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.

me seconds to connect the dots. 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,

"Mallory...." Klaus starts

already know. I was just...." I turn my head towards Eric. "I'm sorry." I'm trying to hold it together but my chest is tight and my lungs

face, there was something else he needed to

it...." I had never seen him lost for words. The news

Not only had I lost the pup. I

to focus on something else. "Is Brax

Eric replies calmly. I was expecting him of Damient to have ripped

not? He is why I'm here. He is why I lost the pup. He

it wasn't him!" Eric stops

He is the only one with

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

will be okay here. I will just..." I look around the

nights ago. Because of the

"Oh."

is something else I need

worse could it