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.

on the chain, giggling as she foams at the mouth, "A

all the laughter and songs are long gone. Instead of bright, caring eyes, I

teeth, praying

Tallen's body, but it was so easy to get into her mind,

Wolf!" I growl. "Not a

would seem our bloodlines are connected." She smiles at me, "Poor little thing. I bet the last thing she expected was me to

"I will kill you."

would be killing Tallen, Alpha Dane, not me, for I am far away, where you cannot reach me. Tell me, how is Silas?

"He knows the truth."

smugly as

"You are fucked up!"

Dane, that isn't very

are all the fucking same," I

was alright,' Aero

we, Alpha Dane? Or are we just fed up of living the same shit

doing this to get control? Really? You think people will

to understand."

into understanding? I know what you have done in

ocean. Three Hunters in one strategically planned move, rather brilliant, don't you think?" The white foam dribbles down her

know that they