“I’m not letting you go anywhere.”
She stares at me with her wide chestnut eyes, trying to understand me. I spot the matches nearby with a small aerosol can.
“You started the fire, didn’t you?” I ask as the flames move from one charcoaled tree to the next.
“No.” She mutters, but her answer comes out full of desperation and sadness. As if she was a child being scolded over spilt milk
“Your soul tells me differently. The evidence tells me differently”
She turns from me and starts crawling back towards the fire, dragging herself across the forest floor and ignoring every bit of pain she is feeling.
Pinning her to the ground, I straddle her hips as she lets out a sob.
“Why?” I demand. “Why would you do this to the person that took you in?”
“What do you mean?” Tears trickle over her soot smudged face.
“You’ve burned Mallory’s house down.”
“I didn’t….”
“I’ve seen it. You’ve taken away the home of a pregnant woman.”
“No.” She whimpers. “That wasn’t supposed to happen. It was supposed to be me.”
Her heart races and she squeezes her eyes tight. Her sorrow and her pain weighed heavily on her.
“It wasn’t supposed to get so big.” She pushes against me, but she’s weak and exhausted. The flesh on her arms is already healing. “You should have killed me when you shot Enzo. Please, just do it.” She struggles against me. “Or let me go. It will be easier for you.”
“So you can walk into the fire, never to be seen again? I don’t think so Madison. Not while I feel the fire licking at my skin like it is me that is walking through the flames.”
“I don’t.”
She rolls her eyes at me. “Have you accepted her?”
“Why the fuck would I do that?” She gives me that same knowing look. I turn the conversation to her. “What about you. What happened to you?”
“I don’t know what you are talking about.”
“Cut the crap, Neah.”
“You don’t want to talk about Maddie. I don’t want to talk about what you claim you can see. But what I can do is order Maddie to tell me what happened in the forest. Actually, I think that is a good idea. I do need to test myself a bit more.” She smiles at me and her brilliant blue eyes widen with excitement.
“Is Nyx in control?”
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Alpha’s Contract (Taylor West)
I am clearly coming late to this book …me definitely one of the more well written ones. I feel like Im reading a series though … like I just finished reading two books and now we are off onto another storyline. Getting used to “splutter” instead of “sputter” as a word, and still trying to work out the “Lycan” logic as Blairs explanation doesn’t really make sense given the initial explanation of how Lycans came to be … I do wish these were in physical form. I do love to flip back and forth on pages to reread previous chapters. So much arder on these apps....
I love this book. I wish there were more chapters. I read this all in a week. I know life outside of writing is more important. I will just sit and wait for more to be released. I will support you always Taylor. Thank you for sharing your talents....
Ooh and thanks to the website techs ☺️...
Whether it's pirated or not doesn't really concern me,, when are we getting the final chapters 🥹...
EclecticCelt sounds like your got massive issues because you can't understand something straightforward...
The last this book was updated was December 2024 not 3 years like someone else claimed. It can't be 3 years when the author started the story in Jan 2024. Now the story can be found on Inkitt...
I have a question. I understand this book is pirated with left out parts or adjusted. Is this version here ever going to be finished. I just want to know what happens....
I recently learned that this story is pirated. To read it legally, go to inkitt.com or the Inkitt app and search for Taylor West. FYI, the Facebook group is highly cliquish, so be warned....
This is stolen and as such, a lot of my story is being left out/adjusted. The true version is on Inkitt...
OMG! This is stolen and the person who has uploaded it doesn't have the authors permission! It's disgusting tou can steal someone's hard earned work! Please come find the true author on FB Taylor west pack and this one will never be finished....