The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0460

They circle the house, taking it in turns. I couldn't stand it any longer. Slipping out of bed, I silently grab the rifle that I stored in my wardrobe and creep up towards the window.

Aiming at one, I don't fire immediately. I watch as they talk to each other in hushed, gravelly voices. They spoke in code too and just like that, they leave. Disappearing behind the empty house opposite mine. Unusual behaviour for Rogues, they didn't usually care about a locked door or window.

I watch until the sun rises, but they don't come back.

"What are you doing?" Madison asks with a yawn.

*There were Rogues here last night." I'm not going to lie to her.

"You didn't wake me?"

"They didn't do anything. It was more like they were looking for someone."

"That's not normal, is it?"

"No."

"Were they looking for you?" she asks

"I'm not sure."

glance over the rest of the room. Almost like she expected to see Cooper here. She shivers and quickly gets dressed. "Can

*Sure.*

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mistake, but without her. I never would have

place my hand on her

"You don't know that."

I know that

me safe from that? How do I know that this

her. "If you think this is a dream, point

lifts the gun. I don't slow the car. I don't stop either. If she really believed it was a dream, then I was

road to look at her. She can barely keep the

*Yes you do."

she continues to point it at me. A little gasp escapes her parted lips. "He

her a wink and she drops the gun into her lap. "Besides, you would need to take the

something to you. What else could he have done? Did he make me do that

her. But I understood why she was so reluctant to want to do

has a

then lean forward, "Is that Blair's brother?"