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?"

puffs out her

kiss Neah before leaving. Whether she would actually stay put was

blonde with her was

expecting

you have me." I snap. "Why

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

"Well?"

don't know." She looked genuinely unsure. "I could have left. I wanted to leave. I was ready to go. All I had to do was turn

roll his eyes. I'm guessing he has heard a similar

here or maybe it wasn't my

"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

and lose your Lycan and suddenly you have seen the light. Maybe we should have packed you off to this prick

As much as I despised Blair, no one deserved to lose their beast. Death, yes, but this

understand a lot." She returns her gaze to

"Mistakes?"

learned to survive and thrive from it. I made money. Got myself a home.

I'm not sure if he was trying the

tried hunting down my mate and also slowly sent

keeps her gaze off

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

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,

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

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

focuses on me."

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

because I think I'm about to

lying and

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

as she