The Alpha’s Contract (Taylor West) novel Chapter 253

“Afraid?” Dane asks. His eyes flicker to me.

“Because she can’t control herself when she does.” Her eyes shift to Damien. “We both know everyone struggles with the darkness in different ways.” She sighs, “But she did anyway, I mean, we saw it. She ate that deer that I crashed into. Devouring it like it was a drug.”

“You still let her go.” Dane shakes his head in annoyance.

“Because she will come for Jenson.” Damien tells him. “She will come here, looking for him because he is her mate. We can trap her, keep her hostage and find out what her plan is.”

“Or we could just kill her.” Dane mutters. “What good is a plan if she is already dead?”

Damien nods in agreement, but I still needed more answers. Answers that I would never get if they kill her.

“I need her alive.” I blurt out and feel everyone's gaze on me.

“Are you sure?” Dane asks

I bob my head. “She can’t be doing all this just because we share the same father. Because that isn’t my fault. I think there is more to her story.”

“We can see how much Jenson knows.” Mallory suggests. “Where did you put him?”

“Dungeon.” Dane answers abruptly and walks out of the office.

I follow him to the kitchen, where he starts to fill a bucket with cold water. Pure anger is written across his face. He moves to the ice machine and chucks the ice in the cold water.

“Dane….”

“We agreed no more secrets, Neah. I seem to be the only one that is doing that.”

I feel my heart drop. “I know…This wasn’t supposed to happen.” I felt enough guilt already without him reminding me.

“I won’t lose you Neah. The boys can’t lose you either.”

“I know.” I really hadn’t thought it through. “I just…. I finally feel that I have some control over my choices. This isn’t how I thought tonight would go.”

He sighs and pulls me into his arms, locking them tight around me. “Come with me, let's try getting some answers from the prick in my dungeons.

He grabs the bucket of water and hauls it out of the sink with ease.

“Why do you need that?”

“Something to help him wake up.”