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."

taking it easy." I mutter, watching Neah disappear

see that she isn't like other women. She likes to know what's going on. She has her own way of dealing with things that

irritation. "Just keep an eye on

Mallory home?" He

"Yes, asleep."

I will be taking Silas to my

"You two really need to sort it

he moves to the house and pokes his head in through the door, calling for Silas. I watch as Damien leads Silas in the direction of his

A hand circles her bump as her eyes flicker between blue

her conversation with

should have."

because I'm supposed to be resting." A small crease forms

nod, taking her hand in mine. "It's a shit excuse, I

drop dead at any second. I'm not going to run off, or try to do something stupid.

secrets.

danger?" She asks with a

believe so. 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..."

trouble." I confirm. "And he did tell us that he will come back when

we just figure it out ourselves?" She frowns and her hand pauses

of one or two