Ch. 266..270: The Alpha Contract Chapter 266-270

Chapter 0266

'It was huge. Maybe seven feet tall. But it looked part wolf and part man.' The description was vague but it was more than enough for us.

From the few sentences underneath it said the woman survived after spending six weeks in the hospital recovering from her traumatic injuries.

"That's it!" I snap in frustration at the lack of info. Nothing about claw marks or peeled skin

I scroll down the page only to find comments about conspiracy theories or suggesting that the man and woman were high on drugs. But I know you don't forget seeing something like that.

I needed to show Klaus. He was good at finding stuff like this.

Pulling the cord from the laptop, I hurry over to his house, grateful when I see a light is still on.

"You can find people right?" I blurt when he opens the door.

"Depends on how much information you have."

I barge past him and drop the laptop on his table a little heavier than I wanted too and curse myself because it wasn't my property.

"I've been looking for signs of Lycans."

He smirks and moves to his new laptop at the other end of the table. He spins it around to face me. It's on the exact same page as I was looking at. Only he had a map next to him with circles drawn all over it. "Do you know why I'm drawn to this one?" He points at the screen

I shake my head

"It's an unusual first name for a human. But a common one among wolves."

I hadn't even noticed the name. 'Abraxas Adler.' He was right, I never came across that name as a human, and there were six in this pack alone.

"You think he's a Wolf?"

He nods his head at me. "Maybe he can give us more information."

I think if I leave the pack without telling Damien, he will lose his shit all over again, especially with Blair lurking out there.

My eyes move back to the image on the screen. He's smiling but it doesn't meet his hazel eyes. What if Klaus is on to something and we pass this up? "Do you think he is in a pack?" I quiz

"No. There are no packs located where this article comes from. It's human territory which means if he is a Wolf, he was likely kicked out of his pack." "Kicked out as a teen?"

"Or abandoned." Klaus mutters

"And that's if he is still there, the article is twenty years old. There's no guarantee we will find him."

He hands me a blue post-it note. "He's there. Up for a road trip?"

"I'm already in trouble for the Blair incident." I protest. He nods and takes the post-it back. "You're going by yourself?"

"Someone needs to get some more news, even if it's a dead end."

He moves around putting snacks and bottles of water into a duffle bag. But no clothes.

"How long will you be gone?"

"It's a two hour drive. I will be back before sunrise." He hauls the bag over his shoulder and grabs his laptop and map. "No need to cover for me."

I follow Klaus out front to a running car, only to see Eric sat in the driver's seat. Eric's eyes lock with me. "Get in."

"You knew." I mutter, climbing into the back. "Is that why you blew me off again?" I rip the belt around me, jabbing the buckle into its lock with a little too much force. "Dane is going to be so pissed that we are doing this!" "Already cleared." He mutters back, staring at me in the rearview mirror.

Klaus gets in the passenger seat and quickly updates the satnav with the details.

The journey was boring. I hated being the one that is not driving. I hated that they were having a conversation with each other that didn't include me.

"Mal," Eric mutters as he looks straight ahead. If anyone else called me that, I would rip their throat out, but it had become his thing and I like the way it sounds in his voice. "You might have to shift."

Chapter 0267

"Is that a good idea, considering what he claimed to have seen?"

"We might need to convince him that what he saw was true." Klaus mutters

"Then again, if he's a Wolf," Eric adds, "He should know there is more in the world."

"Fine."

Eventually we pulled up in front of a large house. It was in need of a little fixing up here and there, but over all, definitely not what I was expecting. I glance at the clock on the dash and see that it's almost midnight. More importantly, there were no lights on in the house. Movement catches the corner of my eye and a black Wolf creeps around to the front of the house. It's shoulders hunched and head low, scouting us. It sniffs and turns away, heading back in the direction it came from.

I don't wait for the men. I follow the Wolf

Turning the corner of the back of the house, I freeze as a shotgun is pressed against my forehead. At the other end was a guy around the age of thirty five. His feet bare, his shorts slung low on his hips.

His eyes are familiar from the article. His curly black hair hung over his forehead, yet the sides had been taken down to skin. Perfect abs lined his torso. I hear a growl behind me. I knew it was coming from Eric, warning me to keep my thoughts to myself. "Just looking" I mutter

"What do you want?!" Abraxas growls

"Hopefully not to get shot." I mutter. "Just to ask you questions about the night you saved that woman."

""Which one?"

"There's more than one?" Klaus asks.

Abraxas doesn't take his eyes or the gun off of me. "Hundreds and I remember every single one of them."

"The first one." I try, "Twenty years ago."

"Why?" He growls and presses the gun a little harder. I don't know why, the pressure wouldn't make a difference if he was going to blow my brains out.

"We are Wolves." Eric mutters

"Yeah, you lot are. She ain't!"

I raise my hands, realising why he had specifically pointed the gun at me. He could smell the difference. That only happened when you went Rogue. Wolves couldn't tell us apart. So why could he? "I'm safe." I whisper. "The guy with the blonde hair. He's my mate."

"Bull fucking shit."

"My mark is on my stomach."

He steps forward, pressing the gun impossibly harder and rips my sweatshirt up.

"You claimed a Lycan?" He sneers as he lets go of my top.

"It's complicated, but yes. She is my mate." Eric speaks calmly, "And I would prefer it if you lower you fucking gun."

"Tell me why you are here and then I will decide."

I put my hand up to Eric and Klaus. "The women you save from Lycans, why do they need saving?"

"Because the beasts are trying to eat them. And I'll be damned if that happens while I live in this town."

"Why is it on you?"

I watch his finger twitch over the trigger.

"Please don't!" I whisper. It wasn't like pissing off Blair, one wrong word and a bullet would be lodged inside my head.

Abraxas tilts his head to one side. "Can't say any of you have begged me not to shoot before. You lot normally like the challenge. But you can't survive having your brain scattered across the lawn. "How do you know that?" I mutter in a croaky voice.

"You learn quickly what works and what doesn't." He curls his lip up in disgust

"How long have you been living here?" Klaus asks.

"Born and bred."

"No pack?"

"No."

"What happened to your family?" Klaus presses.

"Her kind."

A lump in my throat grows.

"Where are you fuckers from?" Abraxas demands

"Black Shadow." Eric tells him. "And we came here looking for your help."

"You ain't getting it. Though I can get rid of your problem."

"I'm not the problem. Blair Kitson is."

Chapter 0268

Mallory

His hazel eyes narrow. He knew who I was talking about. Still, he doesn't lower the gun.

"That bitch still alive?" He growls through clenched teeth

"Yes. Hopefully for not much longer." I give him a small smile, hoping that I had found a way to break the tension. He doesn't return it. "We are looking for help."

"Is she telling the truth?" He asks Klaus and Eric.

"Blair is why we are here." Eric tells him, "Now lower the fucking gun."

"Nah, you bastards are on my property, I can do what I want. If you don't want a bullet lodged in her pretty little head, you lot better start talking."

"Here?" Klaus asks, "We will attract the humans' attention."

"Look around you! It's the middle of the fucking night. There are no other houses back here, why do you think I lured you around here, dumbass?!" Now he smiles. "Fucking pack idiots." He spits on the ground.

They tell him everything, well, almost everything. Every now and again I would feel the gun ease off my forehead only to be shoved right back against my skin. I could heal, but it still hurt.

I keep perfectly still, I don't need to give another reason for him to fire that thing off.

"You expect me to believe all that?" Abraxas growls, still keeping his eyes on me.

"Little far fetched to be a lie, don't you think?" I mutter

"I've met a few good liars. That bitch is one of them."

"Blair?" What did she lie to him about?

"That's the one."

"Can we just talk about this?" Klaus asks. "Wolf to Wolf?"

"You've got more to say?" He seems amused.

"So much more." Klaus mutters "If you are willing to listen."

Abraxas grabs my wrist and spins me around, locking his arm across the top of my chest as he backs us up, he tells them "You've got five minutes."

Eric's face is unreadable as he and Klaus follow us. Abraxas pulls me into a darkly lit kitchen. Black and white tiles covered the floor in stripes. Black cupboards lined the walls with black marble countertops sitting on top. Nothing how I expected it to look considering the outside needed a little work. But I guess I shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Or in this case, a house.

Eric and Klaus slip in, moving in opposite directions.

"You can split up or stay together, doesn't matter. One wrong move, she's dead. Now maybe someone should start trying to convince me that I should let her live."

"What do you want?" Klaus asks

"Blair." Abraxas mutters.

"A lot of people want her. Both Alpha's. Another Lycan. Her." Eric points at me. "She's caused problems and you will have to get in line."

"I'm pretty certain she fucked my life up first." Abraxas snarls. "Take me to where I can find her and this one gets to live."

This was not at all why we had come out here.

"What did she do to you?" I ask

"She killed my parents."

"Why?"

"Because they were Hunters and they destroyed your kind."

I had quietly literally walked into another hostage situation, only this one seems less like I will make it out alive.

"But there is something you haven't told me. Why is there a Lycan Alpha in a pack with a Wolf Alpha?"

"They are mated." Eric tells him and for a moment, I wondered if that was the worst thing he could say."

Abraxas bursts into laughter. A deep belly laugh that echoes through the room. He pushes me away and Eric grabs me, pulling me in close, a protective arm going around me. Abraxas really was a nut job. "You lot are fucking nuts!"

Really? He thinks we are the ones who have lost our marbles.

"You pack Wolves are so fucking predictable." He points between the men, "I assume one of you is the Beta because the Alpha certainly ain't here."

Neither Klaus or Eric speak, I think they were just as confused as I was. Speaking of Klaus, he hadn't said anything for a while.

"Anyone want a beer?" Abraxas asks, pulling open the fridge.

"Sorry, what is happening?" I was used to unpredictability, but I had gone from being held at gunpoint to being offered a beer, like it was a casual afternoon meet up. This guy had to be on something. "You just had a gun pointed at my head!" "Precautions." He straightens up, his muscles tensing. And I have to remind myself that we were here for a reason.

"A few things you should know about me, Lycan." He flips the cap off his beer and takes a swig. "I know when I'm not being told everything. I know that she," He points at me, "was Rogue at one point. I know exactly what a Rogue is, I've been hunting them for twenty years. You didn't tell me much that I didn't already know, and I'm one hundred percent certain there is still more to your story. So what's the catch?"

"We are looking for Lycans. The female Lycan Alpha needs support." Eric tells him

"So why doesn't she just link them? She's the last one, right? Pretty powerful? She can call them in." "Uh...."

"Like I said, I know my shit."