The Alpha’s Contract (Taylor West) novel Chapter 92

Neah

Standing out in front of the house, Alpha Dane’s fingers were entwined with mine. It had been four days since the incident and he barely let me out of his sight, even training and tutoring were out of the question and there was no room for debate. I knew that he was silently questioning my every move while everyone else was feeling the brunt of his anger.

It had been years since they had lost a pack member to anything other than old age or at the hands of Alpha Dane. It put the whole pack on edge. There were meetings constantly. New measures were being put in place. And apart from Jenson, no one else will be granted entry to the pack, not for now at least.

“Are you okay?” Alpha Dane asks without even looking at me

“Uh huh.” I stare out at the grounds. The snow had stopped and spring was on its way.

He asked me if I was okay multiple times a day, like he expected me to spontaneously combust at any moment.

Alpha Dane looks out the corner of his eye at me. A look I was getting used to, because it wasn’t just him. Everyone that I came into contact with in the last few days, gave me that same look.

It wasn’t quite blame, because that is a look I would recognise anywhere. One that I received regularly at Moonshine. Here, I couldn't quite figure it out, but it was definitely something and Nyx didn’t help, challenging anyone who she didn't like the look of.

She would hurtle herself forward, taking control for just a second and I couldn’t figure out how to stop her and she wouldn’t tell me either, like it was some massive secret.

A fancy car starts making its way towards us. It wasn’t the one Alpha Dane had sent Jenson away in and as I look up to him, I see the heavy set frown. He didn’t want his brother back, but what had happened four days ago gave him little choice.

Jenson gets out of the car, slinging a bag over his shoulder. His dark hair had grown out since I had last seen him and was almost shoulder length now.

Jenson stops less than a metre from us, dropping his bag on the floor. His dark eyes settle on me. “Well you have caused quite the problem, haven’t you.”

He didn’t know everything.

Alpha Dane suddenly slides his hand into my hair, pulling it back to reveal my neck. More importantly, the mark he had given me. It was a silent warning.

“Interesting.” He grins at me. “Big bro has finally found someone to settle down with.” His dark eyes don’t leave mine.

‘Fucking douche!’ Nyx mutters

“Office.” Alpha Dane mutters to his brother, “There is a lot that we need to discuss.” The coldness in his voice sends a shiver down my spine and not in a good way.

I sit quietly in the corner of the office as Alpha Dane breaks the news of my ancestry to Jenson. Though he doesn’t mention that I’m supposed to be an Alpha.

Jenson says something that surprises us both.