Ch. 391..395: The Alpha Contract Chapter 391-395

Chapter 0391

I continue rocking on the spot until I could feel Evrin's grip relaxing, he was finally falling asleep after barely sleeping last night. "So we just wait?" I ask quietly.

"Yes." Dane nods. "Though I would still prefer for you to stay inside. I do not need Cooper getting his hands on you."

I smile, "I will just kill him."

""You won't be able to if he drugs you first."

*****

"Let me take him, you are exhausted." Dane peels a crying Evrin out of my arms. It's almost three in the morning and he hasn't stopped since the sun went down. Nothing soothed him. He is clingy yet doesn't want to be touched. He couldn't even stand to be next to his twin. Thankfully, Logan is still fast asleep in the nursery and we had brought Evrin into our room to keep it that way.

"Do you think he is ill?" I was on the brink of crying. It's heartbreaking when you can't even help your own child. It's even worse because I could feel his pain. I just didn't know where that pain was coming from.

Dane shakes his head at me. "He ate, his nappy was full when I changed him. He doesn't have a temperature." He walks back and forth, crading our son like he was a newborn. "I've linked Klaus to come and take a look at him."

"You do think there is something wrong?" My tone is full of worry. I wish it wasn't, but I couldn't help it.

"No, but I know you do, so Klaus is coming and he can reassure you."

He continues to move back and forth but Evrin is relentless. And when I hear that knock on the door, relief floods through my body.

Klaus thoroughly examines my son, and eventually shakes his head at Dane.

"Something has to be wrong." I snap, pulling Evrin into my arms.

"Physically, he is sound." Klaus sighs. "He has no temperature, no problems with his joints, no swelling anywhere. I'm sorry, Neah, but whatever this is, it's not medical. How long has he been crying?" "Almost six hours." Dane replies.

"And he hasn't cried himself to sleep?" Klaus queries

Dane shakes his head and presses his lips into a thin line. He would be lying if he said he wasn't concerned.

"What about Brax?" I ask impatiently, "Maybe he can see something?"

"Go find him!" Dane orders Klaus.

"No need, I'm right here." Brax saunters into the room in nothing but a pair of grey joggers. "I was doing some late night training, I've been listening to the kid cry for h....."

He stops and stares at my crying son. A frown slowly creeps onto his face. "He's the youngest one, right?"

"Yes."

"Interesting. Remind me, how old you were when you first shifted?"

"I think they said a few days but then I was bound."

Dane holds a hand up, "Are you saying he is trying to shift?"

"That's exactly what I'm saying." He steps towards me. "His bones are trying to crack, the crying is covering the sound. I'm sure you can remember how painful it was to shift after you were released from your binding? That's what he is feeling, constant pain as his Lycan tries to push forward." His hazel eyes flick up to mine. "He's scared."

"Scared?" Klaus asks

Brax nods. "I believe so. He's trying to hold it in."

"You have to show him Neah." Dane tells me as Evrins cries continue. He turns to Klaus and Brax. "Leave us."

Evrin squirms and cries as I hand him back to Dane. I wait for Brax and Klaus to leave and start taking off my clothes. I wasn't ruining anymore

'Are we really doing this?' Nyx mutters

'I will do anything if it helps our son."

I close my eyes and let my Lycan come forward. Feeling every bone crack as they change position. Tufts of hair sprout along my skin as claws pierce the tips of my fingers. I open my eyes as my body completes the transformation to see Evrin staring at me in silence. The first silence in hours.

His blue eyes are wide as he sits with his back against Dane's chest, propped up by one of Dane's arms. I was fully expecting him to scream, but instead, he reaches out with his hands, beckoning for me.

Taking a step towards him, I hear his bones crack. He lets out a quiet whimper as tiny claws appear at the tips of his fingers. A few minutes pass and Dane is holding a small black Lycan instead of a little boy.

Chapter 0392

Blair

Sammie moves around her cell. Her fingers feel every nook and cranny as she searches. I sit and watch. Maybe it's because she didn't know Dane, or know the power he held over Wolves, but I knew he would make sure that every possible escape attempt would have

been fixed, especially after Jenson told me how Salem had escaped.

"There must be something." She murmurs, to herself I think as she doesn't even look at me for an answer. She had muttered the same four words numerous times over the last few hours.

"Let's say you find a way out. Do you think you are going to make it anywhere without being caught?"

She stops and her hands fall down to her sides. Slowly her face became level with mine, though the dim light made it impossible for me to see her eyes.

"We are not that far from the forest. I looked when that guy brought me back here. There were no guards."

I found that hard to believe. Maybe she just hadn't seen them. Maybe she had been to busy yelling at Damien.

"Sammie, just stop, you will make this worse for us."

"It can't get much worse."

"Will you be saying that when they send us out into the forest?"

"What is that supposed to mean?" She snaps

"I've been threatened with a hunt. That means you will be sentenced to that as well." I frown

"A hunt?" she snorts and goes back to searching her cell.

"My mate... ex mate, told me that for serious punishments, Dane has his wolves hunt the person or people. They rip them to shreds while they are still breathing." "They act like Rogues?"

She had never really mentioned Rogues before and I hadn't told her about that part of my life.

"Pretty much. I don't know if they are eaten, Jenson never did give me that answer."

"I don't buy it. It's probably just some scare tactic." She shrugs her shoulders.

"I'm not so sure." I mutter, breaking off a tiny bit of my protein bar when her back is turned and popping it into my mouth. It was vile, but I'm so hungry.

"And even if it is true. He wouldn't do that to us, we are basically Human, we wouldn't stand a chance." Sammie tells me.

"I don't think he cares about that." I watch her press on the cell bars and she suddenly stops to look at me. "Have you got food?"

"No." I lie. A part of me feels so guilty for lying, but she is doing the exact same thing to me, just not about food.

"You're lying." She snarls, "Come on, give me a bit."

"I'm not lying Sammie!" I sit in the furthest corner of my cell. She must have scented the protein bar. If she was Human, there would be no way she could smell it. But I don't ask her. I wanted her to tell me things accidentally. It has always been a good way to catch people out. Sammie shakes the cell bars, like she was expecting them to just pop open. "They should be worried about Cooper, not us." She mutters as she tries different bars.

"Do you think he will come for Neah?"

"Probably. I mean, taking away the female Alpha's powers, now that would be an achievement."

An achievement? It was a weird way to describe it. If she was supportive of Neah, I would expect her to say something along the lines of 'I hope not', not call it an achievement. "By the looks of it, he will have a battle on his hands." I sigh, "There are a lot of Wolves and Lycans here."

"There really are. How many do you think?"

I shrug my shoulders. "Dane's pack is large regardless of the Lycans. And Neah called on everyone. I wouldn't have a clue about how many responded."

I see her nod her head. "A few hundred?"

"I don't know."

"Well how many did you see?"

"I don't know. I wasn't paying attention, I was just hoping that I wasn't going to die anytime soon."

 

Chapter 0393

"You need to pay attention, Blair. If we are going to get out of this, I need you to help me."

I nod my head. "I will look later, I haven't slept yet."

"Fine!" She mutters in defeat. She drops to the floor with a thud as I curl up in the corner with my back to her. It might be a mistake but she wasn't getting in here.

I'm not sure how long I had been asleep when I'm woken by Dane hauling me off the floor. He binds my hands together with rope and doesn't say a word as Sammie watches on.

Pushing me towards the steps, I feel the knot in my stomach that is becoming too familiar. Dane glares at me and I keep my mouth shut while Sammie begs him to tell her where I'm being taken.

He doesn't answer her and turns the lights off when we leave the dungeons, plunging her into darkness. But she will still be able to see. After all, she is a Lycan.

I keep my mouth shut as he pushes me towards the packhouse, hopefully that means I'm not going to die.

Leading me into the office, I see that we are alone. He unbinds my ropes and points me to the chair. "Sit."

I do as I'm asked as he takes the seat behind the desk.

"Have you learned anything?"

"She thinks she can escape."

He snorts, "And?"

"She made a comment about it being an achievement for Cooper if he could take away Neah's abilities." I shake my head. "I have been around a lot of different types of people, but to call something like that an achievement is...." I wasn't even sure how to describe it anymore. "Like she wants it to happen."

I pull my bottom lip between my teeth and nod.

"Did you ask her anymore?"

"You want me to get information from her. I won't be able to do that if she is on to me." I drop my gaze, his crimson eyes were very unsettling. "Oh and she asked me about the numbers in your pack. She has already figured out that we are fairly close to the forest." "Anything else?"

I shake my head and place my wrists together, ready for them to be tied, when he walks straight past me to the door. Someone hands him something and the door is closed again.

"That's a start." He mutters, walking around me. "Now eat."

He places a plate on the desk a few feet in front of me. It was only a sandwich and a glass of water, but it looked like the best sandwich ever right now. Even I hear the rumbling my stomach was making, but what if it was a trick? "Are you rewarding me?" I ask as my eyes lock on the sandwich

"Yes. If you are weak or die of starvation, you will be of no use. Think of it as a contract. You are rewarded for completing your end of the deal."

"And what do you do?"

"For now, I won't kill you."

It was a power move. He knew he had all the control. "I'm not signing anything."

"I don't expect you to." He takes his seat and when I bite on my bottom lip again he tells me to quit. "Verbally works. Your choice."

"Fine." I take a bite of the sandwich and feel my taste buds ignite. So much for Sammie saying I would need to accept some changes when it came to food.

Dane doesn't speak as I take my time enjoying every mouthful. Who knows how long it would be before I got food again. I finish the water. "She will be suspicious." "We are on top of it."

"What does that mean?"

"You don't need to worry about it. Are you done?"

I nod and he wraps the rope around my wrists again. I keep my head low as I walk back to the dungeons.

He pushes me into the cell a little and releases the rope around my wrists. It was clearly all for show, but I would rather that than have my throat slit.

 

Chapter 0394

Neah

'He already has his Lycan.' Nyx murmurs, she was still coming to terms with it.

'Uh huh.'

'What do we do?'

'Nothing.' I reply. I don't intend on having him bound like I was. This is who he is. But what I couldn't understand was why Evrin and not Logan. Logan is the first born and yet there have been no signs of this happening to him.

As soon as Evrin shifted back to Human form, he crashed and he crashed hard. I'm certain if there were bombs going off, he would sleep through it.

'Nothing.' It wasn't so much of a question from Nyx, but a confirmation that we agreed on what is right.

Running my fingers through Evrins short dark hair, his lips curve up into a smile. I glance over to Logan who is sitting on the floor playing with some toys. Was he close to shifting? Would he shift? Or would it be when he turns thirteen?

I know I shouldn't compare them, but I couldn't help myself. I had so many questions and I knew no one here could answer them. Not even Brax.

I briefly wonder how my parents must have reacted, but the thought disappears as I realise just how quickly they had me bound. They were obviously not happy about it. A far cry from how I feel about Evrin shifting.

Picking up Logan, I tell him we are going to let his brother sleep. He needed it after last night. I carry Logan down the stairs, just in time to see Dane pushing Blair out of his office.

She doesn't see us and keeps her head low as Dane marches her from the house. Hopefully she had managed to give him some information.

Logan and I head to the kitchen where we find Brax eating. He waves a hand in acknowledgement as I settle Logan on the floor with a couple of his toys.

"Just the one." Brax muses.

"Evrin is sleeping."

"Bit of a hectic night for him, wasn't it?" He's full of himself as usual.

"What does it mean?" I ask. "I've been trying to understand it. He's not the oldest. In theory, Logan is the heir to the Alpha position, both Black Shadow and the Lycans. But then when Klaus was researching me, he said it was because I was the last female Alpha and that's why I was gifted my abilities earlier. So why does Evrin have his?"

He chews his mouthful of food incredibly slow while staring at me with narrowed hazel eyes, "I don't have that answer."

"You must know something."

"You would think so, but I'm drawing a blank. As you said, he isn't the eldest, it doesn't make sense, but the reality is, it's happening whether you like it or not. Following in his mothers footsteps."

I nod and the back door swings open. Dorothy comes running in hysterically crying. She doesn't even stop when she sees us and runs through the door that leads to the stairs. Moments later, I hear her footsteps moving frantically above us. As Brax starts to move, Damien comes in furious and tosses Dorothy's bag on the table.

"Why the hell is my daughter crying?" Brax is on his feet growling at Damien

"Oh I don't know, maybe it's because she pinned one of the kids down at school. If you haven't noticed, that is where she should be, but I had to go and collect her early."

"You better start talking!" Brax demands

"Like it was me who was talking to her teacher?!" Damien snaps and takes a seat next to me. "She pinned Kade down."

Brax smirks but doesn't say anything. It's not something he should be proud of when we are trying to create something better.

"Isn't Kade Ryken's eldest?" I ask

"Yes." Damien replies "And we have already had issues with Ryken over Dottie attending the school."

"Fucker should stay in his lane then." Brax retorts.

"The school is for everyone." I warn him."And if you haven't noticed, there are a lot more Lycan kids here than there are Wolves." I turn back to Damien. "Has Dorothy said why she did it?"

"Not exactly, she just said that he made her really angry." He points to the ceiling. "She never does this."

He's right. She never lashes out unless she is in the middle of one of her nightmares. She is normally quite a chilled child and wants to be everyone's friend. Anger isn't something that is part of her character. "I will speak to the Lycan." Brax offers

I shake my head at him, "You will do no such thing. I don't need those three kids being left without a father."

He smiles at me, almost proud that I knew exactly what his intentions were.

 

Chapter 0395

"Spend some time with your daughter." Damien mutters. "You spend all your time, training, working or with Maddie."

"Are you accusing me of abandoning my child?!" Brax's nostrils flare as he pushes his hands against the table as though he is trying to hold himself back. Damien glares at him, it was exactly what he was saying.

"Sort it out! I snap. "I have enough problems going on in this pack and I don't need you two to constantly be at each other's throats! Figure it out!"

They both fall silent. I guess Evrin isn't the only one that's exhausted.

"I am going to speak to my daughter and find out exactly what happened!" Brax snaps, storming from the kitchen.

Damien opens his mouth to say something and I give him a warning glare

"Did she hurt him?" I ask when I know Brax is nowhere near us.

"Not exactly."

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"She launched herself across the room at him. Used a chair to pin him to the floor and threatened him with 'my dad will kill your dad.' The teacher said to keep her home for a couple of days. She's going to ask Ryken to do the same with Kade" "My dad will kill your dad? Was she talking about you or Brax?"

"I think we both know the answer to that. I don't know if Kade said something to her or whether she is just having a bad day. There were no signs of nightmares last night, even with Evrin crying at all hours." His eyes shift to Logan. "Where is he anyway?" "Sleeping." He didn't know yet. I take a deep breath and tell him "He shifted."

He blinks a few times, "Sorry, what?"

"Evrin shifted. He was crying because his body was trying to shift and he was holding it back. I showed him my Lycan and he shifted. A beautiful small black Lycan. And Dane hasn't spoken to me about it since."

"Problems never come just singularly, do they?"

I shake my head. Problems never came one at a time, not in this life.

****

"I'm sure it's nothing." Mallory tells me as she cradles Luca. "He could just be in shock."

"He encouraged me to show Evrin. And now he has been keeping his distance all day. I've linked him and he keeps telling me that there is something else that needs doing. It isn't like him."

"I'm a bitten Lycan, so remind me, how old are you when you shift for the first time?"

"Around the age of thirteen."

"Maybe that's all it is. He was expecting to have at least another twelve and a bit years to prepare. Dane adores you and I'm pretty sure nothing scares him. But maybe, this bit of fatherhood does because it's something he can't control."

"I hope you are right." I mutter, "Maybe now it will slow him down on the idea of having another."

"Another pup?"

"Yes. And before you get any ideas, I'm not pregnant."

She presses her lips together and raises her brow as she turns away. "Do you wonder if the next one will be a Wolf like Dane? That would be funny wouldn't it. Siblings that are a mix of Wolves and Lycans. Or one that's a mixture of both. Is that even possible?" "Who knows?" I cross my legs up under me. "Has Eric told you what's been happening?"

She nods.

"You knew Cassandra quite well. Did she use Witches? I mean she must have done, her and Trey had me bound. What I mean is, did you ever meet any?"

"No. There were very few people she would let me meet. After running away, the older I got I realised how much there was wrong with the situation, but I had just been too blind to see it. I should have challenged them more when I learned about you. I should have seen everything that was wrong instead of just accepting it."

She takes a deep breath. "I never came across a Witch, Cassandra nor any of the others never mentioned one. We didn't even come across one when we were living with the Rogues."

I could see she was bothered by my talk of Cassandra. Eric had told Dane that she still held on to the past and what she had done to me. We never spoke of it. It was like a dirty secret kept between us but everyone else was aware of it.

I hadn't forgiven her, though not verbally. In my head, I had forgiven her a long time ago. She had become part of this family, my only female friend and I couldn't imagine my life without her.

She thinks she's being subtle, wiping a tear away as she kisses Luca's head.

"I forgive you."