The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

P2- Chapter 0005

Klaus

I drag Xavi from the water, thanking whoever was listening for our survival. I just hoped the rest would make it out alive.

Xavi's white fur clings to his lean body as he climbs up into the dry cove that doesn't seem to be affected by the waves. He shakes the water from his fur, spraying me with the salty droplets of the ocean before collapsing as he tries to catch his breath.

I watch the waves behind him. They were changing. Somehow slowing down and no longer acting as if they had a mind of their own.

"Magic?" I murmur, looking for the clouds that were usually left behind, but there was nothing.

The waves almost come to a standstill as a blood-curdling scream fills my ears.

"What the hell?"

I step back into the calm water, looking up at Indy as her body twists and turns in the air.

'What is she doing?' Xavi asks.

"Panicking."

I glance at the rocks slowly disappearing beneath the water rising around us. It was still and calm, almost like it was preparing to break Indy's fall.

"Is she doing this?" I ask Xavi as he swims towards me.

Xavi just stares as we tread water. 'I've never... I've only seen dark magic.'

Her back hits the water, sending up a huge spray. While the water bobs, I swim out to her and drag her into the shallows, pulling her floppy body from the water.

'Is she alive?' He asks as I check her airways.

seen something like this before. The

Brax and Orion swim towards

ask while Brax

her!" There is so much hatred

ask in confusion. She

Brax spits. "Indy somehow calmed the waves, and Amelia lost her shit. Pushed Indy over and

but we couldn't stay here forever. The moment the sea returns to

earth and water?"

don't fucking know!" Brax

we do? Amy is trapped.

supposed to take us to the bedroom," Brax growls as he brushes Indy's sodden hair back

when he shook his head. "Her soul is..."

fascinated with her soul. but had never understood how she wasn't

above us. "Hers is cracked and full of holes, held together by the faintest strands. She is not the person she once was, whoever that was. She shouldn't

think Thalia is

bitch and her men walked away after she realised she couldn't hurt you.

couldn't have told us this before?" I ask,

much of a soul left to read. I can't have

be helped. That her death is inevitable.' Xavi mutters

really believe that? She has Kitson

has always wanted and needed. A family that loves her and honestly, I'm looking forward to meeting her. But Amy hasn't had that in we don't know how long, and this is the first time

think we should leave her behind?" I mutter

back inside that place?" Brax tuts, his tone returning to its usual sarcastic

was a prisoner, and she didn't deserve to die at the hands

Xavi reminds me,

behind. Hopefully, she

turns watching the sea, sleeping, or keeping an eye on Indy. Everyone was exhausted, and this cove seemed like a

as she