Ch. 521..525: The Alpha Contract Chapter 521-525

Chapter 0521

Chapter 0521

*There is a temporary Alpha." Silas tells us.

"A temporary Alpha?" I ask

"Well, he isn't the current true Kitson Alpha is he?" He smirks at me

"Are you his Beta?" Dane asks

*No, again, wrong word choice. From my understanding. A Beta for the current Kitson Alpha has already been established. That was what I was taught growing up."

'Is he talking about Samara? Nyx murmurs. I don't reply. I'm too busy listening to all the information he is offering

"Who is running White Cliffs?" Dane presses. "Do you have a name for us? I was told you were given away to family. Not to White Cliffs"

*I do have a name, but you do not need to know until you decide to come meet with him."

He doesn't answer Danes other question

'The family tree'. I mutter through mindlink to Dane. The name must be on there.'

Silas looks up and down the empty beach. "We can continue this conversation here, or we can take it to my rental. As I said, it is only up around the corner. I can offer some dry clothes while those dry out. You need to keep that pup warm."

'At least he doesn't know everything. Nyx murmurs.

"We should go." Dane tells him as he drops a protective arm around my shoulders.

*Actually Dane, I need a moment. I'm wet and I'm cold."

Dane takes one look at me and nods

"Wise choice." Silas agrees, turning away from us.

We follow him to a small beach house. "It's not much, but it is only temporary." He tells us as he starts stripping out of his wet top. "They are eagerly waiting for my return."

Tattoos littered his chest and back. Animals, tribal patterns and even roman numerals are among the black shades.

"Do you mind?" Dane mutters at him

*Sorry. Privacy isn't really a thing where I'm from."

Dane wasn't much into privacy either, but he seemed to be a little irritated by Silas's blatant lack of respect. Was it because he thought I was suddenly going to jump on his twin? Cóntent from NóvelDrámá!!

Silas grabs a dry white shirt and fastens it quickly. "Here, this might work." He offers me a robe, "Everything else will be too big. Bedroom is through there. I will start a fire. You can hang your clothes in front of it."

I glance up at Dane, wondering what the chances were that he could keep the peace for a few minutes. "Thanks." I mutter and disappear into the bedroom.

Quickly stripping out of the wet dress and underwear. I wrap the fluffy blue robe around me and sit on the edge of the bed in silence. There had been no words exchanged so far. No whispers. No heated argument. No talking at all. I expected something more than deathly silence.

'They need to talk.' I murmur to Nyx. They need to figure out each other.

"They will." She tells me

A few more minutes go by and I hear Dane ask "Why are you really here?"

"I don't think you are going to like my answer." Silas tells him.

*So you are here for a reason then. You know she had hoped you weren't here for some kind of power move. But it looks as though she might be wrong."

"It's no power move. I do not want anything to do with your pack. We were not raised together. I was not pushed to lead this pack that you inherited from our father. I don't expect anything from you. I was given a different opportunity. One that is far more satisfying than being an Alpha."

*Every Wolf wishes for a title." Dane fires back and Cooper told a woman that you were an Alpha."

*Cooper spun a lot of shit. I will say it's a good job he is dead. And as for titles, it doesn't work like that in White Cliffs." Silas is probably giving Dane that lopsided grin. "Do you know the story of the war? How Lycans went into hiding so they could repopulate what they had lost?"

"I have been told."

I quietly shuffle to the door. I open it just a crack to make sure I hear everything.

*Just because there are vast numbers now, it does not mean there is a need for more titles. In White Cliffs, everyone falls under two people. One Alpha and the one predetermined Beta. I could want a title, but it would be pointless. I can't have something that isn't mine." He cocks a brow, "Well I guess I could, but that would mean killing the Alpha and I have no interest in that. Besides, I like my head where it is."

I was certain Dane was staring at him in a way that said 'you better tell me more.

*The temporary Alpha has a thing about removing heads. All Kitsons seem to have a style."

Dane was likely mulling over me, ripping out people's hearts. "You keep saying the temporary Alpha."

*Temporary is what he wants to be known as. He handed over control of White Cliffs to his daughter a long time ago. But she skipped town to be with another man. So he was forced to step back up."

'Is he talking about my mother? Because that makes no sense if they could be with a Wolf.'

'He said another man.' Nyx mumbles back. "She was already with someone."

I fling the door open and stare at the men. "I... I have a grandfather."

"You do. And my job is to give you an invitation to come home."

 

Chapter 0522

Chapter 0522

Dane

"She has a home." I growl

"It's not her true home is it? She is not in a place where she is one hundred percent protected." Silas tells me

"She has me and the pack!" I snarl

"I can protect myself." Neah huffs, putting her hands on her hips.

*Just like you did in the ocean?" Silas replies. He waves his fingers dismissively. "I am not here to force you to come with me. It will always be an invitation. A choice. Your own freewill. I am purely offering you an opportunity that you may not have been aware of."

"An opportunity?" The sarcasm rolls off of her

"Bullshit." I snap. "You said it yourself, the Alpha you follow is temporary. You need Neah to take over his position in White Cliffs."

"I will admit that it is what the Alpha wants and needs. He is old. He has outlived all his friends, his mate. He is desperate to spend his final years not having to be a leader and gaining some well earned rest. Until that pup is born, you are the rightful heir, Neah. I, however, am just the messenger."

"Messenger?" I snort. If my father knew what had happened to his other son, he would be disgusted.

"What happens if he dies while still holding the Alpha position?" Neah asks

*There are protocols in place, but I will assume that everyone will leave to come and locate you. They all heard your link. Well the Lycans did. There were celebrations for days. You still lived. They saw hope for the future. Some even prepared to leave."

*Prepared, but didn't actually leave?" I ask

He nods but doesn't answer me.

*The people of White Cliffs are desperate to know they have someone to follow. It's how they thrive. From what I know, when your mother ran away, there was uproar, chaos, even suicides."

*Suicides?" I ask

"I was young myself, so I only know what I was told. As I said, the people there are loyal. Maybe a little too loyal. Their Alpha was no longer present, they saw no reason to carry on and Neah didn't exist then. Most likely, if Neah was still not in the picture, they will do the same when the Alpha dies."

'Pussies.' Aero scoffs

'If it's even true.' I reply

"Why didn't they go after my mother? You said that when this guy dies, they will come after me, so why didn't they go after her?" Neah challenges.

*Because she rejected the pack. Your grandfather had very little choice. He had to step back in. He had worked hard to get the numbers to where they are and the people needed him. He trained his daughters. And your mothers disappearing act rocked the pack."

*He really has a pack full of Wolves and Lycans?" Neah asks. Content from NóvelDrama!!!

*Yes. He changed things up. He accepted those that would normally be killed on the spot. He is a fair man unless challenged. He knew he had to adapt in order to stop the pack fading away. There were already many living there after the wars and he, his father and his fathers father have worked tirelessly to build it back up."

*Lycans were kept a secret. They hid themselves from everyone." Neah frowns at him. "Even White Cliffs are a well kept secret."

He dips his chin, "Many did, especially in the southern regions. Others united. White Cliffs grew stronger over time." His eyes shift between us. "Ah, you thought you were the first ones to be mated to each other. To bring Wolves and Lycans together." He shakes his head. "It's been going on far longer than that, but at the same time, it does surprise me that someone with the Kitson bloodline has been mated to a Wolf."

*You said my mother ran off with 'another' man?" Neah asks. "You mean she ran off with my father. I am still trying to understand how that worked out. My father was already seeing someone. He gave me a half sister."

"Half sister?" He raises a brow at her and she nods her head.

"I can't speak for your father," He tells her, "but after it was discovered that your mother did not have a mate in White Cliffs. A male was chosen for her, one that she was not happy about. She started skipping town, going further afield and one day, she just didn't return. Though it was probably for the best that it didn't work out, or you and I would not be having this conversation. And White Cliffs would perish when your grandfather passes."

He smiles at Neah, "You may not want to believe me, but there is no denying who you are. I see it, I feel it, I smell it."

*So you do want to take her to White Cliffs!" I demand

*Of her own freewill. I'm not someone who is going to put a pup through hell before it is even born because she doesn't want to accept the invitation. That pup carries your legacy and as I have already told you, I like my head where it is. Maybe this is why you were selected for one another. My guess is that it has something to do with that pup you are carrying. Maybe they are even more special than I first realised." He gets up from the table, moving away with a smile stuck to his face as he fills a cup with water.

 

Chapter 0523

Chapter 0523

He hands it to Neah, "You look as though you could do with this."

Silas doesn't know Neah is carrying twins and he doesn't know about Logan and Evrin either.

*You think my pup is special?" Neah asks. She was following his lead thankfully and not correcting him.

"We won't be certain until he is here." Silas tells her "But likely, yes."

"How do you even know that it's a boy and that he will be special?" She pushes

*Because he is coming from the last female Alpha. It has to be a boy, the first one, anyway. Future pups could be girls."

Neah slips into a chair at the table. A dozen questions running through her mind.

"I can answer most questions." Silas tells her. "I have been training for this for a long time."

*Training?" I scowl at him

*I am not a Kitson, yet I was raised by one. Family history is important to them. When the time came that I would have to come looking for you, it was crucial that I would be able to answer all of Neah's questions."

*You were trained with Kitson family knowledge?" I muse "To try and convince us that Neah needs to go to White Cliffs."

"We all have our place, Dane." He smirks back at me. "Have you found yours?"

Who the fuck does he think he is?!' Aero snarls

"Why didn't they come looking for me?" Neah presses. "When I was a baby? When I was bound? Or what about when my parents died? Why was I left in the hands of an uncle that despised the ground I walked on? I may not have known about White Cliffs or my family, but it seems like they knew of me and they just abandoned me."

Her eyes are incredibly dark, but it doesn't phase Silas one little bit. If he worked for Neah's grandfather, he had likely become accustomed to the Lycan hovering near the surface.

*The Alpha wasn't ready for you."

Neah snorts. "He wasn't ready for me?"

"He was concerned that you would have been turned against your heritage."

"As a baby? Do you even know what they did to me?"

His eyes shift to me and he almost seems puzzled. "No."

"Here's a clue." She snaps at him as her eyes get impossibly darker. "I didn't get my Lycan until I was twenty two. Almost ten years after I should have had her. I didn't even know I was a Lycan, I was raised to believe I was a Wolf. And I definitely didn't know I was the last female Lycan from an old blood line that runs through history." Content from NóvelDrama!!!

"They didn't bother coming for me. Not once.. They didn't protect me from the torture I was put through. But do you know who did?" She points at me. "He saved me in more ways than he will ever know. A Wolf. My mate. He helped me learn who I am. He helped me put pieces of my life together. Not a so-called family member who wasn't ready for me and has never bothered to make himself known to me until now. And it's not even him, it's his messenger!"

If we were alone, that robe would be coming off.

"I understand why you must be frustrated."

She shakes her head at him. Every conversation of her past brought up the deep buried resentment in her. And it was more evident now she was a mother. Being abandoned and treated like she was, just didn't make sense to

her, because she would never do that to her own children.

"I'm sorry Neah. I wasn't aware of your past."

"You never questioned why they waited so long to send you." I mutter

'Clearly I should have."

Neah sighs, "I used to wonder about my family. Whenever I was locked in the basement on the brink of starvation, or when I was repeatedly beaten, I used to wonder if I had grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles. I wondered what they would think if they saw what was happening to me. It took me a long time to realise that if there were others that knew of my existence, they didn't care. No one was coming to help me."

"I was never told." I see the sadness in his eyes as he watches her. "If I wasn't told, it's highly unlikely that Serkan knew."

*Serkan?" I ask

*Alpha Serkan Kitson. Neah's grandfather." He mutters without looking away from my mate.

"How long have you been looking for Neah?" I press

*I started my travels a few of weeks ago. Had to deal with Cooper's prisoners first. It would have been unfair to leave them locked up when he was causing issues elsewhere."

*You really let them out, it wasn't just a gimmick to try and lure my mate into believing you are being kind?"

"No gimmick." He keeps watching Neah and it's really pissing me off. The only person that should look at her like that, is me.

 

Chapter 0524

Chapter 0524

Neah

He looks at me in the same way that Dane does. One that says he can see deeper than what's on the surface. A look full of curiosity and intent. It's unsettling, I didn't want anyone but Dane to look at me that way.

"Thank you for the invitation. But I won't be coming with you. I may share a surname and blood with Serkan, but that is all. He isn't my family. He could have had a chance and he didn't bother. You can tell him that."

“He likely won't take it very well." Silas tells me

"I'm not taking it well." I snap. "You told us that the people of White Cliffs need someone to follow. Not that they want to, that they need it or all hell breaks out. Serkan is only interested now that I've developed my abilities and because he is old. Where was his interest five years, ten years, twenty years ago? Oh right, he wasn't ready."

Maybe I was being a little irrational. Maybe my hormones were making me extra snappy. But I was not letting this grandfather that I have never met try to dictate what or where I should be in life. I had figured it out so far and he was not the one who helped me."

"He has his reasons." Silas tells me

“And I have mine. You said it was an invitation. I am rejecting it."

I grab my damp clothes and head towards the door. I could tell by Danes' footsteps that he was right behind me.

Silas doesn't follow us as we make our way back to the car. Launching my damp clothes into the back seat, I pull the fluffy robe around me tightly and sink into the front passenger seat.

Dane rests an arm on my open door. "I'm not changing my mind." I frown

"Okay."

"I will tell the boys what I know and when only they are old enough. Then, if they want to, they can explore it. Right now, I refuse to be forced into something because of someone else's expectations and desires."

"That's fair."

"You're not going to tell me I should take him up on his offer?" I knew he wanted me to find out more for the boys. Particularly Evrin.

"You know I have wanted you to consider it. You have, I won't push it anymore and at least then you won't be anywhere near Silas." His eyes burn into mine. "I saw the way he looked at you. He is lucky he still has a set of eyes."

"I will never belong to anyone else." I mutter

My lips curve up and he leans in the car to kiss me. Before his lips hit mine someone clears their throat. Dane growls as he pulls away and turns to face Silas.

"Thought you didn't like to interrupt?" Dane snarls

"Believe me, usually I wouldn't, but Serkan would like me to ask Neah what it is that he can offer in exchange for Neah coming for a visit to White Cliffs."

"I've made myself more than clear." I mutter, pulling the robe ridiculously tight. Though he was no longer looking at me like he had been in the small house.

Silas shoves his hands in his

pockets and nods, "I informed him. But he feels you haven't given it enough thought. In other words he thinks I have not tried hard enough to convince you."

'Is he being serious?' Nyx snarls

"I thought it was an invitation.” Dane scowls at him. “An invitation gives the receiver an opportunity to say no. She said no. There is nothing more."

"I agree." Silas mutters. "And it

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appears that have been misled or rather he thought that I understood his unspoken request." He turns away and leans back against the front of the car and folds his arms across his broad chest.

"What has he asked you to do?" Dane presses.

“I'm sure you can imagine.” Silas tells him, “And I'm not on board with that."

I feel the pressure at the tips of my fingers. My claws were ready to come out if I needed to protect myself.

"If I don't go, he will kill you?" I ask

"On my return, yes."

"You're certain?"

"Not one hundred percent. Though I've seen it happen. I believed this to be different. I was led to believe you had complete choice." He shakes his head, "It seems that I am more disposable than I realised."

'This is where we need Brax.' Nyx mutters.

I agree, Brax's ability to read people would be very welcomed right now. Because Silas didn't seem the least bit annoyed that Serkan hadn't given him the whole truth.

 

Chapter 0525

Chapter 0525

"How did you end up in White Cliffs?" Dane asks

“Our father gave me away. I thought you already knew." Silas tells him

"I was told you went to a family member." Dane replies

He shrugs his shoulders, "Maybe I did, and even if it is true, I do not remember them. I grew up in White Cliffs. It is the only pack I have ever known. I spent my youth running around a castle and playing hide 'n' seek with the staff until training started. A brilliant way to grow up.”

"A castle?" I splutter

He turns his face in my direction. "Royalty deserves a castle, don't you think?"

I roll my eyes. If anything, a castle made Serkan sound even more of a jumped up egotistical asshole.

"Link Damien and ask him to bring Brax to meet us somewhere." I mutter to Dane

"Already have." He winks at me. "They are probably not that far away now."

"Is that our younger siblings?" Silas asks with a raised brow

"No." He doesn't tell him that Jenson and Raven are dead.

Silas gives us a lopsided grin. "I guess I should have expected you to have guards around. Though I'm not interested in dying tonight. So I will warn you that I will fight back and I am more than adequately trained."

"If anyone is going to kill you, it will be me." Dane tells him. "Though I might let my mate start by skinning you."

Silas brow shoots up again as he turns in my direction. "Is that your style?"

"No. But it is satisfying." I stare back at him and he laughs. Even his laugh was just like Danes. It sends a shiver down my spine and when I look up again, I see Silas watching me.

Car lights flicker down the dark road behind us. I recognised Damiens car as it comes to a stop. Brax is the first to get out. He takes two steps and comes to an abrupt stop.

"Well fuck me sideways! Damien wasn't kidding."

"Brax, this is Silas. My twin." Dane gestures to him

"You don't say?!" The sarcasm was rolling off of Brax. I was certain he had a million more comments. But he looks at me sitting in a robe. "Interesting outfit. Damien tried to explain the situation on the way, just be grateful they are nothing like Raven and Jenson."

'No part of the soul lives in the other.' Nyx deciphers his code for my sleepy brain.

"Do your thing." I murmur

"Where are you from?" Brax asks Silas as the wind catches his shirt. I see his gun, but then again he would never have come without it.

"As I have already explained, I am from White Cliffs." Silas tells him.

"Ah, the secret pack that no one knows about." Brax continues to ask questions, mostly the same ones we had.

I rub my eyes, listening to the same information being repeated. I was tired and hungry and desperate for the comfort of a bed. Quietly closing the car door, I could still hear everything.

Dane gets in the driver's seat and reaches over to cup my face. "Do you want to go home?"

"I do, but I don't want him following us. He doesn't know everything." I sigh and change to speaking to Dane through mindlink, just in case.

'What if we send Samara? She wants to go. She is trying to find proof so I will give her permission. She wants to find out about her family and her mother. I'm sure Damien will accompany her.

'It's a risk, and you could be throwing her into the lion's den. We don't even know if Serkan knows about her.' He replies

'He must do, his daughter was pregnant.'

'Yet from what Silas is telling us, you and your presence is Serkans only priority.'

Brax taps on the window and opens my door. "As much as I hate to say it, the clone ain't lying."

Dane gets out and joins the others. I mostly tune out of their conversation to watch Dane and Silas. If they switched places, would Serkan even know?

I close my eyes, searching for a

possible link to my grandfather. I find nothing. No link to a man called Serkan. But Silas had said the Lycans in White Cliffs had heard me. That they wanted to find me and yet, there was no connection to a man that was technically family. I don't even know if there ever was.