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."

at the waves on the beach I had

tells me that it makes her think she's looking at an older version of

even though I hadn't been here in years. I move from room to room, checking that everything was perfect and

here you could see the beach in the distance. The sea only just visible in the

a crisp packet catches my attention and I turn to find Neah raiding the

had planned, but if she needed it, then I was more than willing to wait. I had the rest of

that lingered. It normally showed up when she was completely exhausted. Almost as if she spends the day working hard to block it out, though she could never make the triggers completely go

dining table and grab the room service menu. Handing

doesn't even look at it

me guess, the one

at me,

The first time she had it, I was certain she was doing it to just annoy me. But it turns

get a slice down her throat before the nausea

launches it across the room at me. Stepping out of the way, I move into the bathroom and fill the large bathtub. Maybe a good soak would help. "They won't let me eat. They won't let me

in mine, I pull her up and off