Ch. 411..415: The Alpha Contract Chapter 411-415

Chapter 0411

Neah

'Sometimes, it's so frustrating when he is right.' Nyx groans. She was just as eager as me to put an end to Samara, but Dane was right, we couldn't risk losing Klaus, not when we don't have the full picture.

"So we are just going to let her live?" I whisper to Dane as my claws retract. They were coming out with next to no pain now and sometimes, I didn't even notice they were out.

I could see Samara staring at us. A mixture of fear and hope that she thinks Dane is saving her.

And now she was awake, I couldn't hear her whimperings anymore, though there is no denying that there is a link to me. I could order her. I could feel it, but could she?

"Why is everything so loud?" Samara suddenly cries, as she plants her hands over her ears. It was interesting how sound was the last thing to come to her. It was the first thing that hit me when my binding was broken "You have your Lycan, you dumb bitch!" Blair screeches and Samara winces.

"You're wrong." She cries back

"Enough!" Damien snaps.

"Eric, bring Blair to my office." Dane tells him. "Damien, make sure she doesn't do anything stupid."

'Is he going to kill Blair? We have information now. We don't need her anymore. So he must be, right?' Nyx asks

'I don't think he is.' I could tell Dane was mulling something over, if he was going to kill her, he wouldn't be considering other things and he would have just done it.

He gestures to the steps and holds a hand out to me. He doesn't speak until we are outside. "We are going to have to find somewhere else to put Blair."

"Why? She is locked up in the cell."

"Yes, but she has just made it very clear that she is pissed off with Samara now that some of the truth has come out. Moving forward, she's going to be useless in getting any information. And you heard her. She wants to kill Samara. She will be too focused on that. Again, if Samara dies, there is a good chance Klaus will be killed. I know you don't want that."

I shake my head, "You're right."

"So we are going to play this tactfully. I'm going to offer the bastard a trade."

"A trade?"

"Klaus for Samara and Blair. Two for the price of one. We can see just how much he loves his sister because it's either none or both."

"Won't that just make him think Klaus is worth more?"

"Contracts or deals often mean offering something that is worthwhile. Something that the other party thinks works in their favour. It doesn't necessarily mean it will, they just have to believe it will.

I stare at him as Damien and Eric appear with Blair. She is quiet, keeps her gaze low and does not fight the men as they move her forward.

"We don't even know how to get in touch with him." I look around the dark grounds. "We don't even know where he has taken Klaus."

"Something tells me we won't need too. He will soon learn that the spell or drug that he used has worn off and he can link his sister. He will probably turn up on our doorstep if he is that desperate to get her back."

"Okay." I mutter "And what are you going to do with Blair?" I ask as the slamming of the dungeon door makes me jump. "You said she can't stay in the dungeon. You can't possibly think that I will agree to letting her live in the house.

"Of course not. I need to find someone that will keep an eye on her and I know just the person to ask."

He had never been the one to make people wait for their death. If death was what they deserved, death was what they got. So why was he content on letting her live?

"You think Cooper will be pissed if we kill her too?" I ask

"Possibly."

"She's too much of a risk." I keep my voice low as Damien and Eric take Blair towards the house.

"She is, but I don't think you are her target anymore. She didn't want to come here. She came here because Samara talked her into it. I don't think you have been her target for a while. I'm not saying forgive her, because there is no way she deserves that. But maybe we can put her to work, nothing security based. Just while we figure out next steps."

Chapter 0412

'To work?' Nyx scoffs

My eyes flash up to his. "You're playing your little game again aren't you?"

He drops his arm over my shoulder and squeezes me into his side, but doesn't answer my question.

In his office, Blair has been dumped into the chair. Her eyes focus on her knees and she keeps her hands clasped together on her lap.

No one speaks as we wait. Several minutes go by and Blair becomes more fidgety. Her whole body trembles as her leg jigs.

Ryken knocks on the open door. "You called me Neah, is this about Kade? I know we haven't...." His eyes drift to his stepdaughter and a scowl appears. "What has she done now?"

"It's complicated." Dane tells him.

"I'm assuming you thought it would be best to tell me rather than her mother? How long does she have?"

"That will depend on you, Ryken." Dane tells him

"Me, you want me to decide how she dies?"

I see Blair's eyes widen and Nyx laughs, 'She's practically shitting herself. But why is Dane lying to Ryken?'

'You know he has his ways of testing people.'

"Blair is not safe in the dungeons anymore. You are her stepfather. I am requesting that you take her in and keep a very close eye on her." Dane tells him. I still didn't like it, but I didn't want her anywhere near the house either. What was the saying, keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer. Klaus had taught me that.

"Take her in? You want me to take her into our home?" Ryken acts like we are asking him to stick his head into an open flame.

"Take her in, feed her, keep an eye on her, don't let her out of your sight. She will be put to work with a guard and when work is over, she returns home to you and does not leave the house unless it is myself or Neah that requests it." Dane tells him

"She is your stepdaughter, Ryken. She is your responsibility. If you say no, I understand, she will not live to see another day. If you say yes, your family's lives rely on her doing what has been asked of her. If she fails or steps out of line in any way, she will not be the only one to face death. Do I make myself clear?" Dane asks

"I have a baby." He protests with a frown

'What are we going to do if he says no?' Nyx asks

'I guess we will deal with it if it happens.'

"If I do everything that's required, I get to live?" Blair asks in a whisper

No one speaks and after a few seconds, Blair nods her head. "You are going to kill me anyway."

"I will do it!" Ryken announces and everyone's eyes move to him. We were all expecting him to consider it but still say no.

"You will?" I ask as Blair stares at me with wide eyes. She is just as surprised as I am.

"I will kill her myself if she doesn't follow orders."

Blair looks at me, her eyes full of tears. "Thank you."

"It's not me you need to thank." I leave the office before anyone else. My own heart racing as my head pounds.

'I don't like it either.' Nyx grumbles. 'She was set on destroying us.'

I wait at the top of the stairs, but it's sometime before the rest of them appear. Ryken has his hands on Blairs shoulder, her eyes are still low as he pushes her through the front door. Damien tags along, I'm assuming to make sure there is no problem. Eric disappears through the door. Dane casts his crimson eyes up at me from the office door. "I know you are not happy and this is just temporary."

Chapter 0413

Dane

'She is not happy.' Aero groans

'I am aware.'

'There's still time to change the plan.'

'No, we need this done. And we need it to work.'

"Are you going to say something?" I ask my mate

Neah doesn't say anything, though she really doesn't have too. I can feel it through our connection and by the way she stares back at me from the top of the staircase.

She carefully gets to her feet, her hand gripping the bannister. Her blue eyes lock on mine for just a second. "I hope you know what you are doing."

She turns away just as Brax appears. His eyes move from her to me, then he watches her with a small frown as she disappears down the hallway. "You've seriously pissed off that one." He muses as he makes his way toward me. "I know."

He cocks an eyebrow at me, "Don't you think you should go after her?"

"Usually I would, but right now my presence will anger her more. She needs time to think and process what's happening."

"And what is happening? What have I missed now?"

I fill him in and he spends most of the time shaking his head and snorting dismissively.

"So let me make sure I understand this. Blair made a threat. Samara is in some weird form of denial and you think you can solve the problem by bringing Blair out of the dungeons. I have to say, I'm with Neah on this one and that is really fucking hard for me to admit." "You don't run the pack, you don't get a say."

"That's fair." He mutters. "But put it this way. You are talking about Samara playing a game, Blair could very well be in on it. Her reaction could just be part of the plan. You know that, right?"

"I don't think she is. Not this time. The defeat she feels is on display for all to see. She asked us if she gets to live if she followed the rules we put in place and then thanked Neah. She is broken. Maybe you need to spend some more time watching her." "You want to fix her?" He raises his brow at me

"It's not about me fixing her."

"I can see that." He mutters sarcastically as he studies me.

"Don't act like you know everything, Brax."

"You have to consider that Neah might not want family outside of this pack. She has been through a lot and until you, she had no one. Not all of us want siblings and quite frankly, I'm surprised that this is your reaction after what Blair did to your brother."

"My brother dug his own grave and took down my sister with him. He was always a prick and always thought about himself. Instead of just dying, he piggybacked my sister's soul. In reality, I think Blair brought out his true colours. I'm not saying what she did is right because it's not. And I'm not trying to make Neah trust her."

"Right." He presses his lips together, watching me carefully

"It doesn't matter what you think anyway. When the time comes she will be offered for trade along with Samara."

"If you say so."

"I do."

"In that case, I will keep an eye on her." He offers. "Not when she is with her stepfather, but when she is put to work. She fears me probably more than she fears you. I think my presence will be a good reminder."

"You mean you want to keep a closer eye on Ryken?"

He scowls at me as I mention Ryken's name.

"Ryken is returning tomorrow to meet with Damien and I to discuss what happened with the kids. As Dorothy's father you are more than welcome to join us, but on the simple conditions that you keep your hands off of any weapons and you keep your hands to yourself." He clenches his jaw as he stares at me.

"Those are the conditions Brax."

"She is my daughter."

"Then act like a father and have the fucking conversation with him. Both kids were in the wrong. You can't put all the blame on Kade. Dorothy pinned him down, she may have had her reasons and we need to get to the bottom of it. I have told Damien the same thing and he is willing to come up with an agreement with Ryken."

 

Chapter 0414

"Fine, I will be there. No weapons and I will keep my hands in my pockets." He tuts with an eye roll. "and I can't promise that I will agree."

"I can accept that for now and now we have that sorted. Why the fuck did you shave Samara's head?"

He laughs,"I wondered when you would ask. You said I couldn't physically hurt her. So I made sure she felt no physical pain, just psychological. Though I still didn't get any useful information out of her." "Always looking for a loophole."

He nods his head and smiles at me. "So Samara and Cooper are siblings?"

"You couldn't pick that up when you looked at her soul?"

"Why do I need to keep reminding everyone that I am not psychic? If they were twins, yes, I would have known, but I'm assuming half siblings?"

"Why do you say that?"

"There is no real resemblance between them apart from the blonde hair. Different coloured eyes, different nose, lips, face shape. If I met them in the street, I wouldn't have thought they were siblings. Do you believe it?"

"Neah ordered her to tell the truth. You could see that Samara didn't understand what was happening to her. She freaked out because her hearing was getting louder and louder."

"Almost like she has never shifted?"

"Exactly that. It reminded me of Neah when her bindings were broken. She wore ear plugs for the best part of eight months just to cope with the heightened noise." He nods, "Klaus told me."

"He did?"

"When we were out looking for something to help Neah, he filled me in on quite a lot of things and I think you are right about Samara. She's never had the abilities."

I frown "She kept talking about Cooper telling her that he was protecting her, keeping her safe so she wouldn't become a danger to everyone. I was thinking Rogue, but if she has never shifted, that wouldn't be possible. That means he would have done it before she turned thirteen." "And I would know if she had been a Rogue at any point. Let me spend some more time with her, I might be able to see her soul better."

"Wait until morning and don't touch her."

He rolls his eyes at me. "I won't."

Brax relaxes into one of the chairs in the office, "I assume there is no news on Klaus?"

"Not yet."

"Madison doesn't know anything else either." He sighs

"She's speaking to you now?" We had all heard the shouting earlier in the day and it was pretty clear how furious she was. It was about the only time I had heard Brax sound so uncertain. "Yes." He answers abruptly, "I wanted to talk to Neah about her actually."

"About what?"

"Turning Madison back to Lycan."

'Seriously?' Aero scoffs and I hold a hand up to Brax while I try to push my frustration down.

"You what?" I splutter as Aero starts losing his shit. It had been a long time since he had been so ramped up about something.

"To give her her Lycan." Brax states

"You want Neah to bite her?"

"Yes, though Madison is unsure at the moment."

"No."

"It's for her own good."

"Why? So you can feel the bond again? You don't like Lycans. You had a hard time accepting her."

"I know. She has grown on me."

"Neah won't do that. Not after....she just won't. And we don't even know if the drugs Maddie was given will wear off, just like Samara."

He glares at me as he gets to his feet and hastily leaves the office. I was grateful for the silence. Over twenty four hours awake and I hadn't had a moment's peace. 'Dane. Dane. Are you there?'

Chapter 0415

Klaus

'Shit, Klaus. Where the fuck are you?' It was good to hear Dane again.

'With Cooper. I had to leave with him, it was the only way to make sure he didn't do anything to anyone else.' 'Are you okay? Are you hurt?'

'He hasn't hurt me. I mean he drugged me, but it's worn off.'

'Where are you?'

'He has me at Blair's house. Don't come. It's too risky.'

'Why?' He asks. 'I can bring enough people and we will be in and out.'

'He will expect that and I don't know what else he is capable of.'

There's a loud snore from the chair in the corner and I silently watch Cooper, fully expecting him to wake up.

'Klaus?'

'The guy is half Witch, half Lycan. He is drugging people with something he made. Samara was his first guinea pig. Though he got the dose wrong and she hasn't been right since.'

'It's worn off. There is a good chance he will know soon enough.' Dane tells me

'He does.'

'We can use that in our favour.' He doesn't expand anymore and I figure it's better that I don't know.

'What about Maddie and Blair?'

'No change.'

'I need you to do something for me.' I speak faster, knowing that Cooper would be awake any moment.

'Klaus, we need to get you out of there.'

'No you don't,' I mutter, seeing Cooper stirring. 'Not yet, let me get what I can out of him. But I need you to ask Blair what scent Cooper was giving off when he tricked her into thinking she is mated.' There is a pause. 'You think you are mated to him?'

'He has a mark on his chest. Claims that Witches are left with the mark of their mates' initials.'

'And.'

'KD' I mutter

'Your surname is Anderson.'

'My adopted name.' I mutter back.

There's silence again. I knew the news was going down like a lead balloon. 'Remind me, what was your birth parents' surname?'

'Daudet.'

'Klaus....'

'I won't accept him.' I mutter hurriedly as Cooper starts making more noises. 'I can't accept someone that thinks it's okay to remove others abilities. Not after my parents did it to me. Not after I've seen Neah and Maddie struggle. I just need to know if it is a trick or not, before I reject him. I want him to break. I have to go, he is waking.'

I end the link and focus on the rising sun. Keeping my gaze off of Cooper. He had stopped asking me about my birth name after he realised he could link Samara and whatever she had told him had made him angry enough to trash the house.

He is a mad man with two personalities and if I wanted to make it back home, I needed to play along to a certain extent.

Cooper yawns. "You're already awake."

"Early riser." I mutter back. "I like watching the sunrise."

"I'm surprised your Alpha isn't here, knocking down the door. I know you can link him. I know that you are a full Wolf again. So you either have and have told him not to come or you haven't because you can't resist the bond with me." "Do you always think so highly of yourself?" I cast a glance at him to find him staring at me.

"Yes. Yes I do."

I roll my eyes and turn back to the sunrise as pink hues fill the sky.

"So is today going to be the day you give me your birth name?"

"You are so smart, maybe you should figure it out."

"I am going to cook you breakfast this morning." He announces, changing the subject.

"Not hungry." I mumble, though my stomach said otherwises with its insistent noises

He places a hand against his chest, pretending to be hurt, "But it's my special pancakes. They are loved by everyone."

I highly doubt anything here will be edible. Blair and Samara have been in the pack for ages. Anything you do find is probably off."

"Lucky for you, I went out when you were asleep."