Ch. 6..10: The Alpha Contract Chapter 6-10

Chapter 0006

Dane

She didn't trust me. Not a single inch of her which only made me question her history more. I wanted to know everything. I wanted to know her inside and out. I wanted to know who it was that had turned her life upside down all those years ago and why they had chosen to pin it on a child.

While she was being seen by Raven, I put in a call to my Beta, Eric, he was keeping an eye on the Moonshine pack and I wanted to know if there was anything that he had found out of place.

So far, the answer was nothing, which only made me wonder how much they were keeping hidden from the world. How deep did their secrets run? Because until Trey reached out to me, I had never heard of the Moonshine Pack. A pack that lived less than fifty miles from us. I wondered if Neah knew that.

I told him to head back, the pack run is tonight and he needed to be here for that.

I culdn't help but notice how Neah hadn't smiled once since I had met her. Not once did her strange scent change to show that she was even a little happier. Something that I would need to change, especially if she is to be my mate.

Running my hand across her stomach, she holds her breath and keeps her eyes off of me, finding anything else to look at.

"Are you afraid of me?" I ask directly as she lets her sweatshirt fall down.

'Of course she is, just look at her.' Aero mutters as he paces in my mind.

I see how she bites the inside of her cheek as she thinks of something to say. "Everyone is." She mutters breathlessly.

I cock an eyebrow at her.

"You have the biggest pack. You've gone to war and absorbed other packs. You have killed multiple Alphas. People ask for your help, you don't ask for theirs. It would be stupid to not fear you."

I smile and I could feel Aero's joy too, we had worked hard to become the Alpha that we are.

Neah was smarter than what her brother made her out to be. "That's not what I meant. I know my position in the world. I'm talking about you. Are you, Neah, afraid of me?"

Quickly, her eyes fall to the ground. I wish she wouldn't do that. I could stare into them all day.

"I am not them." I announce when her silence continues. I would never stoop as low as them. I would never beat a woman for my own benefit.

"Were there others like you?" Normally where there was one, there were multiples, hidden away from sight.

She shakes her head. "Only me."

It made it a hundred times worse knowing that they only hurt her. That everyone else was considered to be above her when she carried Alpha blood.

"You are one person who never needs to fear me. I want you to know that."

She pulls the sleeves of the sweatshirt down over her hands. Hiding more of herself from me.

By nightfall, she still hadn't spoken first. Every conversation came from me and always ended with her just nodding or shaking her head. She was almost impossible to read, but I loved a challenge.

"You need to sleep." I mutter, guiding her towards the stairs. She had no Wolf and would not be able to join us for a pack run.

Her blue eyes move to the large clock hanging on the wall, still she keeps her mouth closed, keeping her thoughts to herself.

She follows me through the house back to my bedroom. Allowing me to put the cream on her stomach again. Just like before, she holds her breath, only this time, she doesn't seem as afraid as she was earlier and watches me instead of closing her eyes. "Goodnight." I mutter. As I lean in to kiss her on the cheek, she tenses up as her heart races. I was expecting her to run, but she stays rooted to the spot, her eyes squeezed tightly shut.

She lets out a little gasp as I walk back to the door. "You're leaving?" she whispers, surprised

"It's a full moon tonight. I lead the pack run. I will be back in a few hours but you will most likely be asleep."

"Pack run?" she mumbles, her brow knitting together

"You know, when the pack goes on a big hunt altogether." Her eyes grow wider the more I talk. "Moonshine don't do a pack run?" As far as I was aware, everyone did it. She shakes her head.

I give her a reassuring smile. "You will get used to them. Get some sleep. Because when you have your Wolf back, you will be joining us."

As I start to close the door, she still remains in the same spot, staring at me, confused.

Downstairs, I find Eric and Jenson waiting for me.

"How's it going with the new girl?" Jenson asks, unbuttoning his shirt.

"Neah is staying and Moonshine doesn't do pack runs." I mutter, mulling over Neah's words

"Are you serious?" Eric questions. "I thought that was standard everywhere. All Wolves are empowered on the night of a full moon, and it's the best time to hunt."

I frown at Eric, "You sure you didn't see anything unusual?"

"From my position, they acted just like everyone else. Some went to work, some stayed and trained, others harvested their crops" He cocks a brow at me. "Why, what do you think they are hiding?"

"For starters, who really killed Neah's parents."

"Trey?" Eric suggests

"I don't think Trey is smart enough to do that. The idiot didn't even bother to read the contract." Jenson mutters

"I think we should pay them a visit tomorrow." Jenson suggests

"Surprise them?" I mutter

"Sometimes, it's better when they don't know we are coming!"

"True. Trey was pissed about my arrival."

When the hunt is over, I confirm with Eric and Jenson what time we will be heading out before making my way upstairs for a shower.

Slipping quietly through the bedroom door, I was glad to see Neah fast asleep in the bed. I half expected her to have ran. To have used the opportunity to escape. Instead, she's curled up in a small ball, hugging a pillow, still in the sweats I had given her earlier. She doesn't wake while I shower, she doesn't even stir when I flick the light on. Almost like she was used to sleeping in a confined space, at any time of the day.

Drying off, I climb into bed with her. Pulling her tiny, weak frame against me. She makes a few funny noises as she starts to wake, but quickly falls back to sleep.

Waking before her, I couldn't help but watch her sleep. At some point during the night, she had rolled herself over, facing me. In the early morning light, you could see a faint splattering of freckles across her nose.

She gasps, suddenly sitting upright and rubbing her eyes. "Where am I?"

"Neah, you are in my pack, remember."

Her blue eyes lock on mine before they drift downwards, to my bare chest and then to the sheet that was barely covering me.

"Are you.... Are you naked?!" There's a rosiness to her cheeks that didn't make her look so fragile.

"I prefer it that way, especially in my own bed." I smirk at her

She pats herself down, checking that she was still wearing clothes and lets out a sigh of relief as she realises she is still fully dressed.

'We could strip her.' Aero mutters. 'We could show her what we really want.'

'We need to take it slower.' I mutter back. 'She isn't like any of the others.'

Aero sulks at my comment, slinking off to the back of my mind. Thankfully, as I had gotten older, I had become better at keeping him under control. Neah crosses the room, shutting herself in the small room with the toilet. I could hear her muttering to herself about keeping it together. "When you are done," I call out, "we need to put your cream on."

Ten minutes pass before she makes an appearance. She eyeballs me as I pull on a black tee.

"Eric, Jenson and I have an errand to run. You will be staying here." I grab the pot of cream and gesture for her to lift her top.

"Alone?" she asks, her voice quivers as she rolls her top up.

"Alone." I confirm. "Well, there will be others here, so not completely alone." My hand hovers on her stomach a little longer. 'She's right here.' Aero growls

Dropping my hand, Aero sulks. He wanted to prove a point. To claim her as ours, to finally put a silence to the rumours surrounding us.

Chapter 0007

Neah

"You know my brother really likes you." Raven smiles at me as she shoves a crumpet into her mouth.

My eyes flash up to hers across the breakfast table. She had been put on babysitting duty while Alpha Dane runs those errands he had mentioned. Clearly my comment about being alone had made him reconsider.

He hadn't told me where he was going and I didn't ask. I didn't think it was my place.

"You are prettier than the last girl." Raven mutters, distracting me from my thoughts.

"Last girl?" I almost choke on my juice.

"You are his contracted mate, right?"

I nod my head.

"Did you really think you were the first?"

It wasn't something that had crossed my mind. I was more concerned about what Alpha Dane was going to do to me. He hadn't made a move except for holding me against him while we slept. He hadn't tried sneaking a hand between my thighs. He hadn't insisted I sleep naked, nothing. And that only made it worse. Waiting for the unknown. He didn't seem like a man that would wait.

"Hopefully, you will stick." She adds, reaching for another crumpet.

"I will stick?" I wasn't used to these phrases or the way she spoke to me so casually. Orders and abuse, that was what I was used to.

"I probably shouldn't be the one telling you this but it's better for you to be prepared." She takes a deep breath. "My brother has been looking for his mate for a long time. He's twenty eight. Doesn't have an heir yet. The others, they stay no more than a few weeks, some run. Some are killed." She tells me with a shrug of her shoulders, like it was normal.

"Because they won't give him an heir?"

She shakes her head. "Because he loses interest."

"Why are you telling me?" I whisper. I would prefer not to know if I was going to be killed.

"There's something about you. He looks at you differently. I saw it at the hospital."

Her words don't exactly make me feel better. Everyone looked at me differently. They always had because of my strange scent.

"Your biggest concern will be if he finds his true mate." She mutters.

Beta Kyle had been my true mate and he had rejected me the second I turned eighteen. Barging into the basement in the middle of the night and screaming his rejection at me. He had beaten me black and blue until I accepted his rejection. "You have a mate, don't you? I can tell by the way your eyes just flickered."

"Had." I whisper. "He rejected me." I remember the pain I had felt and not just from the beating. It had felt like my heart was being torn from my chest. And because I had felt the bond, my brother had me bound for a second time. That is when I stopped being able to heal like everyone else.

"I know what that's like. Mine rejected me too." She sighs. "The moment he found out what pack I'm from and who my brother is, he wanted nothing to do with me. Anyway, like I said, my brother seems to like you, more than he has liked any of the other women." Is that supposed to make me happy? Knowing that I might just last a little while longer than the others. That because he likes me, he might keep me like a prized possession.

Raven takes me along to the hospital. She had to work and apparently Alpha Dane had told her to not let me out of her sight unless it was to use the bathroom. Maybe he thought I was going to be like some of his other brides and run. As if I had the energy to do that. No one comes into the hospital. Raven spends most of the time doing inventory. It almost seemed pointless having a pack hospital. No one needed it, everyone could heal.

"Hey." She smiles as she comes towards me. "I'm going to be here for a while yet, so I brought you some trashy mags to read."

Raven dumps them on the table in front of me with a smile as I just stare at them. I had no idea who the people were in the photos, nor did I have a clue what was written about them.

"Not your thing?" she asks curiously.

I just shake my head, I didn't want to admit the truth.

She stares at me from the other side of the counter, her eyes slowly narrow to slits. "You can't read, can you?"

How did she know? I shake my head, feeling my cheeks flame

"I'm guessing you didn't go to school?"

"No." It was so embarrassing having to admit it. What twenty two year old couldn't read or write?

"Does my brother know?"

"No."

"Well at least now, I have something to do other than counting." She smiles at me and sits in a chair next to me.

Hours passed and I still wasn't getting the hang of it. But she was patient and kept trying. Suddenly, she grabs the pieces of paper and shuffles them all into a pile and shoves it into one of the drawers. "My brother is back."

"How do you know?"

"A pack thing."

Seconds later and the doors swing open. Alpha Dane moves towards us. He looked angry. His crimson eyes were darker than usual. His brow creased and all of his attention is on me.

"I need a word with my mate!" He snaps at Raven.

"Sure." she mutters and quickly escapes, leaving me alone with him.

He waits for her to be out of sight and turns to face me. My eyes drop to the ground as his voice rumbles through the hospital. "Where has Trey gone?" "Huh?"

"Do I need to repeat myself?"

I open my mouth to tell him that I didn't understand.

"There was no one there, Neah. No one." I feel his glare on me.

That didn't make any sense. How could there be no one?

"Homes empty. The packhouse, empty. Where have they gone, Neah?"

I shake my head, confused. "You... you went to see my brother?" I whisper, refusing to meet his gaze.

"Was this all a lie?" He gestures to me. "A set up so you could get some dirt on me?" He was so angry. "What does Trey want?"

I close my eyes like I always do. It was easier if I didn't see the beating coming.

"NEAH!" His hand grabs my chin. "I said you would never have to fear me. But that was when I believed I was helping you. Open your fucking eyes and look at me!"

Tears creep out of my closed eyes. Raven was wrong, this was going to be the end of me.

Opening my eyes, his crimson ones are staring at me. Slowly his face starts to soften. "You don't know what I'm talking about, do you?"

"No." I mumble

He lets go of my chin, "The pack is empty!"

"Abandoned?" I whisper

"No, nothing is gone, everything is still present but there were no people anywhere. It was like they just disappeared and trust me, we searched. You said they don't do pack runs, but they clearly do something."

"I don't know." I gulp. "I have never left the pack until yesterday. I... I never went further than the gardens." I frown "But sometimes, the house would be empty. If I wasn't locked away, I would steal bits of food." "How often?" He questions

"Every couple of months, I think."

If it weren't for the times the house was empty, allowing me to steal food, I probably would have died of starvation years ago.

"No one talks about it?"

I shake my head.

"Are you sure, Neah?"

"They might, just not when I'm around."

Suddenly, he holds a hand out to me, "Come, we are going home."

His large hand envelopes my small hand as he pulls me up from my chair and against his chest. His arms lock tightly around me, squeezing the air from my lungs.

"You better not be lying to me, Neah. I don't tolerate liars."

"I promise." I whisper, trying to ignore the pain from my wound, and instead of looking away, I couldn't help but stare at him. Even without my Wolf, right now, I could feel his power and it was overwhelmingly intoxicating.

Chapter 0008

Dane

I could see it in her eyes. She was just as confused as I was, if not more. She walks next to me, almost jogging to keep pace with me as we head back to the house. Her eyes remain low, focussing on her feet as we moved.

"Take a seat." I tell her as I walk her into the office. She doesn't hesitate like she did at Moonshine and takes one of the empty chairs. She sits with her legs clamped together. The sleeves of her top pulled down over her hands. Her face turned down in submission. "Neah?"

Her back straightens as I say her name and her heart starts to race. The last time it did that, she almost passed out.

"I swear I don't know. If I did, I would tell you." The words tumble from her mouth as though she is fighting for her life. She speaks as though those words were what would keep her alive. Something I hadn't felt in years flooded my veins and that was guilt. She shouldn't feel like that, not around me.

'You are upsetting her!' Aero growls

"I shouldn't have shouted at you." I murmur, sitting on my desk. "You didn't deserve that." I pause, frustrated over the other thing she told me. "You stole food?"

"I had too." she whispers.

The more I find out about that pack and what they did to you, the more I hate them. When the time comes, the entire lot of them will be killed.

'Finally something we can agree on.' Aero murmurs

Neah's eyes flash up to me and she bites on her bottom lip. I will eradicate her entire past.

Contracts were simple. Every single contract I had drawn up, always favoured me. The other side were always too far up their own asses to bother to read it or negotiate and they always lost out. And this time, it would be Trey and his pathetic pack that would lose everything.

"Tell me about Cassandra." I speak softly, aware that my Alpha tone puts her on edge.

There was a flicker of rage across her face. It goes as quickly as it comes. I had seen it before, when the stupid bitch had called my bride a rat.

"What do you want to know?"

"Everything and no lies. How long has she been with Trey?"

She shrugs her shoulders. "She has been around for as long as I can remember. Trey is twelve years older than me. They went to school together."

"She's his true mate?"

Neah nods her head. "She was nice once, before I killed my parents. She used to bring me presents, toys mostly. It all changed after she became Luna and I became nothing."

"You didn't kill your parents." When would she accept it was a lie? "And you are not nothing. Not anymore."

She puffs out her cheeks and her brow furrows.

"Talk to me." I mutter, ignoring Aero's rumblings

"I will be nothing when you cast me aside for a new bride."

I roll my eyes. "Raven?"

She nods her head at me.

"Raven needs to learn to keep her mouth shut." Grinding my teeth, I stare at her, I had asked her for the truth, it was only fair I did the same. "Raven isn't wrong. There have been other brides, but none that I have truly wanted by my side." "You killed them?"

Raven really needed to learn to keep her mouth shut. It was her that had freaked out my other brides by telling them the same shit as she had told Neah. She was the reason some of them had ran. "Some of them."

She nods, keeping her eyes low.

"I didn't kill them because I was bored of them. Some were passing information back to their old packs. Others were money grabbers, or desperate to be hanging on my arm at all times. If I had to go do something, they would whine at me that they weren't getting enough attention."

"Oh."

"Raven likes to do this. She likes to test my brides. But do you know what they all had in common?"

She shakes her head.

"I never marked them. I could never bring myself to do it. Something held me back." Neah was the only one I had considered marking and I still couldn't figure out what it was that drew me to her.

'She's perfect.' Aero sounds smitten.

Grabbing the pot of cream, she automatically stands and lifts her top to show me her wound.

She lets out a little gasp as my fingers brush against her skin and I hear her heart skip a beat as she closes her eyes. She had a habit of doing that too. Afraid to witness what was happening or maybe it was a fear of looking me in the eye. I couldn't tell. My fingers pause over her stomach and she holds her breath.

"Breathe Neah." I whisper and her heart skips a beat again.

She lets her lungs expand and tears creep out the corner of her eyes. "I don't want to die." Her eyes flash open, locking onto mine. It was the first time since meeting her that she truly looked at me. Her breathing hitches and her lips part a little. There's a growing need inside of me, the need to make her mine so that she cannot be claimed by anyone else. How the hell could she make me feel this way? 'Mate!' Aero growls

'Not possible, her Wolf isn't present.' I tell him

'Mate!' he repeats a little louder, growing more agitated.

'You're wrong!'

Neah's blue eyes are still locked on mine. The tears had stopped and her brow dips a little as she stares at me.

"I have to......" I mutter, turning away. I was completely thrown by how she was looking at me, so I storm out of the office.

'Go back!' Aero demands. 'Go back, we need to mark her!'

I could feel him pushing forward, trying to break free of my control. The more he pushes, the more I fight back, keeping him shut away. I had to get out of the house. Striding across the grounds, I head towards the pack hospital. I wanted to know what else Raven had told Neah.

Asleep at the desk, she is startled when I wake her.

"What the fuck did you say to her?"

She rolls her eyes at me. "She needs to know the truth. It's not fair if she doesn't know what's coming." She rubs her eyes and yawns. "Why, has she done a runner?" "No, she is in my office."

"Then no harm done." She shrugs her shoulders at me. "If you want my opinion, she is nice, different from the others."

"I am well aware, why do you think I chose her?"

'Because she is our mate' Aero mutters gleefully.

I try to ignore his comment, he had to be wrong. Her Wolf wasn't present. It would be impossible to know.

Raven walks around the desk, leaning on it and smiling at me. "I was right, you do really like this one, don't you?"

"She has a name." I snap, turning on my heel and walking away.

'Why are you fighting it?' Aero asks as I stop in front of the house. 'How do you know?' I mutter

'When she looked us in the eye. Her Wolf is buried deep, but it's strong. I can feel it. Maybe even stronger than us.'

Pushing open the door, I could still smell her strange scent. I had given her another opportunity to run but she was still here.

In the office, she is sitting in a chair, hugging her legs to her chest. Aero practically screams at me to claim her as mine. Instead I ask her why she is still here?

"You didn't tell me to go anywhere." She keeps her eyes low and I wondered if she knew. "And I have nowhere to go."

"Have you looked through my stuff?" I mutter, glancing around at the paperwork on my desk. It didn't look like it had been touched but that didn't mean it hadn't.

She shakes her head at me. Her hair falls around her face.

"I don't tolerate lies." I remind her. "I don't do scheming women."

She frowns. "I didn't look because......" She drags her teeth across her bottom lip and her cheeks flame. "I... I can't read."

It was completely not what I was expecting her to say. The others, they would make up some crazy lie.

"School?"

She shakes her head. I should have guessed that she never went. Not if she has been a slave since she was six.

"Raven tried teaching me a bit. But I didn't understand."

Why didn't Raven tell me? Was it because she actually liked Neah too? Because she had never been interested in any of my other brides. In fact, she had hated every single one of them.

"I get it." She mutters, "You regret choosing me. But please don't kill me. I can work, I can clean, I can do anything you need me to do. Just please don't kill me."

Pulling her from the chair, I plant my lips on hers.

Chapter 0009

His lips are rough and yet soft, but I pull away. He looks annoyed, frustrated, maybe even angry as he studies me. I couldn't be sure. His hands that had been clenched around my upper arms, drop as he takes a step back from me. I had rejected an Alpha and he was an Alpha who most likely had never been rejected before. What had I done?

His crimson eyes hover on my face until I lower my gaze. I felt mortified that it had even happened, it was definitely not how I expected my first kiss to go.

"You can go!" He snaps, turning away and moving to his desk.

"Go? Go where?" I whisper. Fully expecting him to throw me out of his pack.

"Out of the office!"

I pause at the door, wondering if I should apologise. Glancing back, he was focussed on the paperwork. He flicks his hand at me, shooing me away.

Stepping out into the hallway, I feel my cheeks burn.

"Are you okay?" A deep curious voice asks

Looking up, I see one of the men that had come to my brother's house with Alpha Dane. The more I looked at him, the more I saw how much he looked like Raven. The same dark hair and dark eyes. "We haven't really had a chance to speak. I'm Jenson." He smiles

"Alpha Danes brother?" I whisper as he strides down the hallway towards me.

He smiles. "And I believe you have met my twin too."

"Raven?" She had just said brother, she had never mentioned that Jenson was her twin, not that it was important.

He leans against the wall next to me. "That's the one. Is everything alright? You seem a bit..... flustered."

"Just tired." I lie, I didn't know who or if I could trust anyone around here. And I definitely didn't want to spill my guts to Alpha Dane's younger brother. "And just trying to remember the way back to my room."

"I can show you." His dark eyes drift down past my face to my chest before flashing back up. I had seen that look so many times, but not here, only at home.

"You will do no such thing!" Alpha Dane snaps as he rips the office door open. "Shouldn't you be training right about now?"

I see how Jenson frowns and holds his hands up. "Just trying to be friendly." Jenson mumbles, but he has a smirk on his face before he turns and walks away.

Alpha Danes crimson eyes settle on me, "I love my brother, but I would prefer it if you were never alone with him." His tone had changed from how it had been in his office.

I find myself staring at him, after all, he was the one who sent me away. Or was this some kind of test? My brother and Beta Kyle would like to test me now and again. I should be used to it, but I was always caught off guard. "Neah, if you have something to say, say it." Alpha Dane presses

Hold your tongue, don't say anything, it's a trick. I shake my head, keeping my eyes low.

"You're tired?" He asks, not pushing for more information.

I nod my head, it was the easiest answer.

"This way."

He walks in front of me again, leading me through the maze of hallways and up a flight of stairs before stopping in front of a familiar door.

"I shouldn't have kissed you. You were clearly taken by surprise. Although I have control, Aero has a tendency to break through now and again." He tells me as he moves into the bedroom. Who the hell is Aero?

"You were lucky I stopped him before he did anything more. While I am a little more patient. He is not."

"Aero?" I mutter.

"My wolf."

Now he really made no sense. How could his wolf be someone completely different?

Chapter 0010

"Trey's wolf had a name too, right?" He mutters as he enters the bedroom

"No." I find myself frowning in confusion, as I try to make sense of his words. "He never mentioned it..... ever."

Alpha Dane's crimson eyes lock on mine. He thought I was lying, I could feel it by the way he looked at me. I really wanted to look away but found that I couldn't break the gaze. Almost as if he was forcing me to look at him without even touching me. Could Alpha's do that or was it just him?

My voice drops to barely a whisper. "I swear." I didn't know what else I could say. "I'm.... I'm telling the truth." I stutter as he continues to stare into my eyes.

"Okay." He mutters, yet it felt like he didn't believe me.

"And I guess, because of your binding, you never got to meet your Wolf?"

I shake my head. "They come when we are thirteen. I know that much."

He frowns but doesn't speak. As he breaks his gaze and looks away, my body finally relaxes, only to be met with searing pain, radiating from my stomach.

Ignoring it, I stay still, watching Alpha Dane move around the bedroom. It looked as if he was having a conversation with someone. Maybe this Aero?

I had so many questions. Did this Aero live inside of him? What happens when he shifts? He mentioned control. Did Aero have full control when he shifted? As far as I was aware, anyone that could shift, just shifted. They didn't become someone else. As Alpha Dane continued to move in a figure of eight in the bedroom. I press my hand against my stomach. And even through the fabric of my top, my skin feels like it's on fire.

I feel my own heart running rampant in my chest, just like when I left Moonshine for the first time. My hands feel clammy and my mouth is dry. I reach out to grab the bedpost, to steady myself and stop my legs buckling underneath me.

"It hurts." I mutter as the pain radiates through me.

"Neah?" He spins around to look at me and I let my legs give way.

He catches me before I hit the floor, concern etched all over his face as he pulls up my top.

"Shit!"

I had never felt pain like it. All the beatings, all the punishments, this was nothing in comparison.

Alpha Dane lifts me from the floor, holding an arm under my knees and under my back as he raced me though the house and out into the cool evening air.

His feet pound the ground as he moves quickly. He slams his back against the door to the pack hospital, almost taking it off of its hinges as he forces us through.

"It's not what we first thought." He shouts out to Raven as he lowers me onto a bed. "You need to look at this!"

He tugs up my top, ignoring me squirming in pain and then tries to hold me down so Raven could get a better look.

He cups my face with one large hand. "Look at me Neah, look at me and breathe."

Everything burned, my entire body felt like it was tearing itself apart.

"Is this what I think it is?" Raven questions

"Yes." Alpha Dane mutters as he holds my shoulders down.

"I'm sorry Neah. This is going to hurt." Raven calls out.

"I can help." Another man speaks as another wave of pain shoots through me.

"Hold her legs." Alpha Dane instructs.

I feel something hot and sharp press into my stomach. I let out a scream as I thrash against the men holding me down. They were going to kill me Moments before I pass out from the pain, I hear Alpha Dane say. "A fucking blood tie."