The Alpha’s Contract (Taylor West) novel Chapter 99

I catch Neah suppressing a laugh.

“I am not a Vampire.” I mutter, irritated. “I am a Wolf and you are a Lycan.”

Her jaw hangs open and her head starts to shake. “No…no, you are wrong.” Her soft blue eyes flash to Neah, “Please help me.”

Her voice is all high and squeaky.

“I’m a Lycan too.” Neah whispers, her eyes locked with Jess.

“Your name is Neah, isn’t it?” Jess asks, sitting back down. “You are the one I was sent too.”

“Yes.”

“You did this to me?” The girl wasn’t shy about asking questions.

“No. But I can try to help you.” Neah looks over to me, sadness taking over. “The people that did this too you were cruel to me too. The only difference is I was born this way. They forced this life on you. That’s why you can’t go back to your family, Jess. You might hurt them in ways that you don’t think is imaginable. And trust me when I say this, you can’t control it. It will happen when you least expect it.”

She was talking about Devon and how she killed him.

“But….”

Neah reaches across the table, taking Jess’s hands in hers. “This is something I do know, Jess. We can keep you safe here. We can figure it out together and I will personally make them pay for what they have done to you.”

Jess pulls her hands back and runs them through her red hair. “I will never see my family again?”

Neah looks over to me. Her brow creased. She sighs before returning her gaze to Jess. “No.”

The tears fall thicker and faster. Sobs leave her lips as her shoulders judder. I felt sorry for her. Fifteen and thrown into a world she knows nothing about. Cassandra and Trey are sick and far more twisted than I am and that says a lot.

Jess stays with Eric. It’s the first house she had been taken to and we believed it made her feel a level of safety. Plus the boys would be home soon and that might make her feel even better knowing Eric was a father.

“Is this what’s going to happen?” Neah asks as we walk across the grounds. “Young, innocent kids.”

“Possibly.”

“I hate them.” She mutters