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The Alpha’s Contract (Taylor West) novel Chapter 239

Neah

Standing over the empty cribs in the nursery, I still wasn’t happy that the twins would be sleeping in here tonight. Though I knew it was in their best interests, it still hurt.

“I thought I would find you here.” Damiens deep voice echoes around me, making the room feel emptier than what it is. “You know I’m on duty tonight.”

I spin around to look at him with wide eyes. “You are?”

“Dane thought you would feel more comfortable if it were me. You know I won’t let anyone hurt them.”

“Thanks.” I mumble.

“Plus I can keep an eye on Dottie.”

“The nightmares are getting worse again, aren’t they?” I had heard her last night. Whimpers of desperation that she couldn't explain.

He nods his head and sighs.

“She’s young. She has a loving father.” He rolls his eyes at my words. Almost seven months on and he still wasn’t used to his new role. “She has the chance to grow up surrounded by people who adore her. It will become a distant memory.”

He leans against the door frame and folds his arms. “She’s got a chance that you never had.”

I smile sadly. She really was lucky that Damien had found her and not another asshole. Though he never did get a chance to find out if Salem had known she was in the bar.

“Were you looking for me?” I ask, remembering what he first said.

“I was.”

“Why?”

He furrows his brow, choosing his next words carefully. “Blair had a gun.”

“I didn’t see a gun.”

“Mallory said it was shoved down the back of her leather leggings. That’s why she jumped down from the tree when she did. She thought you were going to get shot.”

“She told you that?”

He dips his chin and waits for me to say something else. When I don’t say anything, he tells me that Mallory was just trying to help.

“Like the time she tried to help Cassandra?” The spite rolls off my tongue.

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