The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0378



Dane

"Stay here." I tell Neah, pulling on a shirt

"Who is it?" She asks, already climbing out of bed and heading to the closet.

"It doesn't matter. You need to stay here."

She carries on pulling on underwear as though I hadn't said anything. "I was right." She murmurs. "My gut feeling was right." She shimmy's herself into a pair of jeans. "Is it Cooper?"

"No."

"Who? Maddie. Did something happen? Has she said something?"

"It's not Maddie. Please will you just stay here until I know more."

"Our children are not even in the house."

"Athena and Sebastian won't let anything happen to them." I reassure her.

"Do they need to be kept safe? What's happened? You are not answering my question Dane!" She plants her hands on her hips and stares at me. She was trying to read my mind.

I shake my head because I knew what her reaction would be when she found out who was at the gate.

"It's Blair."

She stops what she's doing to stare at me.

'Three, two....' Aero starts counting down, preparing for Neah to snap. Instead, she sinks into the large chair, her soft blue eyes hovering on me. "Why is she here?"

"I don't know, but will you please stay here? Just until I know what she wants. Besides, you are supposed to be staying in the house."

She doesn't answer me.

"Neah?"

her cheeks,

before leaving. Whether she would actually stay put was another

Damien is staring at Blair while Ryken is asking her questions. The blonde with her was sitting

was expecting Neah." Blair

have me." I snap. "Why

tries to come up with a response. She tugs her sweatshirt tighter as though

"Well?"

know." She looked genuinely unsure. "I could have left. I wanted to leave. I

his eyes. I'm guessing he has heard a similar

come here or maybe it wasn't

"Why?"

out. I'm probably going to die here. I deserve it." She puffs

that for years. You go and lose your Lycan and suddenly

on someone." As much as I despised Blair, no one deserved to lose their beast. Death, yes,

me understand a lot." She returns her gaze to Ryken. "I made some

"Mistakes?"

made some big fucking cock ups. Is that what you want to hear? I learned to survive and thrive from it. I made money. Got myself a home.

I'm not sure if he was trying the tough love act as a father figure, but I knew he

and also slowly sent my brother

her gaze

He didn't survive it." Damien

me. "I did like him. I fell for him and let him mark me and then...." She shakes her head and her hood falls down, revealing her short hair. She quickly hikes the hood back up and pulls it down around her face. "I'm sorry. I dragged him into my mess, preyed on his need to

welcome you with open arms? Let you stay in the

Because your Hunter will know the moment he sees me if I am lying, that's if he doesn't kill me first, I screwed with his life too." She frowns and takes a deep breath. "My name is Blair Everwood. I was never a Kitson, nor will I ever be one. I am not a Lycan anymore, nor am I or will I ever be a female

focuses on me." But I am

tilted head "You, the one who slaughtered Salem. The one

nods. "We have all killed people, but I am scared, because I think I'm about to become responsible

lying and someone was waiting, or maybe she was telling the truth. "Bind them

her in the dungeon," I point at Samara,

as she is