The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0422



Blair

I lay on the small single bed that was now mine. It was a welcome relief to my spine after spending what seems like forever sleeping on a solid stone floor. Someone had even piled some blankets up at the end with a change of clothes. I'm assuming mum as it was already here when Ryken brought me here.

I could hear my brothers running around upstairs. Their footsteps pounding the floor. Mum yells at them to quieten down before they wake Braelyn.

It was odd, I never thought I would find comfort in the sounds of my family. I had always preferred silence until Cooper forced me into it. Now every silence was uncomfortable. Every silence means a punishment is on its way.

Closing my eyes, a smile appears on my face. I was still alive. Still breathing. Maybe I could find a way to keep it that way. Maybe I just do everything that they ask me too and they will forget about punishing me.

I hear the handle on my door turn and my eyes shoot open. One of my brothers is standing on the stairs, staring at me. I'm not even sure which one. They both had blonde ringlets framing their eyes.

Kade. The one Ryken had mentioned when he came to the office. The one he was having a meeting about some time this

to my hair. His brown eyes are wide as he stares at me. His lips turn up at the corners. Proud

happens when you are naughty." I tell

door. His feet move quickly across the floor which is then followed by mutterings with

the stairs. Her hair had been scraped back in a bun, a few white hairs were making their presence known amongst the jet black. A deep green dress clung to her frame. For someone who has had four children, you wouldn't think so to look at her. Her body was in better condition than mine. Just the soft wrinkles

did you say to Kade?" She

mum. "He made a comment about me looking like a boy because of this." point to

"You can't say stuff like that

I know Ryken has gone to have a meeting about Kim with the Alpha. There is only one

.Org

knew that she knew

please just be careful what you say around the boys?

tasked with keeping an eye on me. What more trouble could you possibly