The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 617

"There are, but we are not close yet."

"If this were always her planned escape route, she would have killed herself and whoever she took," Neah murmurs

I didn't answer her because that thought had already crossed my mind.

It's not long before singing fills our ears-bad singing, like a cat being swung around in a sack. Neah drops my hand to cover her ears, wincing at the sound as we head toward the noise.

"Will you be quiet!" Eric yells at Tallen, but it just makes Tallen burst into a chorus of another song.

"Tallen!" Eric roars at her. The forest is quiet for a moment before Tallen starts singing the nursery rhyme "The Wheels on the Bus.' What was wrong with her? She hated nursery rhymes.

"Tallen, what the fuck!" Eric yells. "Stop it. Stop, you are hurting yourself!"

I drop Neah's hand and run to Eric. A chain is looped around Tallen's waist, tying her to the trunk of a tree, but her hands are free, and she is digging her nails into her face, splitting the flesh apart and laughing like a maniac at the blood.

"Tallen, stop!" I ordered, but she continued as though the order didn't affect her.

"I failed. I failed. I failed." She grins at me as she shreds her cheeks. "I failed. I failed. I failed. Now I die. Now I die. Now I die."

"Why were you going to take my pup?" I demand.

smiles and leans forward on the chain, giggling as she foams at the

suddenly pops her head up, and all the laughter and songs are long gone. Instead of bright, caring eyes, I see lilac

teeth, praying that

mine. "This is very much Tallen's body,

Wolf!" I

smiles at me, "Poor little

"I will kill you."

for I am far away, where you

"He knows the truth."

is uncertain." She smiles smugly as white foam appears at the comers of her

"You are fucked up!"

now, Alpha Dane, that isn't very

the

Curie was alright,'

are we just fed up of living the same shit lives over and over where Lycans

control? Really? You think people will

to understand." She glares at

are going to force them into understanding? I know

think? Your little crew almost ruined my plans, but alas, their bodies were lost to the ocean. Three Hunters in one strategically planned move, rather brilliant, don't you think?" The white foam dribbles down her chin as she

that