The Alpha’s Contract (Taylor West) novel Chapter 13

Neah

It was a lot to take in. First the Blood of Wolfsbane and pack runs. Now a blood tie and still sort of being mated to Beta Kyle.

Flashing my eyes up to Alpha Dane, I lower them immediately. He was staring straight at me.

“I swear.” I whisper again. “I swear I don’t know what you are talking about.”

“And that is the most frustrating thing, Neah. I know you don’t have a clue what I’m talking about.”

I wanted to ask why he was so angry, instead, I keep the question to myself.

“I don’t ever want to be near Beta Kyle.” I mumble and from the corner of my eye, I see his face relax, there was almost a hint of a smile on the corners of his lips.

“Good, I have no intention of giving you back.” He rises from his seat. “Raven has said you can come back to the house. Are you up for walking or would you prefer I carried you?”

“I can walk.” I mutter

Slipping out of the bed, I straighten myself up, only to feel a long sharp pain rip through my stomach.

“Are you sure?” Alpha Dane asks.

I nod my head, I had been through worse. I had worked through worse. But he seemed almost disappointed that I was putting a barrier between us.

He lets me take my time. Not saying anything even when I stop because the pain is so bad. They had said it would take a while for it to heal completely, but how long was a while?

Stopping again, I glance back over my shoulder and realise I was barely fifteen metres from the hospital and still had a long way to go to get to the pack house.

Alpha Dane moves in front of me, “Let me help.”

“It’s…. I can do it.”

“Neah,” His rough fingers gently tip my chin up to look at him. “I can see that you are in a lot of pain. Just let me help.”

He does that thing, where he changes the tone of his voice to basically tell me that it wasn’t optional. Reluctantly, I nod and he wastes no time in sweeping me off my feet.