The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0398



Dane

The pack house is quiet. No sound comes from Neah or the twins. Damien must have settled Dorothy because I don't hear them either.

Following Neahs lavender scent, I find her sitting in the attic, surrounded by all the twins' baby things. Her tired blue eyes flicker up to mine and she lets out a sigh but does not speak and continues to fold up clothes.

"I'm not upset." I move further into the light. "I just needed to put some arrangements in place to protect him. To protect them. If Evrin can shift then Logan probably isn't that far behind and I need to make sure no one thinks they can take advantage of them.”

"Okay."

She wasn't saying how she really felt and I didn't even have to read her mind to know that.

'She is angry.' Aero murmurs

'I can see that.'

I sit on one of the boxes and it dips from my weight. "I wasn't running away from it. That's not who I am."

"Okay."

the one word answers. I thought

and she stops folding. I watch her shoulders drop as another heavy

what I saw when I first shifted. A smile

comparing me to your

they still couldn't get rid of me, they bound me again. And you...you just handed him to me and left and all day, you have ignored us and made excuses

Aero whispers as though Neah could hear

her as her pain grows, but she pulls back, tears

"I didn't expect....."

but you don't see me running away

"I didn't run away."

gone all day." The tears stop and all I feel is

it's a great idea to tell the pack, but only want the pack to know when you are ready to tell them, I want to keep the boys safe, I don't

bad and Aero tells me I should feel

and I had done just that and I was still holding something back. But she was not in the rioght frame of mind for me

assume the twins are

her head up and down and wipes away another tear. I hated and loved seeing her like this. I hated it because was the reason for

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