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.

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

"Mallory...." Klaus starts

I was just...." I turn my head towards Eric. "I'm sorry." I'm trying to hold it

face, there was something else he

had never seen him

like Raven's leg." I whisper, knowing what he couldn't say. "It can't heal." Not only had I lost the

body was trembling. It wasn't fine, but I had to focus on something else.

to have ripped Brax's guts out for what he did

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

wasn't him!"

are you talking about? He is the

fighting him 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 guy." Klaus tells

better. The idiot that shot me was dead. But I don't, I just feel sore and empty. How something so tiny could leave you feeling so empty was something I didn't

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

run was two nights ago. Because of the damage, your

"Oh."

is something else I need

much worse could