The Alpha’s Contract (Taylor West) novel Chapter 65

“Come with me.” He mutters, dropping his arms from around me.

I follow him through to his office. I’m not sure what it was, but every time I was brought in here, I felt like I was going to be told off. That everything was going to suddenly crash down around me.

“Eric said you had a weird feeling.”

I nod. “Before Trey appeared. I… I don’t.”

“You can’t explain it.” He mutters as he sits at his desk and leaves me standing in the middle of the room.

“No, it just didn’t… it didn’t feel right.”

“What did she say to you?”

“That Trey wanted to see me. That…” I screw my face up because her words just didn’t make sense. “That he wanted to remind me.”

“Remind you of what?”

“She didn’t say. She didn’t really have a chance.”

“Klaus interrupted her.”

I shake my head, "Beta Eric. He just wanted to protect me, just like Klaus.”

He doesn’t acknowledge my comment about Klaus.

“I should have killed Trey when I had the chance.” He mutters with a frown.

Slipping into the empty seat in front of him, I watch him scribble a few things down. Wondering what he was writing.

“Alpha Dane, how did they know? How did they know where I was?”

“A question for Klaus when he has healed.”

“Klaus?”

“I’m not saying he was involved, but he saw Cassandra before you did. I need to know what happened in those few minutes before she attacked him.”

He glances up at me. “Are you sure you are not hurt?”

“Confused.” I mumble, trying to make sense of it all

“I will handle it.” He changes the subject, asking me if I had bought anything nice.

“A few bits and bobs. I think Raven has them.” I pull the credit card from my pocket and slide it across the desk towards him.

He picks up the card and smiles. “I tell you to buy what you want and you barely spend anything.”

He pauses and his crimson eyes lock on mine. “The city was too much for your senses, wasn’t it?”

“The first quiet place was the bookshop. Klaus said it took him almost a year to adjust.”

“It did, particularly his hearing. It’s why he lives so far out of the centre of the pack. There are a lot less people coming and going about their day and it was just easier for him. Unfortunately, you don’t have that luxury.”