The Alpha’s Contract (Taylor West) novel Chapter 86

Dane

Devon leaves us when we make it to my office. Neah lowered herself into a chair so painfully slow that I wanted to help her. She had lied to Raven when she said she had felt fine. She knew I could read her mind, though I didn’t say anything because I knew she wanted to be back here. She somehow felt safer here in the house.

“Can I get you something?” I ask while she pulls her legs up to her chest.

Her head shakes from side to side making her dark hair fall around her face.

She hadn’t mentioned anything more about the hunt, she hadn’t questioned if the others had died the same way, but she didn’t need to, she had already figured it out and yet, she still does not comment on my decisions. In fact, her mind is completely elsewhere.

“Neah, I know you are not feeling yourself.”

She picks at a thread in the black jeans she is wearing. “I’m alive.”

‘Is she having some kind of mental breakdown?’ Aero asks

“Yes you are.” I mutter, ignoring my Wolf

“I shouldn’t be. I….I should be dead.” She grips her stomach and her face screws up in pain.

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s just…a little uncomfortable.”

“Let me see.”

She puts her legs down and rolls up her top. “There is nothing there,” she whispers and tenses up again. This time her hand grabs my arm. Her nails sink into my skin, creating little half moon shapes.

My nose catches the whiff of blood. “Neah, are you on your period?”

Her nails sink a little deeper into my arm and blood rises to the surface. “I’ve….I’ve never had one.” she gasps

I hadn't thought about it until now, but it hits me that she hadn’t had a period since she had been here and she should have done.

Her body had been so shut down and frail that its basic systems hadn’t been working. And now, everything was falling back into place. Exactly how it should be.

“Is….” She squeezes my arm again. “Is it always this bad?”

“Come on, I can help you with the pain.”

I don’t let her walk this time, not letting it even be an option. Lifting her from the chair, I turn her quickly so that she doesn’t see the deep red blood that had leaked through her jeans.

Standing her in the shower, I turn the water on, letting it soak the both of us as I strip her from her clothes. She would dig her nails into me each time a new cramp ripped through her.

“Take your time.” I mutter, letting my lips graze hers.

Stepping out, I ran her a bath. I had enough experience to know the hot water would help ease the cramps and if it didn’t, I always had my fingers. A good orgasm would usually do the trick.

Turning the water off, I hear her weeping. A hand pressed against the glass door as she sat in at the bottom. A steady amount of blood trickling from her pussy.

I move her from the shower to the hot bath, her skin almost sizzles as it hits the water and she lets out a little gasp.

“Move forward.” I mutter, pulling off my own wet clothes.

“It’s...it's blood.”

“Do you think a little blood scares me?”