The Alpha’s Contract (Taylor West) novel Chapter 94

Dane.

Neah can’t take her eyes off of the dead Lycan. A small smile sits on her face. Day by day her darkness seems to be seeping out a little more.

“Do you know him?” I ask.

“He was one of them.” Her eyes hover on the belt buckle around his waist. His trousers had started to split from the shift, but he had been killed before he could complete it. Though the belt buckle remained in place. She stared at it like she had seen it before.

“He used to hit me with that.” Her voice is low and she continues to fixate on the dead man. I couldn’t help wonder if she had stared at Devon in the same way when she killed him.

“Do you know his name?”

She shakes her head, her eyes barely leave him to look at me, but I see how dark they are, the blue is barely present. Nyx was right there, waiting to break free. “Just his face.” Neah mutters.

“Are there any more?” I ask Klaus

“No, he seems to have come alone.” Klaus mutters. “A stupid move.”

“Unless it is intentional. Maybe Trey thought one would be able to get through.” Devon had been alone when we had found him.

“He wandered in?” Neah mutters. She knew everyone available would be on guard, but it still didn't stop her being concerned.

Klaus points over to the trees that signal the boundary for this end of the pack. Less than two metres from where we are standing. “He didn’t make it far, Neah. That’s our pack edge on this side.”

Her shoulders drop in relief at his answer.

But it made me question if the pack was being watched. Of all the forest, it was where the boundary was closest to the house. Not only that, something Neah had said about her interaction with Devon. That he would call Trey to come, meaning he must be close by. I was trying to keep my concerns to myself, but she was starting to notice.

“Get rid of the body.” I mutter. “I don’t care what you do with it. But get rid of it.”