The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0396



Mallory

I am more than overwhelmed.

Neah keeps her eyes on me. I don't think she is waiting for an answer, instead I think she is watching to see how I process her words.

My mouth opens and closes several times as I struggle to form any words. I'm also pretty certain that if I had been holding anything but Luca, I would have dropped it.

Forgiveness was something I was never expecting. Never. She had made that very clear that day she finally heard me out.

I clear my throat, hoping that my brain will engage my mouth muscles. "You do?"

She bobs her head at me.

"Why now?" I could feel more tears creeping along my eyelids

"You are not who you were. I'm not who I was. We have both come a long way.” She shrugs her shoulders at me like it's no big deal. “The person you were back then, she only ever cared about herself.”" She smiles to herself. “I killed the man who shot you because it made me so angry that I thought I had lost you too."

I hadn't thought about it like that and she had never mentioned anything about it. Brax had told me that the guy was aiming for Neah and that was why I assumed she killed the guy. Not because he had hurt me.

idea what it means to hear you say that." I whisper, still trying to process the weird sense of relief that I'm feeling. I had no idea of the guilt I had been holding on

you again, I definitely didn't think we would be living

still alive, I don't think we would be as friendly as you and I

cared about you."

while, but then.....Anyway,

Luca jump, causing him to

expecting. In the moment he was probably excited and then reality set in. It will be harder to protect him now and some people

behind a

from most

doodling on a piece

of it the discarded food wrappers, she had been here for

stares at me with bright green eyes, waiting for

softly. "Why are you sitting

want my

lower Luca and myself until I'm sitting with my knees touching hers.

and her bottom lip sticks

happened at school?" It had to be

her head and the bottom lip comes

"Something made you angry?"

doesn't answer me and refuses to meet my

"Lot's of different things make people angry and do you