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

before leaving. Whether she would actually stay

her questions. The blonde with her was sitting on the

expecting

I snap. "Why are

up with a response. She tugs her sweatshirt tighter as though

"Well?"

don't know." She looked genuinely unsure. "I could have left. I wanted to leave. I was ready

eyes. I'm guessing he has heard a similar

here or maybe it

"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 her

and lose your Lycan

need to wish this on someone." As much as I despised

helped me understand a lot." She

"Mistakes?"

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

takes a few steps away. I'm not sure if he was trying the

my mate and also slowly sent my

her heels as she keeps her gaze off of

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

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

think I'm going to welcome you with open arms? Let you stay in the pack? I could

his life too." She frowns and takes a deep breath. "My name is Blair Everwood. I was never a Kitson,

on me." But

Damien asks with a tilted head "You, the one who slaughtered Salem. The one who

I am scared, because

eyes flicker over the possible hiding places, maybe she was lying and someone was waiting, or maybe she

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

she