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

Neah before leaving. Whether she would actually stay

asking her questions. The blonde with her was sitting

expecting

have me." I snap.

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

"Well?"

genuinely unsure. "I could have left. I wanted to leave. I was ready

I'm guessing he has heard

I decided to come here or maybe it

"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 think Neah was

scoffs. "Your mother and I told you that for years. You go and lose your

this on someone." As much as I despised

who is snoring. "She helped me understand a lot." She returns her gaze to Ryken. "I

"Mistakes?"

from it.

takes 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

hunting down my mate and also slowly sent my brother over the edge in

her heels as she keeps her gaze off of mine. "I didn't

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

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

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 for

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. I was never a Kitson, nor will I ever be one. I am not a Lycan anymore, nor am I or will I

focuses on me."

scared?" Damien asks with a tilted head "You, the one who slaughtered Salem. The one who killed a pregnant Lycan and then

because

the possible hiding places, maybe she was lying and someone was waiting, or maybe she was telling

and Ryken. "Put her in the dungeon," I point at Samara,

squeaks as she is