The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0477

Cooper's lips almost become non-existent as he presses them together. I'm sure that if he wasn't blindfolded, I would be able to see the fury in his eyes.

We drag him forward and he starts calling for Eris. She glances over her shoulder at him, but then her eyes shift to me before she catches up to Neah.

"Eris, I saved you!" Cooper called out

The words stop her in her tracks. But this time, she doesn't look back.

"You took away her abilities." Klaus growls at him.

*Two birds, one stone. She was on the run and she needed to be punished. I punished her and they couldn't find her. I saved her. I save them all."

"Is that what you think you are doing, saving them?" Klaus demands. "Taking away their abilities is not saving them."

Cooper doesn't answer. And I glance up to Eris who has shoved her hands in her pockets and dropped her head forward as she followed the others. Was it an agreement? Klaus had said she had been Cooper's prisoner, but what if it hadn't started that way?

"No more." I mutter to Klaus. We quicken our pace, lifting Cooper so his feet can't touch the floor. He tries desperately to get us to talk, making threats, asking questions, but mostly pleading with Klaus to help him. The realisation that it wasn't working was soon becoming reality.

The women disappear around the corner that leads up to Black Shadow's gates. By the time we get there, the gates are wide open and I could already see a huge number of shifted Wolves and Lycans waiting with Neah and Dane standing at the front ready to hunt.

"What's happening?" Cooper demands as we come to a stop. Klaus and I lower him until his feet are firmly on the ground. He struggles against us and Neah nods at me.

his shoulders, I release the belt locking his wrists together. He frantically pulls off the

the waiting creatures. He starts muttering something beneath his breath. I slam my fist into his jaw for a

as he holds

are dark. "So let's play a game." *You will have five seconds." Dane

*For what?" Cooper demands

head start. I will start counting the moment you enter the forest and then, well, I will let you figure out the rest." Cooper snorts. "You can't find me if you can't scent

up behind him and slices a blade down the length of his back. He takes a piece of fabric and rubs it over

"Bastard." Cooper growls

takes the bloodied cloth to the crowd and passes

scent of blood." Dane mutters. "I wouldn't bother trying to wash it off either. It

to Klaus. "He can't be

should have stayed dead. This is going to be painful and this time, there is no

you are ready."

scans the crowd, settling on his sister. "Sam. Don't let

doesn't answer and moves to stand

mutter. "You have it right up until you don't and when you take it for granted, that's when you lose it, and

He glares at me.

back. If by some miracle, someone here doesn't kill you. Those prisoners of yours

me and looks

*Run." She growls

the open gate. Ryken and a few others including Blair block his way. His choice was the