The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0446

Neah

'It's just like Damien said. They are all dead. We killed them. They can't hurt you anymore." Nyx whispers as we follow Dane through the house.

We stop outside the office door. My heart hammers in my chest and Dane squeezes my hand as he leads me inside. "Not all memories are bad. I met you here."

My eyes flicker around the room, settling on the bloodstain on the carpet. It was where Kyle had fallen. In typical Cassandra style, it was never cleaned up. That would have been my job.

"Why did you lie?" I whisper

"Lie?"

"You told them that I put you in the office. You lied."

"I had a suspicion that they were hurting you. Trey proved my point when he went to hit you and then again when they tried putting you in the basement"

"It seems so long ago and yet...." I had spent ages in this office, scrubbing it from top to bottom with a toothbrush while Cassandra stood over me, barking orders or yelling at how I had missed a spot. There were so many times that I wished I had the courage to shove the toothbrush through her eye.

Well, you went a step further than that.' Nyx muses

I smile to myself and Dane presses his lips to my cheek.

hand and begins rummaging in the desk. I move to the bookcase. Several dozen large books lined the shelves. Books that

out the one closest to me. I run my fingers

he was now busy rummaging through a cabinet,

of dust is thrown up around me. Spluttering, Dane asks me if I'm okay. Nodding, I

in a language that I

like Latin.'

'Latin?'

can't be certain, can I? I've only been with you

pages, I stumble on to a family tree. Just like the one Klaus had done for me, only this one had more names and spread over several pages. Next to my mother's name is the name 'Amelia Kitson', with a birth and a death date. Stemming from her is another line that just reads 'Female, unknown. Was that

think I've found something." I

shit at keeping decent paperwork." He makes his way towards me and I offer

If Samara didn't know her mother. The family

knew something. Maybe Amelia told them the

sadly, it does mean Samara is right. You

a threat." I frown. "She carries Alpha genes. She could kill

"I don't think so."

"Why?"

you were to die. The role wouldn't be hers anyway. You have

can't stay in the dungeons forever. And Cooper might