The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0547

Neah

"Athena is happy to have the boys another night." Dane tells me as he takes off his shirt.

"I should be with them." I frown

"Another night is not going to hurt them." Dane replies as I start to get out of bed. "And you need to rest." He leans down and softly kisses me. Lifting my tee, he tugs at it and kisses my bump. "Now tell me, why are you wearing clothes to bed?"

"Just in case." No one wants to be caught out in the middle of the night while naked.

"You won't need them." He smiles at me

I tug the tee back over my bump, "It's hard to rest when I know that Serkan is somewhere nearby. He can't have just disappeared into thin air. Have you heard anything?" As much as I trusted Damien, I knew he would link Dane and not me if there was a problem. Especially while I was supposed to be resting.

'It's like they have forgotten that we have been pregnant before. Nyx murmurs in annoyance

I know. But I guess with everything that happened last time, everyone is just being extra cautious.'

She huffs, though I felt the exact same. Apart from being ridiculously tired all the time, I felt fine.

After years of being left to battle through life on my own, it was still hard to accept that there are people who care for me.

gets into bed with me, his hand plants itself on my lower back and he pulls me in closer,

to make sure you are safe." He whispers in the dark. "And before you tell me that you can protect yourself, I already know, but

just the aftermath. Only Dane had

know about the boys. If he

finds out about the boys, he will come after them." I mutter and see him frown.* Before that

empty when I wake. Letting me sleep in had become a new habit of his. Sometimes I liked it, other times

the dim light creeping in around the curtains, I could tell it was early. I

where the squeaky floorboards are as I tiptoe around them. I didn't want to wake Mallory or Eric this

way down the stairs, I almost miss the bottom step when I realise I could scent Silas. Peering around the comer, I see him sitting at the kitchen table, casually drinking coffee like he had

feeling the pressure of my claws against the

ago. If you are looking for Dane, he is outside talking to Damien."

brought me here on the agreement that I would

as one of the girls gives

would be the

would he do that?"

he follows his Alpha and

Damien." I speak through my clenched teeth as my bladder is booted again,

would she? I'm making her leader suddenly sound like a monster. Brax went because he said he isn't tied to

your mate."