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

all this time, you still can't 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 neither of us

"Just

Mallory home?"

"Yes, asleep."

will be taking Silas

at him. "You two really need to sort it

house and pokes his head in through the door, calling for Silas. I watch as Damien leads Silas in

of Athena and Sebastian's house. A hand circles her bump

have her conversation

should have."

didn't because I'm supposed to be resting." A

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

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. "No

secrets.

She asks

him a chance to be himself. A chance to figure things out, but he

"But..."

would contact us if he is in trouble." I confirm. "And he did tell us

we just figure it out ourselves?" She frowns and her hand pauses on her bump as a small

help of one