Ch. 301..305: The Alpha Contract Chapter 301-305

Chapter 0301

Neah

"Dorothy is waiting for you." I mutter as Abraxas approaches the house with a shotgun resting on his shoulder. He looked incredibly pissed off, like he had just heard the worst news in his entire life and he had only just arrived back. "Right." He dips his head at me, "I best go see her." A small smile appeared but it didn't change his pissed off look, instead it made him look darker and creepier. What had happened out there?

"And your mate is in the hospital." I add as he brushes past me.

He freezes, but keeps his composure. "My mate was killed. I will never have another mate."

"We both know it doesn't work like that. Damien is Raven's second mate. Maybe it was time for you to be mated again."

He slowly turns his body around until he is facing me. "I don't know what you think you know, Neah. I. Do not. Have. A. Mate!"

Denial.

His hazel eyes narrow. "My mate was the love of my life. No one will ever be able to replace her. Do you understand?"

I nod back at him, though Maddie had already confirmed it was him. The moment she was lucid, she gave me his name. 'Abraxas Adler, the Hunter', there is only one of him.

As soon as she said it, my suspicions were confirmed.

It explained why she panicked when he was nearby and calmed down when he was away. All because she believed he would kill her. There was still a very real possibility he might do that.

Tears had flooded her face as she asked me how she could be mated to a Hunter. She asked why she would be punished this way and what she had done to deserve a mate like him. I didn't have the answers for her. I was still trying to understand why Lycans had been mated to Wolves in the first place.

"How long have you been back?" He had to have been nearby for Maddie to be aware and go into a panic.

"I've only just got back." He replies coldly

"Really? You haven't been lingering in the forest, watching Mallory's home? Her house does back out onto the forest."

His face becomes unreadable as he stares at me. He was good at keeping things hidden when he was talking to people. Not so much when he was alone.

"I am not, nor will I ever be mated to another, especially not a fucking Lycan."

"You didn't answer my question."

"Because it wasn't a question that needed answering. I have been away, trying to solve your problem." He jabs a finger in my direction.

I roll my eyes, his denial is on another level. "Then why don't you just reject her instead of torturing her?"

"I don't know what you are talking about Neah." He shakes his head. "To reject someone would mean I need to be mated to them and as I have already told you, I am not mated to her." He spits on the floor, making his feelings very clear. "She told me, Abraxas."

"It's a lie."

"Why would she lie about something like that?"

"Why don't you ask her? You are her leader." His answers are a short and snappy.

""I will."

His brow wrinkles up and his hand tightens around the gun on his shoulder. "Or maybe I should pay her a visit, put her out of her misery. Especially if she deems it suitable to make up these lies." "You won't do that!" I warn him

"Try me." He growls back. "You know I'm not afraid to stick a bullet in someone. Now if you will excuse me, my baby girl is waiting for me." He struts into the house, plastering a grin on his face for Dorothy.

I glance across the grounds where Mallory is sitting on the small porch in front of her house with a cup, watching me. 'He's denying it.' I mutter through a link to her.

'I get it.' She tells me 'He is a Hunter, she is a Lycan. I don't know what's going on.'

'He's in denial, or maybe it's his own way of torturing Maddie.'

'No, not him. The Moon Goddess is the one that pairs us, right? Why would she do this?'

I don't know if she could see my movement, but I shrug my shoulders and turn around to face the house, trying to decide on my next move. I didn't want a gun pointed at me again.

Chapter 0302

"Did he tell you?" Klaus makes me jump

"Tell me what?" Klaus has a heavy set frown too. "I'm guessing by your expression that you found out it can't be done." "Actually what I found has nothing to do with you and everything to do with me."

"You?"

"It took me by surprise too." He drops his gaze. "Do you remember what I told you when we first met?"

My brow creases as I try to remember our first conversation. I had been a nervous wreck at the time. "About being bound?"

He nods his head at me. "But also that I was born into a different pack or so I thought."

"You weren't?"

"Oh I was, but I wasn't part of that pack." He sits down on the steps. "Turns out, my parents had infiltrated the pack. It's where Brax and I have been the last couple of days." "Why?"

"According to Brax, the pack was attacked about a decade ago by Rogue Lycans."

""Your parents?"

"My birth parents were killed just after my birth. The people that raised me and then had me bound were part of the pack but yes, they were killed in the attack. The Luna there confirmed it."

"They killed your parents? Why? Because they snuck into the pack?"

"My birth mother was heavily pregnant with me. She asked for help, The Alpha and Luna gave it."

"You said they infiltrated?" I mutter

"I guess that's the wrong word. My parents told the Alpha and Luna that Lycans were going to attack the pack. They didn't believe them because Lycans weren't a thing or so everyone thought. The Alpha thought it was a trap and the moment my mother started pushing me out, he had them slaughtered. I was taken in by one of the childless Omegas. Her and husband went on to bind me when I became a threat." "You are hardly a threat, Klaus. All you like to do is help."

"Now. Being here probably helped. Being supported and given a home. My life was very different before I met Dane and if my parents hadn't been killed, I would be just like Brax."

"Don't be stupid. You are nothing like him."

"Turns out I am. My parents were Hunters, Neah. That's why they knew Lycans were about. That's how they knew the pack was going to be under attack."

"You're joking, right?" He shakes his head. "You are not a Hunter, Klaus. You don't hate Lycans. You like spending time with my boys. I see chatting away to Damien about stuff. You are not a Hunter."

"It came as a bit of a shock to me too." He lowers his head, as sadness fills his eyes

"You can see souls?"

"No." He shakes his head.

"Abraxas talks about information passed down through the blood. You've never...."

"I had an idea that you weren't a Wolf when I met you. Besides being bound, you were just a little different, the kind I couldn't quite put my finger on. How do you think I found the books with information about your kind so easily?" "You had already been looking?"

He nods and gives me a small smile.

"I'm guessing a lot of it has to do with nature vs nurture. I wasn't aware that Hunters existed. I was always a quiet kid. As I said, I was bullied for not having a Wolf for so long. Maybe because I wasn't raised in that life, my brain just forgot." He smiles at me, "If you haven't noticed, I'm not much of a killer either."

"Does Dane know?"

"I thought I would tell you first. I don't want you wondering about the safety of the twins around me. And I would also prefer to keep that part of my life quiet because I definitely don't see myself as a Hunter."

I nod. "Are you related to Abraxas then?"

"Not that I'm aware of and he doesn't seem to think so. He isn't the only Hunter in the world Neah." Why had I never considered that?

'Because you can be stupid.' Nyx mutters. She had been quiet for a little while now, but suddenly this conversation was of interest to her. "So there's more." I scowl, ignoring my Lycan again.

"Yes and they could be a problem, especially if they learn that Lycans are on the move to come here."

""We will be sitting targets."

Chapter 0303

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Chapter 0304

Blair

Taking the booth, I settle my tired body just as one of the waiters brings me a glass of wine. It had been a long time since I had been here. I glance up, half expecting to see Jenson as this is where we met.

Though I knew he wouldn't walk through the door this time, it still hurt. I put my all into him, made him who he is and now he does this to me.

The place is riddled with Wolves and Lycans. Far too many for my liking.

"Busy night?" The waiter makes small talk though he backs off as soon as I give him a look that says I wanted to be left alone.

The delicious deep red liquid hits the back of my throat and I let out a heavy sigh. All my plans were failing.

Being alone had never been a problem until Jenson wormed his way into my heart. I could move how I wanted, acted how I wanted and most importantly of all, the only person I needed to care about was myself, until he walked through those fucking doors. My fingers graze the mark on my neck and I quickly hike up my jacket. I had given in to him. I had let him do the one thing I promised myself would never happen and now I have no idea what is happening to him.

Are they drugging him? Have they found a way to keep me out of his head? I knew he was hanging on. But that was all I knew. Maybe he was in their dungeon being starved to death?

So many unanswered questions. I hated being kept in the dark.

The waiter places another glass of red on the table. "I didn't order another one, dumbass!"

There's a flicker of annoyance in the wolf's eyes, but he keeps his face emotionless and nods to a guy at the bar, another Lycan. "It's from him."

"Well you can take it back to him." I press my fingers against the base and start sliding it back to the waiter but he's already gone.

Straightening my back, it cracks a little and I down the rest of my wine, preparing myself to leave when the Lycan from the bar steps in front of me.

"Hey, you must be on your way to Black Shadow. Mind if I join you?" His voice is husky and luring. But it's the scent surrounding him, calling to me.

A cackle leaves my lips with a head shake as I try to ignore his scent. "I'm not going there." Well not yet anyway, I needed a bigger plan if she is rounding up as many Lycans as possible.

"Are you not curious about the female Alpha?" His sage green eyes have flecks of blue as he gazes at me.

I snort. "Already met her and I don't rate her."

He runs a hand through the five o'clock shadow on his chin. "Why?"

"Why do you want to know?"

He slides into my booth, blocking me in as his scent of leather and tobacco hits me hard. It hits me so hard that it almost takes my breath away. It was bound to happen with all the Lycans on the move, but I was already claimed. If he did anything, it would kill me. "I've spent most of my life hearing about how one day, we will have an Alpha unlike no other. No one knew when until we got that link." His husky voice sends a shiver down my spine and I do my best to keep myself composed. It didn't matter that he was my fated mate. I was mated to Jenson. I had given myself to Jenson completely and I will get him back again.

"You believe that crap."

He nods, "Don't you?"

I let out a snort and he slides the glass of wine he brought me across the table until it was in front of me.

"Not a fan of the idea of an Alpha?"

"No. Not her anyway."

He raises a brow at me and nods. "I would still like to meet her."

"You would be wasting your time." I take a swig of the wine, it wasn't to confirm I wanted him, I just needed the dull throb at the back of my head to stop.

He smirks at me and the blue flecks in his eyes seem to brighten. "Does she not like you?"

"It goes deeper than that."

"Right." He grabs my chin and turns my face towards his.

"Don't do that." I push his hand away

"To public?" He muses

I pull my jacket to the side so he could see the mark on my collarbone. His eyes turn a shade darker. "You let some other fucker claim you!" He growls.

Chapter 0305

"Don't use that fucking tone with me." I lock my eyes on his, "I've killed men like you for breakfast."

"Then I will just have to kill him."

"Good luck with that. He's the Alpha's mates brother."

"What kind of shit did you get yourself involved in?" He demands.

"Nothing I can't handle." I slide out the other side of the booth feeling a little light headed. My back cracks some more as I stretch and he asks me how long it has been since I shifted.

"It's none of your business." I look him up and down as he stands to follow me. I didn't even know his name and I'm not even sure I cared. I wanted Jenson back, the man I had actually gotten to know.

He grabs the front of my jacket and pulls me up against him. His eyes close as he inhales my scent and I'm stupid enough to let him do it. "I don't even know your name," he whispers and all thoughts of Jenson fade. "Blair." I mutter back, surprised by my own reaction. Though I couldn't say Kitson because he would be on to me. "Blair Everwood."

I hadn't used that name in years and it felt so weird coming from my own tongue.

"Nice to meet you, Blair Everwood." He smiles at me, showing me a dazzling set of perfectly straight white teeth. "I'm Cooper. Cooper Ash, but everyone calls me Coop."

"You can't do anything." I mutter as my heart races.

"Doesn't mean I can't watch you."

"I can't." I mutter, pushing his hands away from the front of my jacket. He was here to support Neah.

He frowns and takes a step back. "She wants you dead, doesn't she? What did you do, Blair?"

"None of your fucking business!"

"I'm making it my business." I almost feel like I need to tell him. The way his eyes lock on mine feel like he is sucking the information from me and I can't let that happen "Fuck off!" I snap, turning away and heading towards the door. Stepping out into the cool night air, his hand locks around my wrist, spinning me back around.

"Not until you tell me the mess that you have gotten yourself into. Have you done something to the Alpha?"

I keep my mouth shut.

""Her mate?"

I press my lips together even harder, willing him to go away.

"You attacked her?"

I close my eyes, trying to drown out his questions.

He stops talking and when I open my eyes, Cooper is shaking his head. "I, Cooper Ash, reject you, Blair Everwood as my mate."

My mouth opens, but no sound comes out. Shock maybe? Rejection wasn't at all what I was expecting.

"Accept my rejection!" He demands.

"But...."

"Like you said, Blair. You have a mate." His words are full of spite

"I, Blair Everwood, accept your rejection." The scent of tobacco and leather fades the moment the final word leaves my mouth. He smells like every other Lycan. Shaking his head at me, he walks away.

A shock spasms through my chest at the breaking of the bond. I should be happy. I have Jenson and I will get him back. I didn't need Cooper. I didn't need the man who was actually chosen for me.

Cooper disappears around the corner and my chest tightens. He was going to Black Shadow. He would tell them about me. I had to kill him. I couldn't let him give them information.

Pulling the small knife from inside my jacket, I run after him. Cooper's strides are long and he ignores me when I call out to him.

He stops suddenly and I swing the knife at him. Though he is prepared and catches my wrist, squeezing it tight until I'm forced to drop the knife. "That was a stupid move."

"You can't tell them about me!"

"Or what? You are going to stick a knife in my back? How about I beat you to it!"

Something cold plunges into my back. It's pulled down from near my heart to somewhere more central. The pain doesn't kick in right away. Not until I feel the warmth of my blood trickling down my skin and soaking the back of my shirt. It wasn't him that stabbed me though. One hand was still on my wrist, the other on my hip. He had been working with someone.

He lets go of me and I drop to the ground in agony, only to see the Wolf that had brought me the glass of wine. "Have a good sleep."