Dane
“Shit, shit, shit!” Raven panics, frantically searching through the cupboards, pulling out small bottles and tubs, looking for something.
“Neah, breathe.” I beg. She was in agony. I could feel it. I could feel her slipping away.
She lets out a harrowing gasp. Spluttering blood all over me, just as more blood starts to drip from her nose.
“I can’t find it! Where is it?” Raven cries
“Raven,” My voice drops to a whisper. “Raven, there is nothing we can do.”
“I have it, where is it?” Raven sobs as she tears through another cupboard
It had been a long time since I had seen Raven cry like this. The fear, the panic, the unknown. She hadn't reacted this badly when Salem rejected her. In fact she hadn't been like this since our parents died.
“Raven, stop!”
“No, it’s here, there is still time!”
Neah’s rapid heartbeat had slowed. It was barely beating and her breaths are growing shallow. She was in agonising pain and blood was now leaking from the inner corners of her eyes.
“HERE!” Raven turns around and jabs a huge syringe straight into Neah’s heart
Her heart stops completely.
“What the fuck have you done?” I growl at my sister
“It’s an antidote!”
“There’s no antidote for this!”
“I paid a Witch in the city to help me make it.” Big fat tears are rolling down her cheeks. “After you guys were almost poisoned, I had to find something. It has to work. It has too!”
I stare at my sister. An antidote was just not heard of, not for Blood of Wolfsbane. If there were one, every Wolf pack would have it readily available.
‘Listen.’ Aero mutters
Her heart slowly starts to beat. Faint, but nonetheless beating. Neah’s lungs are beginning to fill properly too as she sucks in oxygen. She coughs a little, bringing up less blood than before.
Raven keeps her distance, afraid to come any closer. “She will need to rest.” She mumbles, refusing to meet my eyes.
“Does anyone else know about the antidote?” I ask
“No, well, just you now.” She combs Neah’s hair back, trying to wipe the blood out.
“Keep it that way.”
Raven scowls at me, her eyes widening. “You are going to tell Veronica she killed her?”
“Well that was her plan, wasn’t it? I might as well let her think it worked.”
“I assume you are….”
“Of course I am. She isn’t spending another night with air in her lungs.”
Pressing my hand against Neah’s forehead, I could feel that her fever was retreating. I didn’t want to leave her, but this had to be done.
“Don’t let anyone in and definitely do not speak to anyone.” I tell Raven
Walking out the hospital, I link some of the pack as I make my way across the grounds to where Veronica had conveniently bumped into us. There was nothing on the ground, nothing buried in the snow, but she already knew that it would be a mistake to drop something.
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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....
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This is stolen and as such, a lot of my story is being left out/adjusted. The true version is on Inkitt...
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