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.

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

howl's call for us. Winding through the trees, we find two Wolves standing over a dead female. One that had already shifted back to Human form. A sharpened branch sticking out of

of

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

'Two?' Neah asks

taking each one of us out."

individual could become Cooper's

and it wasn't long before I'm linked by another to say they had found a

knew there would likely be casualties, but three people this early in the hunt, is concerning. He was marking his kills and

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

and step out into the small clearing. "Cooper!" I call

the forest. "You try to deceive us

lives you took. I'm thinking we start at your feet. Maybe a couple of toes

see movement, but it's just the Wolves and Lycans showing me their positioning. They had all figured

placed all along the edge of my border. He could run the length of the

a heavy groan. He's inches from me and there

squatting on a branch. He