The Alpha’s Contract (Taylor West) novel Chapter 45

“Okay, okay.” Devon mutters, holding his hands up and sitting in the empty seat.

“Here’s the deal. You tell us everything you know about Trey and his little gang. You tell me and Neah everything about being a Lycan and if you comply, I might just let you live.”

“Now that seems a little unfair. You ‘might’ let me live.” Devon replies “After I’ve given you all my secrets. I’ve only been too happy to share information.” He grins at me “Surely you can at the very least guarantee my life?”

“It won’t be my decision.” I mutter.

He turns to look at Neah. “You are letting my sister decide my fate?”

My eyes move to my mate who hasn’t moved. She was busy watching Devon.

“You won’t know who will be making the decision.” I tell Devon, “That way you can’t try and butter them up or bribe them into making a decision.”

“Well played, Alpha Dane. It seems like you already know my style. So what would you like to know?”

“Everything. You say that Moonshine is the only pack of Lycans left. Where did they come from?”

“The same as Wolves I’m guessing. Packs develop over time, created of multiple different……”

“No… Where did the Lycan originally come from? We are children of the Moon Goddess.”

“We are too. There’s a story, maybe it’s true, maybe it’s a myth. The story goes a little something along the lines of a Wolf claimed a human, but when they marked the human during a full moon, the human began to change. Shifting into what I know to be a Lycan, part human, part Wolf. As more were created, they began to procreate and more were born. Neither a Wolf, nor a human, but something in between.”

‘A Wolf claimed a human?’ Aero mutters

But that wasn’t my concern.

“We have many of the same characteristics as you, Alpha Dane.” Devon continues, “We can shift at will, females go into heat exactly the same as Wolves, though I believe our females tend to stay in heat a lot longer than yours. I can’t be certain about that one, females are not my preferred choice. We hunt. We feed. We mate, we mark our claimed ones. We are strong, we can heal. The only real difference is that our bloodlines started differently.” He shrugs his shoulders at me, like it was standard knowledge.