The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0346



Damien

"Daddy?" Dottie had dropped her spoon in her cereal bowl and was staring at me with wide bright green eyes and a stuck out bottom lip.

"You should finish your breakfast. You have a big day today."

She screws up her nose. "I can't eat."

"And why is that?"

"You're sad." She mutters with a tiny frown "And if I go to school, I can't keep an eye on you."

"Is that right?"

"Uh huh!"

"Well, I have a lot to do today so you don't need to worry about me. I'm taking the oath later to officially be part of Black Shadow. And it's important that you start school."

"Why?"

"Because you are a clever little girl. Besides, school is here in Black Shadow so I won't be far and you get to hang out with kids your own age.'

"If I'm clever, I don't need to go to school. Neah didn't and she is an Alpha!" She pouts at me and hugs herself

I sigh, Dottie had an answer for everything these days.

the kitchen with her boys toddling along next to her. It's not as fun learning to read and write when you are

her shoulders up around

had been making plans for this for about a week. A lot of the Lycans had brought young kids, pulling them from schools to be here. They were worried that their children would fall behind so Dane

turns to Neah, "Will you look

direction as

stop telling everyone I was sad. Raven was dead, that

my other Daddy will come with us and walk me to

to finish your breakfast. I know you Dottie. You will be hungry again in ten

gives me a guilty smile and starts shovelling cereal

building that had been turned into a school. She was more jittery

only one who

towards the school with

scared." Dottie whispers

hasn't been here that long. Remember, you were scared when you first came here. Maybe

"Exactly."

Confidently, she strides away from me, stopping

ne

She offers her

like she had some kind of

a daughter of a Hunter would be going to the

I snarl as I

you think it's wise? The room

are worried

mine. "It's okay Daddy, I

right to be here just as much as anyone else." I turn my eyes