The Alpha’s Contract (Taylor West) novel Chapter 148

Damien

She was a pretty little thing. I thought that the moment I first laid my eyes on her. My mate. A Wolf. Though she didn’t deserve someone like me.

I watch her move around the Alpha. She is quick and thinks on her feet.

Her dark hair is loosely pulled back into a hair bobble with a few escaped hairs at the top of her neck. As her dark eyes catch mine, I notice a fleck of light brown just under her left pupil. She quickly looks away, returning all her attention to the Alpha, smiling as the heartbeats fill the room.

Her happiness makes her scent of strawberries explode and for a brief second, I wondered if she would taste of them too.

I barely notice Dane pushing past me. I just watch her lips move as she scolds them both.

When the all clear is given, I finally ask the question that had been playing on my mind since I first scented Neah’s pregnancy.

Raven shoots daggers at me, like I had asked the worst question in the world. She gives me a short and sharp “No!”

Dane’s strange red eyes find mine and I remember what he told me earlier. Raven isn’t a fan of us. Maybe she hated the idea of being mated to me.

I step outside the room, leaving the three of them alone. Though I don’t leave completely, standing guard over her room instead. I will protect the Alpha even if she doesn’t want me too.

Dane steps out, closing the door to the room. “The question you asked, it’s been asked multiple times by the asshole in my dungeon. That’s why she is so short with you.”

“Sorry.” I wasn’t the type of person to apologise, but he had to know it was a genuine curiosity, nothing more. In theory, if I don't reject Raven, they become my nephews too. They become my family.

“The guy in the dungeon, he’s the one who wants the pups?” I ask

He nods his head at me. “He was also the one who had Jess removed from the house. It was his brother that you left for the Rogues.”

“Right.”

“Thanks for convincing her to be checked out.” Dane mutters. “Just give my sister time, she was rejected by her first mate.”

“You know?” I ask surprised. My intention was to keep it quiet, at least until I had figured out if we were compatible.

“She’s my sister, of course I know.” He slaps me on the back. “Like I said, give her time.”

Her first mate was an idiot for rejecting her.

He heads back in the room and Raven takes his place. She stares at me with those beautiful dark eyes and I can’t help but glance over the rest of her. The blue shirt she is wearing, hides her frame. Yet the skinny black jeans shows off her legs and ass.

“You want to protect Neah?” She asks quietly

“Yes.”

“Why?” She raises her brow at me and presses her lips together. "She has Dane. she has the entire pack."

“She is our life line. The only pure blood left.”

“Right.” Her brow creases as she folds her arms up over her chest. She sighs. “If you are going to reject me, can you get it over with? I have stuff to do.”

I keep my mouth shut and just watch her. I could see the anger bubbling up in her eyes, the longer I didn’t speak, the more irritated she grew.

“Fucking Lycans!” She growls and storms off

With a quick glance back at the Alpha, I follow Raven. She marches across the grounds and into the forest. Is that what they do here, they don’t tell anyone where they are going?

Trekking after her, I keep my distance. She winds through the trees, dragging her hands across each trunk. It took me a minute to realise she is marking them with her scent in case anything happens.

“He’s an asshole!” She speaks openly to herself.

“No.” She mutters