The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0478

Dane

The others race forward. It was standard. They hunt, I give them a chance to track the prey down before I join in. Neah's blue eyes flicker to me. She is more than ready to go.

'Let them have their fun. He will still die.' I link her

She nods as howls and growls erupt from the forest. Birds frantically fly up into the sky, desperate to escape the camage that is about to unfold.

Silently I count to ten, as Blair comes running to Neah. "Please let me go after him!"

*You have your abilities back. Can you shift without going Rogue?" Neah asks. Blair doesn't answer. "Then I suggest you stay here."

'It's time for us to go.' I link Neah.

As she runs next to me, she shifts. Her clothes fall to the ground in tatters as her body fills out. Each and every time, it amazed me. And the fact she could still do it while pregnant was something else.

She rips through the trees with ease. Her feet barely made a sound as she moved. She pauses a few times and regularly changes direction. I let her take the lead. She hadn't been a part of a hunt before, but I knew how much she was ready to rip Cooper apart and I was more than happy to watch her do it.

'He's trying to lure us a certain way.' 'Trying to survive.' I mutter back, pressing my nose to the

female. One that had already shifted back to Human form. A sharpened branch sticking out

one of mine.' Neah

heads to roll her over

'Two?' Neah asks

taking each one of us out."

I add. Splitting up was a bad idea, any individual could become Cooper's victim and they wouldn't necessarily

long before I'm linked by another to say they

likely be casualties, but three people this early in the hunt, is concerning. He was marking his kills and that pissed me off even more. And there could be more

to follow. They went off in different directions, trying to confuse whoever came across them, but the smell of his blood is strong

out into the small clearing. "Cooper!" I call out. As expected,

smell your blood." I speak to the forest. "You try to deceive us

for the lives you took. I'm thinking we

but it's just the Wolves and Lycans showing me their positioning. They had

placed all along the edge of my border. He could run the length of the forest, but he

landing flat on his back with a heavy groan. He's inches from me and there are already healing bruises

Lycan form, squatting on a branch. He casually puts a hand up