The Alpha’s Contract

Chapter 0252

Neah

Since Damien and Dane had gone after Mallory, I had been pacing in front of the house, waiting for some news, any kind of news. Damien had been livid when I told him Mallory needed help.

Thankfully the twins were fast asleep when Dane appeared, dragging an unconscious Jenson across the ground. But other than that, they are alone which only ties my stomach up in more knots.

He is heading towards the dungeons.

Running to him, I ask what had happened.

“Mallory escaped, there wasn’t enough time for her to explain what happened. I had to get him away.” He gestures to Jenson. "The others stayed behind to see if she turned up."

“What did you do to him?”

“Nothing, he has been like this since we found Mallory dragging him into the forest. She crashed a car.”

I follow him into the dungeon, where he wastes no time in tossing Jenson into a cell. Jenson’s body rolls across the stone floor. Hitting the back wall with a thud. It reminded me of the time the same thing was done to Devon.

Dane turns to look at me, his crimson eyes lock on mine as he makes his way toward me. “You shouldn’t have let her go alone.”

“She already had. Yesterday. I didn’t know until this morning.”

“As soon as you found out, you should have told me, Neah. Maybe we could have planned for it. Handled it better than Mallory taking everything into her own hands.”

He’s annoyed and I find myself nodding, like a scolded child. There were still certain things that took me right back to my awful childhood.

“Is Blair alive?” I ask quietly as I watch Jenson.

“Yes from what I have heard. She turned up in Lycan form.”

His eyes glaze over, “And they are back.” Dane slams the cell door shut, locking it with a frown etched into his face.

Damien and Mallory are already in the house by the time we get back.

“That was a fucking stupid idea, Mallory!” Damien is snapping at her. “Of all the crap you have pulled over the years, you just walked straight into the lion's den, without back up!”

“I was just getting answers!” Mallory growls back. “And I’m alive. Are you not grateful for that?!”

“Thanks to Neah.” Damien is glaring at Mallory when we enter the office.

“Really? It was alright for you to go hunting your brother for a whole month with no word if you were okay? You couldn’t even get off your high horse to contact anyone. Double fucking standards!”

“This has nothing to do with me!” Damien snaps. “This is you trying to prove something. If you hadn’t been able to link Neah, you would be dead.”

“No I wouldn’t”

“And you know that for certain?”

Mallory rolls her eyes at him. “Yes I do! Stop treating me like a child, Damien. I’ve been doing this shit a lot longer than you have. Is it because I’m a woman? Is that it? You feel the need to save the fucking day.”

“You know that is not what I mean.” He shakes his head at her

“That’s enough!” Dane snaps over the both of them. “Can we just be grateful that everyone is alive. Mallory, what happened?”

Mallory tells us everything except how she escaped.

“Did he let you go?” Damien quizzes.

She shakes her head and puffs out her cheeks. “I had help.”

“Who?”

“My mate.”

We all look at each other, because as far as we were aware, she had no mate. She had no mark on her neck, so she hadn’t been claimed either.

“Your mate?” Damien presses.

She quietly nods at us, but keeps her eyes lowered. “He’s a Wolf.” She mutters .”But he isn’t ready to tell anyone. Because…well, because everyone in the pack hates me.”

“He’s from my pack?” Dane asks, glaring at Damien

She bobs her head again. “When I linked Neah, it turned out I linked him too, but he was closer by. He was the one who knocked out Jenson.”

“Who?” Damien snaps.

“I won’t give you a name, Damien. I respect his decision.”

“You would only be able to link him if he claimed you.” I mutter.

“I know.” She lifts her top, showing us a mark on her stomach. A really random place to have a mark. Had he marked her there to keep his identity a secret? Because none of us would have known if it wasn’t for her telling us.

“How long?” Damien growls.

“A couple of weeks.”

“You never said anything.” Damien was so irritated that Mallory had kept something from him. “And it still doesn’t excuse the shit you pulled tonight.”

“Okay, but can you just hear me out? When she was attempting to torture me, I kept pushing and pushing, She wouldn’t shift so I assumed that she couldn’t. I pushed and pushed, expecting it to happen. When I questioned Jenson for information, he spilled that Blair is afraid to shift.”