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 cheeks, "I

grab my jacket and kiss Neah before leaving. Whether she would actually

blonde with her was sitting on

expecting Neah."

have me." I snap.

between us as she tries to come up with a response. She

"Well?"

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

his eyes. I'm guessing he has heard a

I decided to come here

"Why?"

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

scoffs. "Your mother and I told you that for years. You go and lose your Lycan and suddenly you have seen the light. Maybe we should have packed you off to this

As much as I

a lot." She

"Mistakes?"

I learned to survive and thrive from it. I made money. Got myself a home. I lived a life that I thought I loved. And now I

a few steps away. I'm not sure if he was trying the tough love act as a father figure, but I knew he wasn't

and also slowly sent my brother over the edge

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

before. He didn't survive it." Damien growls. "But you,

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

to welcome you with open arms? Let you stay in the pack? I could give you a list as long as my arm for everyone who wants you

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

focuses on me." But

slaughtered

because I think I'm about to

places, maybe she was lying and someone was

Ryken. "Put her in the dungeon," I point

she