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

my jacket and kiss Neah before leaving.

The blonde with her was sitting on the ground, leaning against Blair's legs, half asleep,

was expecting

me." I snap. "Why are you

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

"Well?"

to leave. I was ready to go. All I had to do was

his eyes. I'm guessing he has heard a

decided to come here or maybe

"Why?"

it." She puffs out her cheeks just like Neah does when she is contemplating something. She screws her face up. "I think

go and lose your Lycan and suddenly you have seen

is no need to wish this on someone." As much as I despised Blair, no one

snoring. "She helped me understand a

"Mistakes?"

and thrive from it. I made

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

tried hunting down my mate and also slowly

her heels as she keeps her gaze off of mine. "I didn't feel it, but

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

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

this?" I demand. "Do you think I'm going to welcome you with open arms? Let you stay in the pack? I

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

focuses on me." But I

who slaughtered Salem. The one who

but I am scared, because I think

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

dungeon," I point at

squeaks as she