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?"

out her

jacket and kiss Neah before leaving.

gate, Damien is staring at Blair while Ryken is asking her questions. The blonde with

expecting Neah."

you have me." I

eyes dance between us as she tries to come up with a response. She tugs her

"Well?"

"I could have left. I wanted to leave. I was ready to go. All

I'm guessing he

to come here or maybe it wasn't

"Why?"

me if I said I'm still trying to figure that out. I'm probably going to die here. I deserve it." She puffs out her cheeks just like Neah does when she is contemplating something. She screws her face up. "I

go and lose your Lycan and suddenly you have seen the light. Maybe

as I despised Blair, no one deserved to lose their beast. Death, yes,

who is snoring. "She helped me understand a lot." She returns her

"Mistakes?"

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

was trying the tough love act as a father figure,

hunting down my mate and also slowly sent my

he is dead?" She asks, rocking on her heels as she keeps her gaze off of mine. "I didn't feel it,

that hasn't been done before. He didn't survive it." Damien growls. "But you, you made him into

"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

you with open arms? Let you stay in

head. "I told you because can't hide 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 takes a deep breath. "My name is Blair Everwood.

focuses on me." But

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

am scared, because I think I'm about to become responsible

maybe she was lying and someone

her in the dungeon," I point at Samara, "And bring Blair

she is hauled