Ch. 96..100: The Alpha Contract Chapter 96-100

Chapter 0096

Neah.

The following three days saw more Lycans appear. One would turn up, or sometimes two. They never turned up in the same place, but they all had the same goal, trying to break through the boundaries. None of them made it far. A metre, maybe two before being torn apart. Some tried in their human form, others had already shifted. I didn't recognise any of the unshifted ones. And when their bodies were searched, bite marks were found, confirming that they were not pure Lycans.

Alpha Dane was growing more and more pissed too. He paced more, talked to himself more or rather he spoke to Aero, trying to decide on the next steps. And if he wasn't talking to Aero, he was snapping at everyone else.

Though it worried me that these Wolves were going to hit burnout. Jenson had them working around the clock, with barely a few hours rest in between and if they started to fall, we would be screwed.

Still, I had to remain at Alpha Danes side. He never spoke of it, but I knew he would blame himself if someone got their hands on me.

'He's doing it again.' Nyx mutters

I look up from the kids book that I'm supposed to be trying to read. Alpha Dane is looping the desk, striding around it with a deep scowl on his face. His feet practically burning a hole in the plush grey carpet. "It doesn't make any sense."

I didn't know if he was talking to me or Aero.

I revert my gaze back to the book, silently sounding out the letters in my head. There wasn't a lot I could say even if I wanted to. This was not my area of expertise.

From the corner of my eye, I see how he picks up the weird little paper weight thing that sits on the corner of his desk. He lobs it at the wall. The act makes me flinch and cower. Memories of the past creeping in. Today was not the first time he had thrown something. And the guilt inside me continues to grow. The Lycans were only here for me.

"Sorry." He mutters. "I didn't mean to scare you."

"Has there been another?" I ask quietly, already knowing the answer by the look he gives me.

He bobs his head, his crimson eyes not quite meeting mine.

"Jenson thinks they are trying to find a weak spot. An area that is not as well protected. But my pack is growing tired. We have a large amount of land to cover."

"They need rest." I mutter absentmindedly

"I am well aware." He scowls. It wasn't my intention to irritate him. I quickly ask another question.

"Why do they send one or two at a time?"

"Easier to lose one or two over thirty or forty. They lose one, they can create another to replace them."

I was hoping Nyx had something to say, but all she does is sit and watch him. She did a lot of that.

"All because of me." I murmur. All because my uncle had some fucked up idea about me carrying a child for him and Cassandra. I frown in disgust as I gaze at the kids book in my lap. "Why...why now?" "What do you mean?"

"Why make more Lycans now? Why not years ago when numbers started dropping? Devon kept talking about it being a dying breed, about me being a dying breed. They could have just created more." "Because they probably never thought that they would end up in this position."

"You mean, they never thought they would lose me."

He nods his head, if it were the other way around, I would do exactly the same."

'He's right.' Nyx murmurs. 'It's actually quite a smart move."

'Smart for Trey.' I mutter back. It was probably one of the few things Devon had told the truth about. None of it was Trey, it was all Cassandra and I couldn't wait to kill her.

Alpha Dane and I hadn't spoken about it. Not once since we had sex in the forest. It almost felt like it was a forbidden conversation, speaking of the joy I had felt at seeing the dead Lycan.

That dead Lycan wasn't the first. Each one, Alpha Dane would take me to them, asking me to try and identify them. And each and every time, I found myself staring at the dead body with it's torn out throat, a smile etched on my lips. He was right. I had a dark side. Or maybe it's just years of trauma finally bubbling to the surface.

I look up to see Alpha Dane peeling the lodged paper weight out of the wall. His shoulders are tense, his crimson eyes are a little darker. He puts the paper weight back on the table. I knew it was only going to be a matter of time before it was lodged in the wall again.

Chapter 0097

The office door is suddenly thrown back on its hinges as Jenson barrels in. He doesn't even acknowledge me and leans on the desk. The men stare at each other and I knew instantly the conversation was being held through mind link. That is not a good sign.

Alpha Danes' eyes momentarily flicker to me. It was quick, and if I hadn't been paying attention, I wouldn't have seen it. "What's wrong?" I mumble, half wondering if I actually wanted to know.

Jenson turns around to look at me. "The Lycan that has just been taken down asked to see you."

"M....me?"

'Stop panicking!' Nyx snaps. ' Ask him why?'

"Why..... why did he want to see me?"

"That's a good question. And it isn't a he."

"It's... it's only ever been men that have turned up. Was she bitten?"

He nods his head. "I think it will be a good idea for you to talk to her."

"She's alive?" I splutter in shock. They hadn't even hesitated to kill any of the others, why didn't they kill this one?

Alpha Dane moves around his desk. "Neah, she's a kid. There are certain lines I won't cross"

"A kid?"

"Fifteen to be precise." Jenson sighs. "She is saying that she was dropped off by a blonde woman. Told to walk through the forest and to not turn back. And to ask for someone called Neah." "Cassandra?"

"She didn't give a name, but yes, likely. She is very emotional. She is tired. She wants to go home to her parents. She is very confused."

'She's a kid, Neah, we can't ignore her.' Nyx murmurs

"Where is she?" Tears are brimming in my eyes and I have no idea why. I didn't know her and yet I felt so sad for her, she was turned because of me ""With Eric." Jenson tells me

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Alpha Dane eyes me carefully.

I nod my head while sucking my bottom lip between my teeth.

Jenson leads us across the grounds towards Beta Eric's house.

""He took her to his home?"

"Smaller place to keep an eye on her." Jenson mutters

Beta Eric opens the door to the three of us, just like everyone else, he looked exhausted. "She's cried herself to sleep."

He gestures for us to come in. A young redhead is laid on the sofa, curled up in a small ball, much like how I used to sleep back at Moonshine.

"Has she said anything?" Alpha Dane asks

"Her name is Jessica. The last thing she remembers is going shopping with her friends before she woke up in the car of some 'hoity toity' woman. Then the tears started again and about five minutes ago, she crashed out." 'Why would they turn a kid?' Nyx asks

"This is low." Beta Eric murmurs as he drapes a blanket over the redhead

"We all know that they don't care how low they stoop." Jenson mutters

We let her have a good thirty minutes to nap before Beta Eric wakes her. The tears flow the moment she sees all of us staring at her. As she sits up and brushes her shoulder length hair behind her ears. I see the bite mark on her neck.. "Jessica?" I ask softly. I knew what it was like to be surrounded by these men, to feel way out of your safety zone.

"Jess." She whispers and her soft blue eyes dart around the room

"Jess, I'm Neah."

"What's wrong with me? I'm.... I'm hot....I feel sick......I want my mum. I promised her I would be home for dinner." Big fat tears roll down her face which she quickly brushes away.

'She doesn't know.' Nyx mutters. She doesn't know what's been done to her.'

"Can someone take me home?" She continues to weep.

"Unfortunately not." Beta Eric mutters. "It's not safe for you at the moment."

She lets out a little whimper as Alpha Dane gestures for me to follow him outside. "What do you want to do?" He asks

"Me?"

He nods his head at me. "The girl has no idea what she is, or even where she is."

"Why would they do this? Why would Cassandra do this?"

"They are appealing to your heart. The men are not working, and they have just discovered that someone has found their way in."

"I hate them." I feel my hands ball up into fists as I close my eyes. "They ruined my life and now, they have ruined a young girls too. Who is what, never going to be able to go home again? Never going to be able to see her family and friends?" "Do you believe her?"

"I smell her fear."

 

Chapter 0098

Dane

Anger resided heavily in her heart. Even after everything she had been through, Neah was never this angry. It was odd but fascinating to see the fire in her eyes, all because of this girl.

She leans back against the wall of Eric's house. Tilting her head back to stare at the blue sky. Her body slides down until her ass hits the grass. She had so much anger and she had no idea what to do with it. No idea how to channel it.

"Jess will be fine." I mutter, I wasn't just about to throw a kid out on the streets. A kid that knows nothing of what she will become and I couldn't risk returning her to her home. Her first shift will be a nightmare and if she doesn't kill her family, it would be a fucking miracle. "Right." Neah murmurs. Her eyes are almost a solid black

"Someone here will take her in. I won't throw her out."

"This won't be the first, will it? He will change more kids, and send them our way." She looks up at me. "I knew he was bad, but this? This is sick, this is....." she trails off, unable to streamline her thoughts "What he did to you was sickening too, Neah."

She quickly brushes her cheeks, ridding the tears before they had even appeared.

"I want him dead, Alpha Dane. I want them all dead."

"I know. And I am working on it."

'His death needs to be slow.' Aero muses. 'He needs to feel every inch of pain that he has caused others. Neah needs her revenge.'

The door is pulled open. "Guys, I could really do with your help."

I hold my hand out to Neah, she pauses, eventually taking it and gets to her feet. I notice how her eyes are almost blue again.

Jess is sobbing, her hands pawing at her skin as she examines the mark on her neck. "What...what did they do to me?"

Neah seems to freeze. Jess's words were probably something she had said to herself over and over. To hear someone else say it, it was probably causing flashbacks.

"Jess, come and have a seat. I need to talk to you about something." I try to keep my tone warm. Her soft blue eyes catch mine and I see her gulp.

"Please sir, I just want to go home to my family. To my mum and Dad, to my little sister. Please? I won't tell them anything. I won't...." Her fingers dig at her neck

"We can explain that to you." I offer, keeping myself calm and trying not to scare her anymore than she already is.

Her eyes search my face and more tears roll down over her cheeks. Eric gets her a tissue, but she just stands there, staring at me, not even trying to hide her tears. "I'm not.... I'm not going home, am I?" "It's not as simple as that, I'm afraid."

She wipes the sweat from her hairline and quietly moves to the open seat at the table. Tucking strands of her red hair behind her ears. "Please, please don't hurt me."

"I'm going to tell you something that you probably won't believe. All I request is that you have an open mind."

"Your eyes are so weird." She wipes the snot from her nose as she tries to control her racing heart.

Crimson eyes would be strange if I were human.

"The bite on your neck was from a Lycan." There was no point circling the issue.

She closes her eyes and shakes her head. "Like....like the stories."

"Stories?"

She takes the glass of water from Eric and drinks it slowly, swallowing every last drop. "Stories in the library" she murmurs, putting the empty glass back down. How was it possible the human library had more stories about Lycans then we did?

"Was I hunted? Was I chosen? Why would you want me? I'm nobody. I barely scrape by at school. They all hate me because....well, because they do."

Fifteen year old girls were such hard work. She had missed the point that I was trying to make. I definitely don't miss being fifteen.

"I don't have all the answers right now. I am working on them."

"So." she sighs. "what you are telling me is that you are a Lycan?"

"I am not a Lycan...."

"OMG you're a fucking Vampire." Her chair is thrown back as she jumps to her feet. She holds her fingers in a cross as though that would be the thing to save her. "The eyes. I should have known." She screeches

Chapter 0099

I catch Neah suppressing a laugh.

"I am not a Vampire." I mutter, irritated. "I am a Wolf and you are a Lycan."

Her jaw hangs open and her head starts to shake. "No...no, you are wrong." Her soft blue eyes flash to Neah, "Please help me."

Her voice is all high and squeaky.

"I'm a Lycan too." Neah whispers, her eyes locked with Jess.

"Your name is Neah, isn't it?" Jess asks, sitting back down. "You are the one I was sent too."

"Yes."

"You did this to me?" The girl wasn't shy about asking questions.

"No. But I can try to help you." Neah looks over to me, sadness taking over. "The people that did this too you were cruel to me too. The only difference is I was born this way. They forced this life on you. That's why you can't go back to your family, Jess. You might hurt them in ways that you don't think is imaginable. And trust me when I say this, you can't control it. It will happen when you least expect it." She was talking about Devon and how she killed him.

"But...."

Neah reaches across the table, taking Jess's hands in hers. "This is something I do know, Jess. We can keep you safe here. We can figure it out together and I will personally make them pay for what they have done to you." Jess pulls her hands back and runs them through her red hair. "I will never see my family again?"

Neah looks over to me. Her brow creased. She sighs before returning her gaze to Jess. "No."

The tears fall thicker and faster. Sobs leave her lips as her shoulders judder. I felt sorry for her. Fifteen and thrown into a world she knows nothing about. Cassandra and Trey are sick and far more twisted than I am and that says a lot. Jess stays with Eric. It's the first house she had been taken to and we believed it made her feel a level of safety. Plus the boys would be home soon and that might make her feel even better knowing Eric was a father.

"Is this what's going to happen?" Neah asks as we walk across the grounds. "Young, innocent kids."

"Possibly."

"I hate them." She mutters

"I know. What is Nyx saying about all of this?"

Neah sticks her tongue in her cheek. Her eyes don't quite meet mine

"Neah?"

"She isn't really talking much."

"But she has been close to the surface, I saw it tonight, when anger flooded your body."

I was trying not to read her mind but when she bends down to untie her shoe laces to buy herself time. I give in.

"Can you do that?" I snap, frustrated that she hadn't told me something so important.

She looks at me, a pink tinge creeping across her skin. "I don't know. Nyx thinks I can but...."

"It would mean accepting your Alpha position." I finish the sentence for her.

She frowns. No matter how many times it is brought up in conversation, she tries to change the subject

"What if I can, do you actually think it will make a difference? Trey and Cassnadra have a whole pack backing them."

"There is only one way for us to find out. You have to accept who you are and then we can see if you can link them all."

Her eyes are wide as she nibbles on her bottom lip. "I don't want to be an Alpha." It was the only thing she was consistently sure of. And she had made herself clear

"What if it's temporary?"

"I don't follow."

"When they are all dead, you won't need to be an Alpha. You can exist as you are right now, as my mate, and one day as the mother of my pups. You can leave that world behind. Let the breed end with you. If that's what you want." "And Jess, you won't kill her?." She whispers, rolling with my idea.

"You and Jess." I confirm, "And any other children."

She puffs out her cheeks. "What... what do I need to do?"

Chapter 0100

Neah

He grips my elbow, pulling me into the house. His crimson eyes search mine, trying to figure out if I was definitely ready to do this. I didn't even know if I was ready.

But something had to be done. It was getting too much. Everything was too much and now kids were being turned.

"Beta Eric needs to.... He needs to warn Jess." I mumble as Alpha Dane steers me into the office. "If it works, she will be able to hear me too. It will freak her out." I am twenty two and it still weirds me out when I hear Alpha Dane's voice in my head. Not to mention Nyx "I've told him. He is having the conversation with her right now."

I still didn't know what this would achieve. If anything, it seemed like it would piss them off more.

He guides me to the chair, telling me to sit down. I could see it in his eyes now. He knew there was every chance that this wouldn't work.

'Accept the role.' Nyx murmurs

'Will it work?'

'We will find out once you accept it.'

'Fine, I accept it!' I wanted it over and done with. I wanted to see their heads on spikes. I wanted..... I trail off realising how dark my thoughts go

'You will have to do better than that.' Nyx laughs

I look up to Alpha Dane. He is watching me. He said he could always tell when I was having a conversation with Nyx.

"You've got this. And I am right here." He smiles at me

"I accept." I mutter out loud

Alpha Dane shakes his head at me. I knew what he was saying, I had to put it all together.

"I, Neah Kitson, accept the role of..." I trail off again, could I really do this?

'It's in our blood.' Nyx murmurs

I slump back in the chair. Devon had kept pushing for me to take my Alpha role back. To take control and lead Moonshine. He had really pushed for it too. Insisting that it is what they all needed. But they all believed a woman shouldn't be in charge. "Keep going." Alpha Dane insists. "You can do this."

"It's a trick." I mutter

"Neah, you are panicking." Alpha Dane speaks with a calm voice

"It was Devon that told you who I am. He pleaded with me to lead the Lycans. To take control. He said they needed me. But he worked for Trey."

I had been so stupid. I hadn't seen it.

"You think this is what he wants you to do?"

I swallow the lump forming in my throat. "They never wanted me to lead. This is a trap. This is why Devon was sent here." I blink back the tears. I was so stupid.

'Fuck!" Nyx snaps. 'That's what they have wanted us to do all along.' She was annoyed to have not figured it out. Her pacing in my mind was not helping at all. She hadn't been there until the very end. She hadn't heard all of our chats.

"His plan is better than we thought." Alpha Dane mutters. He loops the desk and me, scratching through the stubble on his chin. He pauses and leans on the table with his knuckles. "What if you accept it anyway?"

"I don't... I don't follow."

"As an Alpha, I can block out my pack's voices. Choosing who I listen to, choosing who I link. The plan was for you to link all of them. What if you start singling them out? One at a time. Getting inside their heads to learn the information we need?" "And what if it doesn't work?"

'He's right.' Nyx mutters. 'I can help with the block.'

Alpha Dane stares at me, waiting for my response.

I sigh, because neither of them are going to like my answer. "We find another way."

"Neah..." Alpha Dane starts

"I never wanted it, Alpha Dane. Maybe if I was raised differently, yes. But this.........I don't want to be a leader to them. I don't want them to be able to use it as a way to drag me back. And I definitely don't want them to put their fucking seed in me!" I was practically yelling by the time I was done. Something that I don't do.

"N...."

"Don't!" I snap, storming from the office. I was furious and Nyx thankfully keeps her mouth shut

Trudging over to the hospital, I hoped Raven would be around. I just needed someone else to talk to or maybe it was silence that I needed.

"Hey." She mutters without even looking up. "Dane said you might be heading this way. What's he done? He was very cryptic in the link." "He wants me to accept my role."

"As Luna?"

I hadn't even thought about that. "No, Alpha."

Her dark eyes snap up, locking with mine.

She presses her lips together and moves around the station she is leaning on. "There must be a reason."

I catch her up on the conversation with Alpha Dane and tell her about the girl.

"I had heard about the girl. Eric is bringing her by later. Thinks it will be good for me to do a check up on her."