The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0561

Silas

Orion lifts the little wooden door from above my head. Daylight almost blinds me after being sat in the darkness for several hours, listening to the sounds of the crashing river echoing through the tunnel. He reaches in a hand and pulls me out with ease. Casting a glance around the room, I see that we are in someone's lounge.

As the wooden hatch shuts, Indy quickly flattens a worn rug back over it. "Sorry" she mutters. "I didn't think I would be so long. This is my home. You should be safe here."

I stare at her. "If I didn't believe what I had seen, I would have thought you were setting me up."

"I'm sorry. Thalia's guards were on the move. The problem with you is that your scent is quite strong, but luckily for you," She gestures to the floor, "It's blocked down there. I went to the healer a few days ago and stole something that hides it and now we need to hide yours while you are out and about."

She pulls a necklace out from under her sweatshirt. A small key dangles from the thin leather. She tugs it over her head as Orion removes a few books from a bookshelf. The books conceal a keyhole. Indy slots the key in easily, opening up a small trapdoor. Inside were a few vials with different coloured liquids.

"I thought that side of you was weak." I watch her soul, ready for a lie

these are all stolen." She mutters as she checks each one, "You never know when you might need something."

she had lasted this long with being so truthful. If you are in a pack where someone is trying to gain all the power, you weed out the problems first. Maybe she had been overlooked because her

and finds one with a blue liquid. "This hides your scent." She holds it up between her thumb and forefinger. "You should be able to move around without a problem.

it is

That's the thing, they are pretty much

were questionable but to

it is. They all have this image in their heads. I'm guessing maybe an image from the past. Like you, you said there are white roofs on the castle. They never used to be white. They used to be gold, catching the sunlight. People loved them and that is probably what they still see.

Orion elbows her.

her brow. "The others out that door, don't even see the dead. They see what they are told to see. Acting like their precious life is perfect when it couldn't be any

*The dead?"

She nods her head.

me everything if you want me to help you get back to Silas." *The ones Serkan fed on. Serkan is