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

are long gone. Instead of bright, caring eyes, I see lilac ones full of hatred, just like Klaus described when he told me about

I growl through gritted teeth,

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

Wolf!" I growl.

at me, "Poor little thing. I bet the last thing she

"I will kill you."

far away, where you cannot reach me. Tell me,

"He knows the truth."

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

"You are fucked up!"

Dane, that

all the fucking same,"

was alright,' Aero

of living the same shit lives

think people will want to follow this?" I gesture to

understand." She glares at

into understanding? I

you 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

know that they were