The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0457

Dane

"What the fuck was that? Looking through Ryken's kitchen window, I see thick smoke seeping up into the sky. I almost knock Calihan over trying to get out of the door. Ryken sweeps him up just as Blair appears asking what the noise was. I don't answer her and disappear out the door in the direction of the explosion.

The packhouse was in bits. Half the building was crumbling as my pack worked quickly to put out the flames. The remainder of the roof barely hangs on as more bricks tumble down.

Then I see my mate, sitting on the grass, staring up at what was left of our home.

Dropping down by her side, she doesn't say a word.

*Were you inside?" I didn't know where she was planning on taking Kade. She shakes her head

Where is Kade?' Aero asks. I scan the grounds and don't see him.

*Neah, where is Kade?" I mutter as people continue to run around us

"He did this." She whispers.

"What are you talking about?"

*He blew up our home." She pats her wrist. "He was wearing something. Like a watch, but it had a button. Cooper got to him."

"Neah...."

blew up

look at the packhouse and head for Eric's home. Thankful that the twins

his way out when we arrive. "What the hell was

to

"Of course."

sofa and listened to her mind working overtime. She is so angry. The tips of her claws poke out of her finger tips. I didn't understand how a kid could have the ability to blow up a house that big. But her

out there?"

has

"What?"

up." I repeat Neah's words,

*Seriously?"

mates eyes slowly darken. Nyx

little shit?"

"I don't know."

"He ran off after we

darkness of

about Cooper and promises. The guy told Kade they could be free and

Dorothy a target of

of tears. "I got him to tell me. He said that Cooper told him when the time was right, to push the button. Because I didn't know what the watch was, I tried to stop him and he pressed it anyway. I should have ordered him to stop...

next to her, putting an arm around Neah's shoulders. "He is a kid,