The Alpha’s Contract

Neah I could hear them. Their voices sliced through the thick fog in my brain. Raven and Alpha Dane are arguing about the Witch who bound me. I could hear Raven defending the Witch, not for what had happened in the past but for what she had done now.

“She knew exactly who I was, Dane!” She snaps “She knows you are my brother. I don’t think she needed a degree to figure out why I was asking for it.”

“Guys, guys.” Devon calls out.

“I still can’t believe you went to her.” Alpha Dane snaps

“If I hadn't, Neah would be dead!” Raven snaps back

Death. Maybe that was why I was here. Maybe death was what I was made for.

“Will you guys shut up!" Devon snaps. “Take it outside, she doesn’t need to hear this.”

‘I'm sorry, Dane. I did what I thought was the best thing for this pack. I did this to protect us. Why can’t you see it?” Raven stops shouting. “I did this for Black Shadow.

“How much?”

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“She always has a price. How much?"

“I will pay you back.

“Raven!”

I don’t hear what she says and I prefer it that way. But from the collective gasps, I assume it was a lot more than what anyone would pay. “I have it now. She gave me a list of ingredients and the directions to make it myself.

There's silence and I feel myself slipping away into my own fog. Wrapping itself around me like a blanket as it cocoons me. “She moved!” Devon's voice drags me back out of the fog.

“She's been twitching since yesterday.” Alpha Dane mutters

“No, she moved. Her hand opened and closed.”

Alpha Dane grabs my hand, short little spikes of electricity fly up my arm. jolting my heart.

“Did you see that?” Raven asks. “There was a spike in her heart rate.”

“Neah? Neah?" Alpha Dane calls my name.

Had he felt it too?

I try to speak, but nothing comes out.

“Take your time, I’m right here.” Alpha Dane murmurs. He squeezes my hand and I feel the sparks again. My eyes creep open to the bright lights of the hospital, which forces them closed again.

“Turn the lights off.” Alpha Dane orders as he reads my mind

As my eyes open again, I don't recoil from the dimly lit room.

“Hey,” Alpha Dane cradles my head. “How are you feeling?”

A raspy sound comes from my throat as I gaze at him.

“It's okay, take your time.” Raven mutters

“You scared the crap out of all of us.” Devon mumbles

I don't turr-to look at him, instead choosingto keep my focus on Alpha Dane and his strange crimson eyes. It wag-a relief to see him. For just a second, I had thought it hadall been a dream.

Who? I wanted to ask. Who did this? The last thing I remember is listening to Alpha Dane send Eric and Devon into the city. “Veronica.” Alpha Dane mutters, reading my mind. “She injected you with Blood of Wolfsbane. Raven had an antidote.” I knew the bitch was going to try and kill me.

I see Alpha Dane smile. For just a second, I forgot how easy it was for him to read my mind

“She's dead, you don't need to worry about her anymore.” He confirms.

“And a good thing too, Otherwise I would have had to kill her.” Devon mutters.

Now there was just Trey and Cassandra to deal with.

Alpha Dane doesn't say anything, I knew he was listening to me. What was he not telling me? “Can we have a minute alone?” Alpha Dane mutters to the others.

They leave, though they are not happy about it.

He shuts the door behind them and rolls the blind down. It was serious.

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My voice sounds like a knife being scraped on a plate as I ask why. He frowns, “Talk to me through your thoughts.”

I nod and he continues to tell me how packs will feel threatened by Trey's ability to turn humans.

‘It’s the same as Vampires turning a lot of hurhans I in one go. They doit to invade an area and then kill the ones they turned” to =

‘Vampires?’ “Sorry,” he mumbles, “There are a lot of other species in the world. Though you will never see them here.

‘I don’t know what a Vampire is'