The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0590

Neah

"You still haven't said anything," Samara whispers as she eyeballs me.

"She's talking to Nyx," Damien tells her.

The longer Samara waits for me to talk, the more jittery she becomes. Shifting her weight from one foot to the other, slurping on her coffee or glancing over my shoulder at Damien.

"Dakota," I mutter. "She told you that you are my Beta."

*Yep. Look... I only know what she has told me. Honestly, it's not the end of the world to me, maybe her, but not me. I'm just grateful to be alive. You are still allowing me to settle in. Letting me live here. Just because she said it's true, I don't expect it to ever be something you acknowledge. You have Damien, and he is good at his job. And you have Eric." She gives him a big smile.

"That's why you are here, isn't it?" Damien asks. "Because of this Beta business."

"I'm trying to figure out some things," I sigh. I wasn't quite ready to discuss my entire thoughts.

"You are not planning on running off to help the others, are you?"

Dane, but no, I can't, and I won't. I've just had the girls. And I'm not Cooper. I can't just project myself into White Cliffs. Though that would be a useful

try and explain your thought process

grey eyes hover on me. "I don't have the answer. I only know what I am told by Dakota. She thinks our fates have always been tied. That even though we never grew up

on," Damien encourages

back to me. "And right now, I wish she would stop talking because it makes me sound like I'm trying to make a

but keeps

we are thinking.'

bond stronger than a mate bond?'

blood is

at me, waiting for me to respond. Instead, I leave

that gave me my first real taste of freedom. There had been so many deaths inside of it that maybe a new

bottom floor, and there are still as many massive windows as there were before, maybe even more.

Mallory mutters as she comes to a stop next

on the packhouse, taking in all the

it is code for you needing time to think. I was just going to link you, but figured you were deep in thought

get so angry when I kept things to myself. Now, I think it helps that he can get into my head and see what's on my mind

behaving myself.' Nyx

you that he does that?" Mallory