The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0528

Chapter 0528

Chapter 0528

Dane

Her hand slips into mine as the elevator carries us to the top floor. I pull her into me, leaving a kiss on her forehead just as the elevator comes to a stop.

The doors slide back, leading us onto a long hallway that was just as I remembered. Light grey carpets stretched across the floor. Small paintings lined the walls between the room doors all in matching frames except for the one right outside our room.

Neah stops to look at it, as I swipe the room key. Her hand pulls out of mine and she points at the boy in the middle.

"Is this...you?"

*Yes. My mother painted it. It was our last trip together as a family before they were taken from us. Jenson is on the left and Raven is on the right of me."

painting showed the three of us looking out at

any questions, she only tells me that it makes her think she's looking at an

me, even though I hadn't been here in years. I move

were on the fifth floor. From here you could see the beach in the distance. The sea only just visible in the darkness. Over to the west, there are lights

packet catches my attention and I turn to find Neah raiding the mini fridge while already

she needed it, then I was more than willing to wait.

at me and gives me a slight nod. It was rare to see the fleeting fear these days, but there were still hints of her past that lingered. It normally showed up when she was completely exhausted. Almost as if she spends the day working hard to block

move to the dining table and grab the room service menu. Handing it to her, I smile. "What

even look at

the one with

at me,

certain she was doing it to just annoy me. But it turns out she actually loves it. How the hell could anyone eat

manages to get a slice down her throat before the nausea started. She was definitely

pineapple on pizza." I muse. She grabs a pillow and launches it across the room at

I pull