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

Neah before leaving. Whether she would actually stay put was

the gate, Damien is staring at Blair while Ryken is asking her questions. The blonde with her was sitting on the ground, leaning against Blair's legs, half

was expecting Neah." Blair

you have me." I snap.

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

"Well?"

looked genuinely unsure. "I could have left. I wanted to leave. I was ready to go. All I had to do was turn

see Ryken roll his eyes. I'm guessing he has

come here or maybe it wasn't my

"Why?"

probably going to die here. I deserve it." She puffs out her cheeks just like Neah does when she is contemplating something. She screws

that for years. You go and lose your Lycan and

As much as I despised Blair, no

gestures to Samara who is snoring. "She helped me understand a

"Mistakes?"

big fucking cock ups. Is that what you want to hear? I learned to survive and thrive from it. I

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

also slowly sent my

on her heels as she keeps her

off something that hasn't been done before. He didn't survive

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 get revenge. You're right, I screwed him up, because that

you think I'm going to welcome you with open arms? Let you stay in the pack? I could give you a list as long as my arm

it. 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

me." But

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

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

over the possible hiding places, maybe she was lying and someone

tell Damien and Ryken. "Put her in the dungeon," I

squeaks as she is hauled