

wasn't fine, but I had to focus on something else. "Is Brax dead?" He was

Damient to have ripped

why I lost the pup. He

it wasn't him!" Eric

are you talking about? He is the only one

it. The guy was going to shoot Neah. Brax tried to get it off of him, but when it went off, it

feel sore and empty. How something so tiny could leave

Eric. "I will be okay here. I will just..." I look around the room. "I guess I

of the damage, your body has

"Oh."

something else I need to

worse could