The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 616

Dane

"She is babbling a lot of shit," I tell her. "Eric only managed to get a little information; the rest makes little to no sense."

"What does that mean?" Neah frowns.

"It means she isn't giving us what we need. Eric says he has never seen Tallen like this before. Confused, disorientated. She can't even tell him what happened here."

'Bullshit!' Aero growls.

We won't know more until we can talk to her, but we can't leave the girls unattended.

"Is this definitely Thalia?" Neah asks me again.

"Possibly."

"But how? Tallen is here, in the pack. Thalia is far away. How can that be possible?"

don't know that Thalia is far away,' Aero mumbles. 'And

arms tightly across her chest and almost hugging herself. "She's been a part of Evrin and Logan's lives when we had things going on. She worked in the old pack house and this one. She helps Mallory and Eric out with Luca. Tallen helps at the school

hear the disbelief

runs her thumbs across the tips of her fingers, a sign that the claws are ready and waiting to come out. She's never hurt the boys, ever. But the girl's..." Her eyes settle on the sleeping twins on my chest. "They

you can handle the girls and keep an eye on the boys while they sleep?" As much as the girls needed me, my mate did

you mind if I ask Samara to come

watching him cradle tiny beings, even though I have seen him cradle the boys when they were young, though it will

grab Neah's elbow and tug her from the room. She hadn't touched the girls since we found them trying to attack Tallen, but it wasn't because she feared

present; I could feel it, but I also remember how Neah felt when she first discovered she was a

she has created

as I pull the

to deal with what you are feeling. I get it. I've watched you deal

her arms sliding around my waist as she

I saw what you saw, but we always expected the girls to be different," I remind her. "And if they weren't, this scenario

she glances at the closed door. "They are younger

our pups?' Aero