The Alpha’s Contract

Chapter 0234

Neah

When the cribs were being moved, Dane received a link, telling him someone looking like me was at the gates to the pack.

Immediately, my body tenses, why the hell was she here? I also find myslef questioning it because she hadn't tried to sneak in this time

“Stay here with Raven and the boys.” Dane kisses me. “Damien, you're with me.”

“No.” I snap

Both men freeze.

“She’s obviously here to see me. That was why she came the first time, to tell me about my father.”

“Neah….”

“I can handle it.” I mutter. I knew the real meaning behind him keeping me away. He wanted me to stay calm. To keep the ever growing darkness from enveloping my heart. But Damien had been right about one thing. My sons helped keep the darkness at bay.

“I don’t….”

“I will go with her.” Damien interrupts him. “The boys should be with one of their parents. I swear, I won’t let anything happen to her.”

Dane had a love-hate relationship with Damien. While he appreciated that Damien would do anything for me. He hated how Damien didn’t always respect that he was the leader even now after he had accepted the Beta postion.

“If anything….” Dane starts

“Nothing will happen to her. I will let her kill me if it means keeping Neah alive.”

My eyes widened. “Don’t let Raven hear you say that!” She would be mortified that he was putting another woman first over his own life.

The men stare at each other. They couldn’t link each other but it was clear they were having some sort of silent argument.

One of the things I had come to learn from being in this pack; men are worse than women when it comes to arguing. Forever trying to assert their dominance. No one really did it to Dane apart from Damien.

“Damien!” I snap, “Are you coming?”

I quickly turn away before Dane’s crimson eyes lock with mine. I didn’t need to be reminded of the risk. My body had its own reminder every single second of the day.

‘What’s the plan?’ Nyx whispers as I make my way down the stairs. Damien’s huge frame is close behind me.

‘I don’t know.’ I mutter back to my Lycan. ‘But I need you to be quiet. I can’t have you interrupting me or letting me miss half the conversation because I’m distrtacted and talking to you!’

She falls into silence. We were finally turning a corner.

‘And no shifting.’ I add. I didn't need or want to add more fuel to the fire. Not just yet.

‘It wasn’t me last time.’ She scowls. ‘I told you it was all your doing.’

Damien stays quiet as he walks behind me. I don’t know why, but he felt more reassuring than Dane. Whether it was because he didn’t question me, or because he wants me to be the Alpha that I’m supposed to be, I don’t know. What I do know is I don’t feel as tense.

Blair is standing at the open gates. The guards watching her every move. She looks completely different to the last time I saw her. Instead of baggy clothes, she is in skin tight leather. A cropped leather jacket shows off her torso, while on her feet are the tallest heels I have ever seen. Painted red nails peeping out at the end.

“Like to take your time, don’t you?” She eyes the plain black leggings and sweatshirt that I’m wearing but doesn’t make a comment. Her brown eyes shift over to Damien. “You must be the other Lycan.”

“You know exactly who I am.” Damien keeps his voice level, not a hint of anger present and waves to the guards to move away. “I’m sure Jenson told you. How is he by the way?”

“You don’t need to concern yourself with him.”

A snort escapes Damien and it made me wonder what he really thought of Jenson. did he not say anything because he knows it will hurt Raven?

“Why are you here?” I ask, bringing her focus back to me

She unzips her jacket and pulls out a large tan envelope and flings it on the ground in front of me.

Damien steps around me to pick it up. “What’s this?”

“That is for my half sister.”

He sniffs it first, making Blair cackle. “It’s not poison. I just thought it would clarify a few things.”

Damien hands it to me. Inside is a picture of my father with a woman that isn’t my mother. Briefly, images of my parents and their blood coated bodies flicker before my eyes. Their screams of pain fills my ears. Like a burst of energy, I feel the darkness flood through me.