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.

with fresh blood. 'He's trying to lure us a certain way.' 'Trying

Wolves standing over a dead female. One that had already shifted back to Human form. A sharpened

one of

heads to roll her over onto her stomach. Written on her back in Cooper's blood

'Two?' Neah asks

taking each one of us out." I tell the Wolves and Neah. He's marking

bad idea, any individual could

before I'm linked by another to say they had found a dead Wolf, this time with

casualties, but three people this early in the hunt, is concerning. He was marking his

directions, trying to confuse whoever came across them, but the smell of his blood is strong here.

out into the

I can smell your blood." I speak to the forest. "You try to deceive us but it is becoming more obvious

Cooper. When it is your turn, the pack will make you pay for the lives you took. I'm thinking we start at your feet. Maybe a couple of toes and

movement, but it's just the Wolves and Lycans showing me their positioning.

you can't outrun this." I wondered if he realised there were people placed all along the edge of my border. He could run the length of the forest,

Damien links me and Cooper falls from the trees, landing flat on his back with a heavy groan. He's inches from me and there are already healing bruises on his chest. It

on a branch. He casually puts a hand