Ch. 416..420: The Alpha Contract Chapter 416-420

Chapter 0416

"You went out?" I hadn't heard anything all night, in fact, I don't even remember falling asleep.

"Funny what a little sleep spell can do. Now get up, go shower. I hung some clean clothes on the back of the door for you." "What?"

He grabs my arms and pulls me to my feet. "Go shower."

"Why?"

"Can't have you looking like that over breakfast."

"No, I mean why are you doing this?" I stare at him

"I'm trying to show you that I'm not the asshole you think I am."

I snort.

"They really have you believing that I'm some kind of monster, don't they?" He shakes his head. "I would never do that to you."

He reaches out for my face but I retreat. "Is that what you say to all of them? You butter them up, worm your way in and make them believe something that is entirely false? I don't fall for it like the others. You keep acting like you are doing all this for me. You're not, you are doing it for yourself, plain and simple."

"What will it take for you to realise that this is real?"

"Real? I don't think you know the meaning of the word."

His eyes narrow, I had hit a nerve. He grabs my shoulders and spins me around, pushing me towards the kitchen. A small smile creeps across my lips. Maybe he was finally seeing that I was not someone he could win over. Cooper directs me to a chair. "Sit!" He snarls

As I sit he pulls my arms around to my back. He reaches for something and I feel the cool metal of a chain as he wraps it around my wrist.

"Let's try this a different way." He grabs my head and forces it over. His callous fingers brush my long hair off of my neck.

"Get off of me."

"You won't be able to resist me if I mark you."

"Don't fucking touch me." I growl, pulling at the chains. "I am not your mate. You want to know what my birth name is? It does not start with a D." I lie. "It's Monroe, Klaus Monroe."

His fingers pause in my hair. "You are lying."

"No, I'm not." I had been prepared to go so far, but there was no chance I was letting him mark me. I would be tied to him until one of us meets our death.

My chair is dragged across the floor. He squats down, locking his sage green eyes on mine. The blue flecks are darker again, it seemed to happen when he was on the verge of losing his composure. "What is your name?" "Klaus Monroe." I state clearly and confidently.

"Liar."

"And you're an idiot if you don't believe me."

"I can smell you. You can't deny that."

"Maybe it's your mind playing tricks on you. Maybe you are so fascinated by me that you want to believe it's true. I've seen stranger things happen."

His strength was definitely not the ability to tell if someone was lying. Idiot.

He softly taps my cheek and turns away. "What's your favourite topping? I'm going to make you the best damn pancakes you have ever tasted."

"You mean you are going to poison me?"

"No, why would I do that? I have told you already, Klaus. I like you, I like you alot and I want you by my side?"

He was delusional

"What about your true mate?" He was certain it was me, though I will never accept someone like him.

""We will see."

He turns my chair back around to the table and slides it forward until I'm sitting at the table properly. He moves away, half talking to himself as he pulls out what sounds like a hundred ingredients.

The reflection in the window shows his lips moving but now no sound comes out. It was like he was talking to himself and it's only when I caught sight of his eyes that I knew he was linking someone. It had to be Samara

 

Chapter 0417

Hey everyone, just a quick note for all those that like to be kept up to date. There will be no chapter updates today due to a family emergency. All being well, I will be back tomorrow 20th July but this is not guaranteed. Take care and stay safe

 

Chapter 0418

Neah

'What if we just kill her? It's an option right? No one needs to know until afterwards.' Nyx asks

'Because as much as I want to. Dane is right, we need Blair to trade along with Samara. I don't want Klaus to die. He doesn't deserve that.'

'Okay. So maybe we wait until the deal has been struck. Then we kill her? Make it look like an accident? She is Human now, it will be pretty easy to do., maybe we could let her bleed out? And I know you have thought about it so don't try telling me you haven't.' No thought was ever a secret anymore. Either Nyx was listening or Dane was reading my mind.

'We are!' She tuts

'As much as I want too, I am going to wait, let Dane play this game of his. If something happens, then I will gladly rip her heart out.'

I drop on to the bed and stare up at the ceiling as my body melts into the mattress. The omega had taken the twins to Athena's and Sebastian's not long after I left last night. She was young and the twins, even at their young age, knew how to test her patience. Though she hadn't witness Evrin shift yet.

Shit, I hadn't warned Athena or Sebastian either.

Closing my eyes, it takes less than a second before I'm hit with a burst of Dane's woody scent. The door swings open, sending in a rush of cool air.

"Are you still mad?" He asks softly.

"No, I'm too tired to be mad."

He pauses and I knew he was digging through my mind to see if I'm telling the truth.

"Then this might upset you."

I prop myself up on my elbows to look into his crimson eyes. "What does that mean?"

"Klaus linked me."

"He linked you? How.... he had....where?" Too many questions were going through my head.

"He was drugged as we expected. But it seems to have worn off, just like Samara's did."

I was trying to process how. Samara had claimed she hadn't had her abilities for a long time. And Maddie and Blair were still Lycan free.

"Cooper has him." Dane continues.

"Where?"

"He doesn't want us to go and get him. He thinks it's a trap and it's exactly what Cooper wants and expects."

"We can't just leave him!" I scowl

"We are not. For now, he isn't hurt, he is safe but he wants to find out more about Cooper and what his intentions are."

"Where is he?" I press

"There's something else." He ignores my question. He really didn't want me to know. "Klaus has asked me to speak to Blair about the scent Cooper had. The one he used to trick her into believing he was her mate."

"Wh...." I catch myself when it dawns on me what he is saying. "He thinks Cooper is his mate?"

"He has categorically said he won't accept him even if he is. He can't be with someone like Cooper."

"Is that why he left with him? Because of the possible bond?"

"I don't know. He cut the link before I had a chance to ask."

"He cut the link?"

"Yes." He sighs. "The last thing he told me was that he was not going to accept the bond. It is why he is asking what Blair could smell. If he knows it's the same thing, he knows it's a trick. And I'm letting him link me on his terms, when it is likely safe. "What if it isn't?" I sigh. "What if the scent is what his mate is supposed to smell? He might not be creating the scent, but instead the idea of the bond. That means everyone he wants will smell the same scent."

'For someone so tired, you are on the ball today.' Nyx mutters, impressed.

I look at Dane who hadn't said anything, "There's something else isn't there?"

"Yes. Cooper is half Witch. He wasn't using anyone. It's all been him."

I puff out my cheeks. The only other Witch I had met was Madame Curie.

"He told Klaus that they carry a mark."

""Like a Witches mark?"

Dane closes his eyes and nods. "The mark is the initials of their mate."

"And?" I knew he was purposefully giving the information in small doses. Not for some big effect but so I could take it all in.

 

Chapter 0419

"K D."

I drop back on the bed. "Klaus Daudet."

'Shit!' Nyx mutters

"Where is he?" I press.

"I'm going to tell you, but you are not going to do anything. Do you understand?"

"It's Klaus." I protest, "We can't just let....." "We have too."

"You are not doing anything!" I didn't understand why he had no urgency about this. Klaus was our friend. He had helped out with a lot of things. My Lycan history. Tutoring. The hospital. He stood in as Beta when Eric was digging himself a hole. He saved Mallory. I could list everything but I don't think it was going to make a difference.

"Trust me, Neah. I am. This isn't a quick fix. We are not going to go in and get him out."

"Why not? I've seen you kill multiple people."

"You've seen me kill Wolves and Lycans. Witches are a different game."

"I don't understand what you are saying."

"They come with different capabilities and we don't know what Coopers are. He was using a drug to take away people's abilities, but we don't know if he can just create potions. He could be capable of other things." ""Like what?"

"There was a story when I was a kid. It was about a Witch that wiped out an entire Wolf pack without ever physically stepping foot inside the pack."

I frown as Nyx asks me how something like that is even possible.

"The story suggested that she could make herself appear in the pack. Project herself. She was able to gain information without actually entering the pack."

"They couldn't see her?" I ask in confusion.

"No."

"Then how do you know that's the truth?"

"I don't. All I know is that the story has been passed down through multiple generations of Wolves. I remember the first time I heard it and how I tried to talk to my father about it. It made him all weird and my mother told me to never bring it up again."

"If I've learned anything. It's that we shouldn't believe it until we see it with our own eyes." I sit up and swing my legs over the side of the bed.

"I just know that story haunts many of the older generations of Wolves."

"And that's why they don't work with Witches?"

"That's right."

"You did." I whisper

"Madame Curie was different. Though I'm pretty sure she would have done anything for the right price."

I don't answer as I try to wrap my head around everything he is saying. "You don't want me to know where Klaus is, do you?" I ask quietly

He sits on the bed next to me. "I'm concerned you will go after him on your own. And before you say anything, I know you are more than capable of killing him. That's not my issue. Klaus has said he is waiting for us. That means he is fully prepared for our appearance. I'm not taking any risks."

"But...."

"Klaus has said he is safe. Cooper hasn't hurt him."

"He took away his abilities." I frown

"Temporarily. We will get Klaus back, we just need to get our timings right and let everything play out. We will make our move when we are ready."

I nod as he wraps an arm around me. But the idea of leaving Klaus out there put a knot in my stomach. It felt wrong. It felt like we were abandoning him.

Dane toes off his boots and crawls up the bed, dropping down with a groan. He holds out a hand to me. "Come, you are exhausted."

"I'm fine."

"We have a few hours before Ryken is back here and Athena is keeping the twins until midday."

His hand doesn't drop but his crimson eyes narrow at me. He was doing it to make sure I didn't go anywhere.

I roll my eyes and lie back down, but he grabs hold of me, pulling my back against his chest as his arms locked around me.

I should be pissed that he isn't letting me go. But his scent, warmth and touch was comforting for my restless mind. I had to trust his process. I had to trust what he was doing.

 

Chapter 0420

Damien

Knocking on the office door, I'm surprised when there is no answer. I was expecting Dane to already be here. Especially when there is less than five minutes until the meeting with Ryken starts.

Making my way in, I position myself in the far right corner, behind the desk and next to the window. I needed a good view of everyone in the room.

Brax appears next and purposely spins in front of as he lifts his top just high enough to show me that he doesn't have any weapons stashed in his belt. "You actually listened then." I mutter

"It may surprise you, but I do actually care about my daughter and I can follow some rules."

I don't respond as Dane enters yawning. "I need to catch up with both of you later."

"About my baby girl?" Brax asks

"No..."

He was about to say more when Ryken appears. He checks his watch. "I'm not late am I?"

"Actually, you are right on time." Dane tells him. "Have a seat."

"What about my baby girl and his brat? Shouldn't they be here too?" Brax challenges, "Considering this is about them."

"DON'T refer to him as a brat." Ryken growls with clenched teeth.

"I don't want either of you to speak." Dane's crimson eyes move between the pair of them. "You both need to listen."

He points to me. He had already asked me to explain how I had found Dottie. Believing that it would give Ryken a clearer picture. "Are you aware of how Dorothy lived her younger years?" I ask carefully.

"Yes, I know what Blair did."

"I'm not talking about Blair, I'm talking about the Humans that Blair sold her too."

"This has nothing to do with her attacking my son."

"Maybe, maybe not. But I think it's only fair for you to know and we might understand a little bit more why she pinned Kade down."

Even Brax didn't know the exact truth of how I found her. He had just heard small details. Though as long as she was safe, all was good, but I couldn't help wondering if he saw cracks in her soul too, but just didn't want to say anything.

His eyes flash up to me and I could already see how his anger bubbling up to the surface. He paces in the background. His hands balled into fists. He was like a grenade, ready to go off.

'Tread carefully.' Dane links me but he is looking at Brax.

'He's got no weapons' But that didn't mean Brax wouldn't hit something.

"She was just a kid." Ryken mutters with sorrow as I finish telling him how she ate food from a bowl like she was a dog the first night I saved her.

"She had to learn to survive on the bare minimum. She had nightmares for the best part of a year and they had finally settled down to the point they were happening maybe once a week." I look over at Brax who was staring into space, probably thinking about how he was going to make Blair suffer for making his child suffer. "Dottie has held everything in for so long that one day, I knew there was a damn good chance that she was going to blow. She didn't attack him for a game. She attacked Kade for what he said to her." Ryken looks down.

"He hasn't told you what he said, has he?" Dane asks

"He is sticking to the same story. The one he has given me is that he asked her for a pencil and she just lost it. But I know deep down it is not the whole story. While she has nightmares, he sleeps like a log, without a single worry."

"He called her poison. Told her that someone will kill her while she is sleeping." I mutter. Hearing Mallory tell me that made my blood boil.

"He wouldn't...."

"He did."

His eyes narrow at me. "She told you that."

"No, she confided in a friend and I believe her."

"My son wouldn't say something like that." Ryken shakes his head dismissively.

"Then let's bring him in here and I can find out if the little bastard is lying!" Brax growls.

Dane holds his hand up to silence everyone. "Ryken, how would Kade know about poison? It's not something that is taught to children this young."

He shakes his head. "He's never mentioned it before. Not even when he and his brother are fighting. I don't even think Tara and I have discussed it. Maybe we have and we didn't realise he was around, but if we did, it's not a conversation we have had recently. If you haven't noticed Dane. It's not like we are a family that goes out on hunts or wars or anything like that. We haven't even participated in a pack run because we don't feel we will be welcome by the Wolves."