The Alpha’s Contract (Taylor West) novel Chapter 103

Neah

My eyes flicker between both of them. They had been waiting for this. Waiting for me. Was Alpha Dane in on this?

“This…this was your plan all along?”

“Back up plan. Dane made it clear that you didn’t want to do this, so it was made the backup option.” Jenson muses. “And before you go getting ahead of yourself, we are not physically using you as bait.”

“It’s the idea of you having control.” Raven mutters. “We know you don’t want it. We know you want nothing to do with them. But they don’t know that. As far as they will be aware, you accepting your position will mean you want it.”

“Right!” It was bugging me that Jenson and Raven had already discussed this as an option.

Raven grabs my wrists, locking her dark eyes on me. “They are not just coming for you, they will pick us off to get to you. Our pack, as relentless as we can be, are not ready to die.”

“Raven!” Jenson snaps

Her hands let go of me as she turns to look at her brother. “I’m just saying we have done loads for her, she could at least do this for us.”

“That’s not your call!” Jenson warns his sister with his harsh tone. “Dane will do whatever needs to be done to protect her. We can only give her her options.”

Raven frowns and it takes me a moment to realise that she isn’t saying this because she is angry. It’s panic, a fear that the Lycans will do something to the pack she loves.

There’s a rustle in the trees and the three of us snap our heads in that direction. A large Lycan dives through the bushes, charging at us. It’s the biggest one we’ve seen, easily towering eight feet tall. It holds it's massive muscled arms out as it charges towards us.

Its eyes are locked on me, drool hangs from its razor sharp teeth. Claws are in the air, ready to attack. It doesn’t even seem phased that there were others with me. Its feet hit the ground so heavily that the earth vibrates beneath me.

Boiling white hot rage floods my system as Jenson shoves me back and shifts into a black wolf. He charges at the Lycan and the Lycan sweeps him away, sending Jenson crashing into a tree like he was little more than a leaf.