Ch. 51..55: The Alpha Contract Chapter 51-55

Chapter 0051

Neah

"Y...you said you killed them." It wasn't my place to ask questions. But he had clearly kept her alive and if she was here to kill me, I wanted to know why she was the only one to survive. "I did."

"But not her?" I frown, confused. He was deliberately dragging it out.

"There was never a reason to kill her. I told you, some of the other brides ran. Some of them were trying to dig up information on me. She wasn't clingy, she wasn't desperate for my attention, though that has clearly changed. Veronica didn't do anything wrong, in fact she was very on board with the arrangement. It was me who grew tired of her."

"She killed her true mate."

"He wasn't part of this pack."

"She betrayed her own family."

"I see Raven told you everything she knew." He stares at me from across the table.

"Yes."

"Veronica's family had an agenda. Just like Trey, they gave her away for the contract. The only difference is, they made it look like it was the worst thing that could possibly happen to them. Yet, all along they had planned to hand her over. They wanted me dead and needed inside information to be able to do that. Veronica figured it out. So yes, you could say she betrayed them, but she brought the truth to the surface. It takes a lot for someone to betray their own family."

"You let her live because she helped you to live."

"It was the least I could do."

The horrible jealous feeling fades away as I look at him. He had this mean, mysterious side but now and again, he really did surprise me.

"I'm not saying she is a great person. Or that she's even a good person" He continues, "She has become bitter over the years. In some ways, I think the Moon Goddess is punishing her because of killing her true mate. Veronica knew that once she met him and their bond had formed, she wouldn't be able to do anything with me. Much like you when you were still linked to Kyle. I almost killed you with a simple kiss."

"She loved you." I whisper

"More than what I could ever return." He frowns

"Raven didn't know?!"

"None of them do. It's not something that I like to share. As far as they are aware, Veronica had angered me."

""And she left?"

He nods, "I told her she could go wherever she wanted and that I would never let her struggle financially. She returns every time I have a new bride. She tries to persuade me that she is still here and avaliable. I think partly, she is trying to measure up the new bride. But I told her we are mated and I have warned her." His tone deepens as his eyes lock back on to mine. "If she tries anything, she won't make it out of this pack alive."

It was a lot to take in. Alpha Dane sits there, watching me, waiting for me to say something. But what could I say? I had Trey and Cassandra who had set me up. Someone in the dungeon who was claiming to be my brother and now this. A woman who was desperate to have Alpha Dane as her mate. But how far would she go?

"I........" I didn't know what I was trying to say. My fingers feel the bumps of the mark he gave me. He had marked me. I was the only one who he had done that to.

"I chose you, Neah. I was meant to find you." He looks up at the clock on the wall. "We need to go, otherwise you are going to be late."

"Late?"

"I have found you a tutor. Like I said I would" He announces proudly, rising from the chair. He holds out his hand for me. "Come."

Chapter 0052

I still had more questions, but I think this was his way of saying the conversation was over. I almost hope that he is reading my mind so he knows how frustrated I am.

His eyes flicker to me, but he doesn't speak as we walk through the house and out the back door. He leads me across the grounds, nodding his head at various people but still doesn't speak to me.

Stopping in front of a house, I couldn't help but notice how it was run down in comparison to all the others here. Run down was the wrong term, not as perfect as the other homes.

Giant vines ran all over the building, snaking their way around the windows. Weeds stood tall in front of the house and the path that led to the door was full of cracks.

Alpha Dane raps on the door and pushes it open before someone even answers. He tugs me into the dimly lit house, giving my hand a little reassuring squeeze.

"Ah Dane." A man a similar age to Alpha Dane, steps out from a room, knocking over a stack of books and sends them crashing to the floor.

His dark hair is tied up into a bun on top of his head. He peers at me with his deep green eyes. "You must be Neah. And you are right on time." He smiles, sticking his hand out at me. "I'm Klaus, your tutor!" He beams at me, his hand still hovering in the air. His eyes flicker to the bright orange earbuds I had in my ears. "Ah, the memories."

'He's safe.' Alpha Danes' voice fills my head.

Taking Klaus's hand, he frantically shakes mine. "This way." He tugs me past the fallen pile of books and sits me at a small table.

"Dane tells me that you can't read or write."

I shake my head at him and glance at Alpha Dane.

'You will be fine, I will be right here,' His voice fills my head again.

Klaus moves around, pulling random books out of the random stacks all over the room..

"Klaus is one of the youngest to have graduated. He even got their before I did, skipping a few grades." Alpha Dane starts telling me. "If there is anyone that can help you learn to read, it's him."

Hours passed and although I was starting to get somewhere, I felt like an idiot, sounding out the letters.

"Keep going." Klaus would regularly cheer me on. He didn't rush me, he was patient, much more patient than when Raven had tried teaching me. But he still gave me this odd feeling, and it wasn't good. Alpha Dane suddenly gets up from his chair, "There's something I need to deal with. You stay with Klaus. I will be back as soon as I can."

He kisses me on the cheek and hurries out the door. Crap, he wasn't reading my mind.

I sit in silence, staring at the door. I didn't know this man that I had been left with. What was worse is that I wasn't in the packhouse either. "Neah? Are you okay?" Klaus asks me with a smile.

I nod my head and go back to sounding out the letters in front of me. At least then I wouldn't have to talk.

"You are not really a talker, are you?" He asks curiously as he stands behind me, leaning over my shoulder, practically trapping me.

"Could...could I get some water?" I ask quietly, just wanting him to move away.

"Sure." He chirps, moving away.

I use the moment to get out of the chair and prevent myself feeling trapped again.

"He will be back soon, you don't need to worry." He hands a glass of water to me with a smile and then holds his hands up. "I'm not going to do anything." My eyes flash back to the chair.

Chapter 0053

"Ah, I leaned over you. You don't like that. Sorry. I won't do that again. Personal space isn't one of my strongest areas."

He takes a seat on one of the worn sofas under the window. His deep green eyes move to the glass in my hand. "Are you planning on using that as a weapon?" "No.....I...." Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea

"It's not poison. I am not stupid. I don't need Dane ripping my guts out. Just water, straight out the water machine." He points through to what I'm assuming is a kitchen. I still don't drink it.

"When were you unbound?" Klaus asks randomly

"Huh?"

He points to his ears. "Kind of a giveaway."

"Not long ago." I mumble

"It's a nightmare, right. More the hearing than anything. It makes you feel like your head is going to explode. Do they help?"

"A little. It's...it's still loud."

"It took me at least a year to get used to it."

"You were bound?" I couldn't keep the surprise out of my voice.

His head bobs up and down.

"Alpha Dane?" I knew how he felt about my binding, I couldn't imagine him doing it to anyone.

"Hell no. No, I was born into a different pack. I wasn't what they wanted. 'Too smart for my own good.' That's what they would tell me. When I started school, Dane and Eric were the only ones who didn't bully me. Dane and Eric stuck up for me and brought me back to this pack. Dane has let me live here ever since."

Alpha Dane had saved him. He had given him a better life.

"You were bound because you were smart?"

"Stupid right, why were you bound?"

"I..." I wasn't even sure if Alpha Dane wanted me to tell people. "I was set up for killing my parents." I tell him, at least I could stay away from the whole first born and monster stuff.

"Shit. There is seriously something wrong with people."

"You...you don't have a mark." His neck was bare.

"Not every binding is undone in the same way. But for me, Dane found someone that could undo it. The hearing will settle eventually." He grins at me. "Now come on, you need to practise."

I sit in the chair while he stays on the worn sofa, respecting my need for space.

When Dane returns, he walks in without knocking and asks me how I'm getting on.

"She's getting there." Klaus replies and I notice the wink, "But like I said, she won't be a master reader by morning, it will take some time. Daily practice."

"Well that's enough for today. She will be back tomorrow. Same time?"

"Sure. Just maybe bring a bottle of water with you. I don't want Neah to keep thinking I'm trying to poison her."

Alpha Dane cocks an eyebrow at me as Klaus starts laughing. I was mortified.

We walk back over the grounds. Alpha Danes hand is tightly gripped around mine.

"Did... did you take me to him because...because he was once bound?" I whisper as his pace speeds up.

"Did it make you feel better?"

"No......." I tug my hand free, and come to a halt. I didn't know how I felt.

With his rough fingers, he tips my chin up, making me look at him. "I thought it would make you feel better, knowing you are not the only one. And Klaus is a good guy, I would rather you didn't accuse him of poisoning you." "I didn't."

"You thought about it."

"I.... You were reading my mind and you still left." Annoyance was creeping in.

"I was right outside, if Klaus had tried to do something, I would have known."

I feel my scowl deepen, "You were testing me?"

Chapter 0054

"It wasn't a test." I murmur.

"What....what was it?" She continues to frown at me.

"He is the best tutor I could find for you. And the only one who I know that will not lay a hand on you. I need to know that you will be able to have sessions with him without me present. As much as I enjoy watching you figure things out. I have a pack to run. And I still need to figure out where Trey and Cassandra disappeared too."

Her frown retreats.

"Not everyone is out to hurt you Neah."

"He....he asked me why I was bound."

"I know. I heard."

"Is that okay....I mean, what I told him? Should I... I have told him more?"

"You didn't lie." I smile at her. "But I do think it is time for me to have a pack meeting and tell everyone. If you shift, Neah, and I am not around....." I trail off as I look into her blue eyes. She feared people knowing what she is. She feared their response. "I won't shift."

"Unfortunately, you can't guarantee that. Devon said there are a lot of similarities. You most likely won't be able to control the first time. It will happen when you least expect it. And honestly, I thought you would have shifted when you saw Veronica." "Oh." Her blue eyes start to glisten with tears

She hadn't asked me much about shifting. And from her reaction, I could tell that she hoped to be able to control it so that it would never happen. "Come, you must be hungry." I murmur before her panic has a chance to truly take over.

She nods her head and takes my hand, silently walking with me into the house.

"Go on through to the kitchen, I just need to check on something." I could smell Veronica in my office and didn't want Neah to be anywhere near her.

'What the fuck does she want now? We made ourselves clear.' Aero mutters. He just wanted to be with Neah and so did I. I was very aware that she could come into heat at any moment.

Reluctantly, Neah lets go of my hand and heads in the direction of the kitchen.

"What do you want?" I mutter, pushing open the office door.

"Hey Dane," she beams at me from my office chair. "I was just wondering if we could go out for a meal. You know, catch up, like we used to."

'Is she out of her mind?' Aero snaps

"No."

"Come on, just as friends." Veronica pleads. "I won't even try anything."

'Does she even know how to just be friends?' Aero snorts and I have to fight the laughter

"No. Get out of my chair."

She spins around in a circle before standing. "I'm not trying anything, Dane. It's just, I don't have friends here. And I could do with at least one and you know me really well."

"Then you should have tried harder. I have a pack to run, Veronica, I can't be swanning off to dinners with you, just to 'catch up!""

"We went out to dinner loads when we were together."

"The pack was much smaller then. As you have probably seen, it has grown ten times the size since."

The light catches her grey eyes as she grins. "I have seen. I always knew you would be a great Alpha. You just need the right Luna by your side. Are you sure she is the right one?" She twirls with her blonde hair. "You shouldn't judge people you don't know."

Veronica rolls her eyes at me. "I saw her Dane. She is weak, and full of fear, not fearless like me. A Luna who is fearful is a useless Luna."

"Like I said, you don't know her. Now unless you have something of importance to tell me, you can go."

She frowns and heads to the door. "She won't make you happy, Dane."

I watch her to make sure she leaves the house.

'She's never going to give up,' Aero mutters. 'We would be better off killing her.'

'And when that time comes, I won't hesitate, but right now, she is not an issue.'

I find Raven in the kitchen with Neah, both of them sharing a tub of ice cream.

Chapter 0055

"I know you don't want to hear it, but Jenson is okay." Raven mumble with a spoon in her mouth.

"You've seen him?"

She shakes her head at me, "He called me."

"I know you miss him Raven, but you understand why I did it, don't you."

"Of course. The more I think about it, the more I'm surprised it took you so long. But you did what you had to do."

My eyes move to my mate, she was facing away from me and had tied her hair up. Her scent was shifting slightly and beads of sweat had appeared on her neck. I watch her jam her spoon into the tub of ice cream and then quickly into her mouth, like she somehow thought that was going to solve her problem.

'She's coming into heat.' Aero mutters

'She's fighting it.' I muse, watching her eat more ice cream.

My sister's eyes suddenly widen as she acknowledges the scent change in Neah, "I think I'm going to go." She drops her spoon into the sink and hurries out of the kitchen.

"Are you okay?" I smile at my mate as I take Raven's seat.

"Yep." It comes out a little higher pitched than how she usually talks.

"I am your mate. If you need satisfying, I'm only too happy to help." When she hits full heat, I won't be able to control myself around her either.

"Is this..... Is this heat?" She whispers, pulling at the collar of her tee.

"Yes." I pull her chair around to face me, locking my knees either side of hers and forcing her thighs tightly together. "Though you are in the early stages. It will get worse, if you fight it, you will ....."

"I know. I......"

She didn' know how to tell me that she wanted to be fucked.

In one quick movement, I pull her from her chair and on to me. She gasps as her chest presses up against mine. Her heart races, pounding inside of her. Her legs dangle either side of mine, barely being able to reach the ground as I hold her hips tight. "Here?" She whispers as I pull her tee up over her head.

"It's my house."

Her skin is flush and more beads of sweat appear on her brow. Her blue eyes lock with mine as I take a nipple between my teeth. I loved the fact she rarely wore a bra.

As she shifts a little on my lap, I knew she could feel my cock hardening beneath her.

Dragging my teeth over her nipple, she lets out a low moan and pushes down with her hips, squeezing her thighs against mine.

She pulls my face up to hers. Her lips hit me hard, with a different kind of eagerness. A deep hunger that was only growing. Something I had never felt with any of the others.

Lifting her a little, I rip her jeans, tearing them from her body. A new wave of her arousal fills the room and my cock is desperate to break free, straining against my own jeans. Wanting to fill her tight, wet hole.

Pulling her wet panties to the side, I slide a finger in, making her groan against my lips.

"More." she whispers.

I was only too happy to provide. I watch her mouth fall open as I push a second finger in, her back arches, and my cock starts to throb.

Quickly moving her onto the table, I pull her panties off and let my shaft free, pressing it up against her.

"Is this what you want?" I muse, pushing the tip into her.

"Yes." she gasps, trying to pull me closer.

"Turn around."

She looks confused, but slowly turns around, leaning herself over the table. Reaching around to cup her pussy, I spread her lips open and slide myself in from behind. She lets out a low moan as I hold her tight against me, letting her adjust. Her hands grip the edge of the table as I thrust deep inside her. Her moans make my cock spasm and her muscles clench around me, making it even tighter as I slide in and out.

I could hear her thoughts, I knew exactly what she wanted as I drive myself in harder. She wanted more and I knew this was just the beginning of her heat.