The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

P2- Chapter 0015

Damien

"How about a drink?" I mutter as I watch Brax's gaze drift to Ryken's place.

"Might as well," he tuts, "She's not going to speak to me for a while."

He follows me to my place and settles on the kitchen worktop.

"Dottie is changing," I mutter as I slide a glass towards Brax. "She's growing up. Where is she?"

"At a friend's house, she will be home soon." I sigh as I stare at him, "It's more than her growing up, Brax. I know you are a Hunter, and that is what is developing in her. Yet, she always surprises me. Dottie sees things differently from the rest of us; she feels things differently. And a lot happened while you were away."

He cocks a brow at me. "Has she talked about souls? Can she see them properly?"

"Not exactly," I shake my head. "It seems like it is more than that. She was the one who figured Silas had another mate that wasn't Thalia. She knew that his mind was clouded." I pause, weighing up whether I should mention the next bit. "And?"

"She heard you! Dottie knew you were trapped by some kind of fire, and she knew you were in the ocean. She said something about turning on a light."

"A light?"

"She said something similar to Silas. Is she talking about the darkness that lives within us?"

He frowns, which matches what Dottie said. "Our chances of survival were limited. I wasn't sure if she

her about the fire

He shakes his head

how did

"It's who she is."

into full-blown panic mode. I was called into the school to help while

drags a chair out from the table and slumps down. Drumming his fingers

expecting this,

what

talking about being in White Cliffs. But it was bound to happen at some point. Being around all thèse Lycans probably triggered it. Just like it triggered me

do with her mother? You said Dottie's mother was a Hunter like you, but you never talk about her. Was she the same as you? A Rogue Hunter? Could she see souls like you, or was she more like Dottie? Or

"It's complicated."

And I guess you will not share that information with

it clear that he isn't sharing

know the name of your first mate, and Dottie has questions I can't answer. Answers that only you

had touched a nerve, or maybe a little more than

Lycan, and she isn't a standard Wolf. You are the only one here in this

don't act

me. "You don't