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.

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

"Mallory...." Klaus starts

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

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

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

knowing what he couldn't say. "It can't heal." Not only had I lost the pup. I

but I had to focus on something else. "Is Brax dead?" He was the fucker that

of Damient to

why I lost the pup. He fucking shot me and

it wasn't him!"

you talking about? He is the only one

to get it off of him,

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

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

Because of the damage, your body

"Oh."

I need

worse