The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0549

Dane

"Neah," I sigh, knowing she wasn't going to like my answer.

"He can help. He knows where to find information. He might have already leamed something. It's what he is good at."

"I know but I haven't heard from him for over a week."

"Well donel' Aero snaps in annoyance

Neah's lips part as she gazes at me. There is a brief flicker of hurt in her eyes and in that moment, I felt as though my soul was being crushed. Of all the things she had learned lately. this was the thing that had hurt her. She wasn't even upset when she found out I was a twin or that I had kept the information from her.

I didn't like that I had hurt her. I didn't like the way she was looking at me. It hurt deeply, right down to the core. My chest is tight and there is a strange tug at my heart that I couldn't explain. It's not a nice feeling and something I never wanted to feel again.

She glances over her shoulder at Eric's home. Her blue eyes return to me. She shakes her head and strides past me without muttering a word.

"Do you want me to go after her?" Damien asks.

"No, I know exactly where she is going." She doesn't even look back as she continues to stomp across the grounds in the direction of Athena's home. "I'm just going to give her a few minutes."

"I told you that you should have told her."

her. She is supposed to be taking it easy." I

know what's going on.

know!" I snap in irritation. "Just keep

home?"

"Yes, asleep."

taking

"You two really

one with the problem." He tuts as he moves to the house and pokes his head in through the door,

outside of Athena and Sebastian's house. A hand

I let her have her conversation with Nyx until

have." I

be resting." A small crease forms on

hand in mine. "It's a shit excuse,

don't have to treat me like I'm going to drop dead at any second. I'm not going to run off, or try to do something stupid. Klaus is family." She turns her face in my direction.

secrets. "I

She asks

I think the freedom of being able to do what he wants has given him a chance to be himself. A chance to figure things out, but he can't

"But..."

confirm. "And he did tell us that he will

out ourselves?" She frowns and her hand pauses

with the help of one or