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!'

"That pup

lets go of the pup, like he was dropping a grenade. Damien flings himself forward,

appears, leaning over the bannister. She freezes. She would have already known we were in the house so why was she acting like she had just been

newborn cradled against his chest as he

I growl at

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

at each other. "Kira" They both speak in

"Bullshit."

"It's Kira's!" Mako mutters

create crescent moons in his skin. "Kira has done work for me. I would recognise her handwriting anywhere. So I will ask you again, who

Sienna squeaks, keeping

elbow

up. I watch the crescents on Mako's face heal like they

Mako and Sienna as Damien disappears from sight Sienna holds back the tears, while Mako stares straight ahead. "How long did you think you

"It's not a game."

that pup, I would say that you have been playing a game for a while. You are the one who

He clenches his jaw.

about we start with something simple, where

blurts out. "She left a few days

at the gate? What did you do, trick the other person into turning away so Kira

turns his head away,

did she go, Sienna?"