The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0416



"You went out?" I hadn't heard anything all night, in fact, I don't even remember falling asleep.

“Funny what a little sleep spell can do. Now get up, go shower. I hung some clean clothes on the back of the door for you." "What?"

He grabs my arms and pulls me to my feet. "Go shower."

"Why?"

"Can't have you looking like that over breakfast.”

“No, I mean why are you doing this?" I stare at him

"I'm trying to show you that I'm not the asshole you think I am."

I snort.

"They really have you believing that I'm some kind of monster, don't they?" He shakes his head. "I would never do that to you."

He reaches out for my face but I retreat. "Is that what you say to all of them? You butter them up, worm your way in and make them believe something that is entirely false? I don't fall for it like the others. You keep acting like you are doing all this for me. You're not, you are doing it for yourself, plain and simple."

it take for you to realise that this is

think you know the

eyes narrow, I had hit a nerve. He grabs my shoulders and spins me around, pushing me towards the kitchen. A small smile creeps across my lips. Maybe he was finally seeing that I was not someone he could

to a chair. "Sit!"

of a chain as he wraps it around my wrist. "Let's try this a different way." He grabs my head and forces it over. His callous fingers

"Get off of me."

to resist me if I mark

at the chains. "I am not your mate. You want to know what my birth name is? It does not start with a D." I lie. "It's Monroe,

my hair. "You

I'm not.” I had been prepared to go so far, but there was no chance I was letting him mark me. I would be tied to him until one of

chair is dragged across the

on mine.

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on the verge of losing his composure. "What is your name?"

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I state

"Liar."

idiot if you don't