The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0371



"You said the nurse was upstairs." Damien presses, "Checking on your mate."

"Sienna is upstairs, she is Kira's best friend. She is seeing if she can find any clues as to where Kira might have gone. Sienna was here with him when I was working on the gate." He nods at the pup in his arms.

"So you lied about her labour in the hopes that what?" I demand. "I wouldn't notice when your mate doesn't appear."

"I don't know. I didn't think that far ahead. I'm going to look for her."

"Tracking her down? That's not going to be ideal with a pup in tow. In fact it's fucking stupid." Damien shakes his head

"Um," Mako's brow knits together and creases appear across the top of his nose.

"You haven't thought about that either?" Damien asks

"I could manage. I could look after him while looking for Kira."

"No you couldn't, though it was a good thing to bring him here. He's going to need it when he is older." Damien tells him.

"Are you saying what I think you are saying?" I ask. Though I'm annoyed that he hadn't mentioned it before.

'Well Brax could have warned us.' Aero sneers.

could Damien!'

pup

dropping a grenade. Damien flings himself forward, catching the pup before

move upstairs and Sienna appears, leaning over the bannister. She freezes. She would have already known we were in the house so why was she

straightens up, the newborn cradled against his chest as he glares at

HERE! I growl

with her pink hair as she slowly moves down the steps. I point to the spot next to Mako. She side steps around us, her heart racing as I throw the scrunched up paper down at their feet. "Which one of

at each other. "Kira"

"Bullshit."

"It's Kira's!" Mako mutters

back as I squat in front of Mako and grip his face. My nails create crescent moons in his skin. "Kira has

Sienna squeaks, keeping

elbow her. "Shut

check upstairs." I tell Damien, straightening up. I watch the crescents on Mako's face heal like

back the tears, while Mako stares straight ahead. "How long did you

"It's not a game."

say that you have been playing a game for a while. You are

He clenches his jaw.

with something simple,

really did leave." Sienna blurts out. "She left a few

duty at the gate? What did you do, trick the other

his

did she go,