Ch. 356..360: The Alpha Contract Chapter 356-360

Chapter 0356

Neah

"Let's go!" Brax grabs my arm and starts hauling me away like I'm some piece of furniture that's slowing him down.

"Let go of me." I snap, prying his fingers from my skin. "I still have questions!"

"If we don't leave now, I'm going to put a bullet through Blondie's head."

'It was only a matter of time.' Nyx mutters

"Because you didn't like what she was saying?" I protest as he ushers me around to the passenger side of the car and practically pushes me onto the seat.

"No." His voice drops to a whisper. "I wanted whoever is watching us to hear me say that."

I start to turn my head. Moments before knocking on the door of Blair's home, I had a feeling someone was watching us, but there were no scents other than ours and I couldn't see anyone.

"Keep your eyes on me, Neah. They need to think we are unaware of them. If you start looking around, you will draw more attention."

"I can't smell anything." I mutter as Nyx makes the same declaration.

"We're not supposed to. They are masking their scent, it's why I cannot pinpoint a location. There could be more than one." He whispers back to me. "We are going back to Black Shadow. If they choose to follow us, it is on them. But I made a promise to keep you safe and that is exactly what I am going to do. Now buckle up."

He slams the door shut, barely missing my fingers and I curse him as I pull the belt around me.

"Do you think it's this Cooper/Ash guy?" I ask as he speeds in the direction of Black Shadow.

"I'm not sure. Even if he had found a way to mask his own scent, I'm certain I would still be able to scent Madison as he was the one who took her. Madison's scent wasn't there."

"We don't know if they were watching us or Blair and Samara."

"Us." He replies and the car seems to gain more speed. My fingers coil around the belt as though it was going to somehow save me if we crash.

"How can you be certain?" I ask as I grip the belt tighter.

"There is a car following us and it has been since we left."

I look over my shoulder and the silver car is starting to fall back. It eventually slows to a crawl and pulls off on the grass as we turn the bend.

'They knew that we knew they were following us.' Nyx growls

"Lycan or a Wolf?" I ask Brax.

"I believe they are Lycan."

""Believe?"

"Masked scent makes it trickier, I may be wrong, it could be Wolves, but I would rather not stick around to find out."

"Is it easy to mask scents?"

"No. It takes a lot and is a well thought out process."

I stare at him. There was so much that I didn't know about him. Only little bits of information came through when he decided to share. He wasn't the type of Wolf that you could force information from either.

I look over my shoulder again. I couldn't see the car anymore. "They're gone."

Brax bobs his head, but doesn't slow down. We almost hit a car coming in the opposite direction. He finally slows down until we come to a stop and I breathe a sigh of relief. I had only been in cars a handful of times and they made me nervous. "You're worried about Maddie. We will find her." I offer, hoping it would make him feel better.

He takes his eyes off the road for a second to look at me. His face is unreadable, but slowly, a smile appears. "You're right, we will."

Just as he starts the car, something slams into us from behind. The seatbelt constricts around me as all my organs are thrown forward and I have the urge to vomit. Sharp pain rips through my chest and stomach as the seat belt cuts into me.

I look over to Brax, but he isn't in the driver's seat, his body is stuck halfway through the windscreen, broken glass cutting into him as blood spurts from multiple wounds.

'Neah don't move.' Nyx tells me, but she is just as dazed as I am.

"I have to help him." I mutter back, fiddling with the belt clip

Chapter 0357

'Dane is coming.' Nyx groans. 'Just stay put.'

I don't listen and unclip the seatbelt, pulling it from my flesh and sending my own blood splattering across the car.

It takes me a moment to find the door handle as Nyx continues to tell me to stay still. 'He's coming. I can hear him. Dane's coming.'

I couldn't hear him. All I could hear was her and the blood rushing between my ears. My head ached and I could barely see straight, the smell of fuel fills my nostrils. I fling the door open just as I'm thrown forward again. My wrist cracks as I'm slammed into the dash followed by a crack in my pelvis as I try to move.

The contents of my stomach reveal themself along with huge amounts of blood.

I'm thrown a third time and my head hits something sharp before I fall back in my seat. It was getting harder and harder for me to breathe. Everything inside of me felt torn up.

"BRAX!" I force out, but it comes out all breathy with no real sound. He wasn't moving as I cough up more blood.

"We haven't got time. We have to get them now!" A male voice hollers.

"We've got plenty of time." A woman mutters

"She's mated to Dane. He's probably already on his way." Another man snaps

"Then we better hurry up. She is an Alpha too, remember. If she's not dead, she can heal quickly. We need to get this done now. Before he comes looking for her.

I close my eyes as the footsteps move closer, willing myself to heal. I needed to heal just enough to fight back, just enough so I can shift and rip their fucking hearts out!

"Kill him first." The woman mutters. "We don't need that bastard shooting everyone. Or learning about us."

I hear more glass shatter, and the sound of something heavy being dragged across the ground. Seconds later, a round of shots are fired and a single tear creeps down my cheek. Brax hadn't stood a chance against whoever these scentless people were. 'Nyx, we need to shift and I can't do it on my own right now.' I beg. This was the only way I was going to survive.

'We are too weak.' She tells me as a new wave of nausea hits me

Someone grabs my wrist and I prepare to swing my broken one at the person. "Neah, it's me." Brax mutters. "Open your eyes, look at me."

I stare at him in shock. "You... you're alive?!!" I feel the blood seep from the corner of my lips. He uses his thumb to wipe it away.

"I had to play dead. It was the only way to get you out of here. Can you walk?"

I shake my head at him and a sharp pain goes up my neck. I fight to keep the vomit down. "I'm not... I don't think I'm healing." My lungs are barely filling with oxygen.

He glances over his shoulder, trying to decide what to do.

"Did you kill them?" I cough and more blood comes up.

"To fucking right. Fucking arseholes. And now, I need to get you out of here." He slips an arm behind my knees and forces the other behind my back. "This is going to hurt."

Brax lifts me out of the car as I cry in pain. Somehow, the breaking of bones when you are not shifting is so much more painful.

He places me on the ground and adjusts my legs and hips as footsteps come running towards us. Dane's scent is strong and I'm so happy that Nyx was right. He drops down next to me as my pelvis clicks itself back into place.

He cups my face and uses a cloth to wipe the blood from my chin. "Don't talk. I've got you. You are going to be fine."

"What the fuck happened?" He demands from Brax as he picks broken glass out of my face.

"These fuckers crashed into the back of us." Brax tells Dane.

I turn my head, ignoring the pain in my neck to see who Brax was talking about. Three dead people lay on the side of the road. Eric stands over them with a frown. Each one had a bullet lodged in their skull. I knew all three of them.

Wolves from Black Shadow.

 

Chapter 0358

Neah

I push myself upright too quickly and feel the blood rush to my head.

'Nyx, are you good?'

She groans back at me and I leave her alone. As long as I could still hear her, she was still with me.

"Neah, stay still." Dane tells me

"No...it's fine. I'm almost healed."

He reluctantly holds out a hand to help me as I get on my feet. I think he knew that I was going to get up regardless and there was no point trying to stop me.

Dane continues to hold on to me as we make our way across the road towards the three dead Wolves, like I was somehow going to fall face first into the ground any second.

The Wolves were interesting, even after death, neither one of them had any scent. How had they masked it from us? Especially Brax, he had always been able to single out the different species. However they had done it, it must have been recently. "We need to get them out of the road." Dane tells Eric. "If someone comes along here, it will draw too much attention. We don't need any more unwelcome visitors at our gates."

He hadn't said anything about them being part of Black Shadow, but he is livid.

"Wait." I mutter as Eric grabs the nearest man. "Have you searched them? They might have some information about why they did this or who they did this for."

Brax stares at me "You're expecting me to find a phone number?"

"I don't know, maybe!" I retort

"The problem isn't them, Neah." His eyes shift to Dane. "The problem is how many of your Wolves have turned against you."

"They wouldn't." I snap. "They didn't turn against Dane. It was me and you that they tried to kill."

Eric checks them anyway, but ultimately finds nothing. Brax and Eric move the bodies from the road and into the trees as Dane guides me back in the direction of Black Shadow. His anger is rolling off of him, though he keeps his eyes forward. "Dane?"

"I didn't want you to come out here. You could have....."

"But I didn't." I cut him off. "I am not weak, Dane. The car slammed into us three times. I should be dead. If I was human, I probably would be, but I'm not. You couldn't have expected this to happen. We went to speak to Samara and Blair. None of us could have prepared ourselves to be attacked by Black Shadow Wolves, Wolves from your own pack."

I pause my movements and have to blink a few times. I still had a haze that came and went.

"Are you okay?" Dane presses, watching me carefully.

I nod, but Nyx is still unusually quiet. "You have Aero. When you hit your head, can it make them dizzy too?"

"Yes. Some would say it's a curse. But the reality is, they are part of us in every way. Give Nyx some time to rest and she will be okay. You should be resting too." Usually he would smile when he was giving me words of reassurance, but this time, he doesn't. "What are you going to do?" I ask as we start moving again.

"Get Klaus to check you over."

"You know that is not what I'm talking about. Do you think this guy that took Maddie has something to do with all of this?"

"It would be a big coincidence if it wasn't him. Brax said the guy was asking Maddie questions. One of the other Ash's said the same. It's a possibility that Cooper has corrupted them. Maybe twisted their words to make them question themselves." "Black Shadow has always been a strong pack. They have always been respectful of you as their Alpha. So whatever he is telling them, it's enough to convince them."

"The problem is, a lot of things are changing. There are now more Lycans in the pack than there are Wolves."

"You think the Wolves feel threatened?"

"It's a possibility. It might only be a few that have fallen victim to his lies."

"But Cooper is a Lycan. If they have a problem with Lycans, why would they work for him?"

He stops me and cups my face. His crimson eyes searching my own. "Do you trust me?"

"Yes. You know I do." I mutter, confused. "Why?"

"When we get to the road that leads up to the gates, I'm going to carry you in. I need you to pretend you are out of it." He looks me up and down.

I frown, "You're testing them?"

"You know I have my own ways of weeding out the unloyal ones. All I ask is that you don't make a sound and you stay in the house, unseen for a few days."

Chapter 0359

"What about the boys?"

"I will be present and so will Damien, Eric, Mallory, Klaus." He sighs "And Brax if needed. Besides, they can't talk yet so it's not like they can tell anyone where you are or how you are."

"What about Dorothy? She could tell someone. I don't want to ask her to keep a secret, she is just a kid. She's only just started school."

"Dorothy will stay with Athena and Sebastian tonight. We will work out a plan going forward. Though it might not be needed. Carrying you through the gates should be enough to show me if anyone else is planning on fucking with the pack. I'm hoping it's just those three idiots. But if there is anyone else, it will be dealt with promptly."

"That might work for your Wolves, but how do you think the Lycans are going to react when they find out it was your Wolves that attacked me? They came here and have shown that they are here to support me. We could be starting a war on our own doorstep. I'm not prepared to do that."

I had asked the Lycans to come here and now because of one man, everything was about to be ripped apart. A war on our own land would be perfect for someone like Cooper.

"That's what he wants." I murmur as reality hits me

"You think a war is what he wants?"

""Yes."

Dane cocks a brow at me.

"The Wolves, when they were making their way to us, they were talking about getting something done. If they wanted to kill me, they would have done so first, but they went for Brax. They muttered about doing it quickly because I would heal, they needed to get him out of the way."

I shake my head, piecing the bits of inforamtion together. "They are Wolves who know you, Dane. Most likely know how you operate. If they are working with him, they would have told him that. And what is one thing that you are guaranteed to do?" "Protect you and our boys."

I speed up, "Where are the boys?" I have a brief moment of panic, but I know they are fine. I would feel it if something was wrong.

"With Damien and Mallory. Damien won't let anyone near them."

"Good. But if you carry me back into the pack, it's going to start the wrong kind of attack. We should go back in like nothing has happened. If anyone questions it, tell them it was car trouble. Technically it's not a lie. And if anyone does question something that doesn't fit what we said, you will have your answer as to who is involved."

"Is that right?" There's a twinkle in his eyes, he was impressed with my idea. He grins at me. "The problem is, you are covered in blood."

I look down at my tee. There is a large hole ripped through the front, right where my stomach is, it was also soaked in my own blood. My jeans are splattered with deep red streaks and spots and so are my arms. I can only imagine what my face looks like.

"You can't walk in the pack looking like that, it will draw too many eyes, especially if we are going to act like everything is normal." He grabs my hand and pulls me into the forest. "There's a stream nearby. We get you cleaned up and Klaus can bring you some clean clothes."

"Klaus?"

"It will look too suspicious if Damien leaves as well as me, plus he is watching the boys and Mallory is still not a hundred percent. Klaus can leave without anyone questioning him."

We head further into the forest until we find the fast flowing stream. Crimson eyes lock on mine as he rips my tee apart and peels it from my shoulders, leaving me in my blood soaked bra and jeans. He pulls off his own shirt and hangs it on a nearby branch. Crouching down to the water, he soaks my ripped tee while frowning at the streaks of red all over my abdomen.

"Come here." He orders.

I step closer to him. Using the tee, he gently wipes the blood from my stomach, paying close attention to the area where the seat belt had buried itself into my flesh. There are no marks left, but his fingers glide over the non existent wound. "I'm healed." I whisper

"It should never have happened." His hands move to my waist as he stands.

"I'm not as fragile as I once was. Anyone could have been hurt."

"But it wasn't anyone was it? It was you."

 

Chapter 0360

Neah

He wipes the wet cloth over my face and his eyes follow the droplet of water that travels down to my chin and then down between my breasts and into my bra.

"I've lost enough people." He mutters as he continues to wipe blood from me.

"I'm not going anywhere, Dane. I'm yours, I will always be yours and I will fight for my family." I had intention of going anywhere. there might have been a time that i would have just given up, but that wasn't me anymore. He pulls me in against him with enough force it knocks the air out of my lungs. His lips are on mine before I have a chance to take a breath.

In one fluid movement, he lifts my legs around his hips and drops us to the ground. His tongue dives into my mouth and he thrusts his hardening cock against me in desperate need.

His lips move to my jaw leaving behind soft kisses that seem to be sending little spikes of electricity through me. He continues down to the mark on my neck as his breath ignites my skin.

"Dane." I whisper as he rips the bra from my chest.

His lips collide with mine as he squeezes my breast, rolling my nipple under his thumb before sucking it into his mouth. My hands lock in his hair as my back arches and a breeze hits my thighs as he rips my jeans from me. He sits back staring at me as I try to catch my breath when suddenly, he runs a finger straight up the centre of my black panties, sucking a gasp from me.

As he strokes me, he pushes my thighs apart and presses his face against my wet pussy. Using his teeth, he rips apart the panties and pulls the ripped fabric from me like they were the only thing that was stopping him.

His tongue glides over my centre as his hands slide around my ass. He pulls my hips off the ground, plunging his tongue deeper inside of me.

Biting down on my bottom lip, I hold in the moan as his tongue licks me clean. He squeezes my ass as I grind against his face and his crimson eyes lock with mine. There was something about him watching me as he brought me closer and closer to an orgasm that makes me want more.

He stops "Trying to hold those noises in?"

I nod, very aware of where we are. Someone could be watching us and we would have no idea. Especially if they had no scent.

He drives a finger into me as his tongue flicks over my clit, watching me desperately trying to keep my moans to a minimum.

A second finger forces me to release my bottom lip from my teeth and the third finger has me shuddering around him.

He doesn't let me enjoy the moment. Instead, he pulls me up against his bare chest as his cock presses against the front of my pussy.

Dane locks a hand against the back of my head, desperately kissing me as his other hand teases my pussy from behind. He lifts me a little, letting the tip of his cock press against my entrance and holds me so I can't slide down.

"I need you." I whisper.

He pulls on my bottom lip with his teeth and he thrusts just enough to be inside of me.

"More!" I plead and he strokes my pussy with his fingers with a huge grin on his face. He knew full well what I wanted.

He holds my chin between his finger and thumb. "Take control."

I pull his hands away from my ass and press my lips against his as I sink down onto his solid cock. He groans when I start to ride him. His hands lock around my waist, his fingers dig in against my skin as the desire in my centre tightens.

I move slow, enjoying how his cock fills every bit of me. My head tips back as my muscles clench around him. "Fuck! Ohhhh...."

Dane grips my arse, thrusting up into me each time I come down on him, forcing me to speed up until I can't take no more.

"Keep going." He growls and unexpectedly slaps my ass as he guides me up and down his length until he is swelling inside of me.

He sucks my nipple into his mouth and bites down as ecstasy hits. My own movements slow, riding him as ripples of delight shatter me.

Dane moves quickly, flipping me onto my back and pulling my right leg up over his shoulder. He plunges his length back into me. "I'm not done yet." And fucks me until I can barely see straight.

His heavy breathing matches mine. He thrusts harder and harder as I beg him to fill me with his load.

Pressing his whole body against mine, his teeth find the mark on my neck and sink into my flesh as he fills me with his cum.

As we lay together, his tongue swipes over my neck, licking up the spilled blood from the bite. He runs his thumb over the wound as it heals. I had never thought to question him about why he bites me and why he always seemed to enjoy tasting my blood, but I knew he never did it to hurt me.