The Alpha’s Contract

Neah

"There are three Ash's here, but none by the name of Ash Thomas." Damien tells me as he tosses the clipboard onto the desk in front of me. He turns to Brax "Whoever gave you that name is lying!"

"Or the name he gave you and Neah was a lie." Brax retorts, "And that is his real name."

I look at the names highlighted on the clipboard and search my mind for the connections to them, while trying to ignore Damien and Brax as they argue. They were worse than kids.

Finding the link to each one, I summon them and request that they come to the office immediately. Maybe one of them had given us a different surname out of fear.

Three men appear within minutes and Brax shakes his head. "It's not any of them."

The men look at one another, confused by why they had been called here.

"Do you know Ash Thomas?" I ask

Two of them shake their heads and tell me no. The third one nods. "He came yesterday. He asks a lot of questions too."

"About what?" Brax demands

"Anything and everything. I just put it down to him being new here."

'Samara said that Cooper guy would come here. What if she was right? What if he is already here, using a different name?'

'Brax would know.' I murmur. 'The guy wouldn't get past us. Could he?'

'It's just what that woman said. That this guy comes to places where he thinks his prisoners may be hiding. All the questions he is asking, it sounds like he is looking for someone but trying to be tactical.'

'If he was trying to find Blair, why would he take Maddie? What if this is Blair's idea? What if this is another scheme of hers?' I challengeConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

She doesn't answer, because she knew as well as I did, there were too many 'what ifs' surrounding the situation.

"What does he look like?" I ask Brax, so many people had arrived recently, I couldn't remember everyone's names, but I could remember faces. He gives me a description as soon as he mentions the green eyes with flecks of blue, I know who he is speaking of.

"You let him live." I frown. The guy he was talking about had been in the office with me and Dorothy. Dorothy had stopped drawing the moment he walked through the office door and just spent the entire time staring at him without saying a word as I asked him questions. When he left, she wouldn't even tell me what she saw or what she felt and had asked to leave moments later.

Brax frowns, "He had one of my daughters stickers on. I didn't like the guy, his soul is more than questionable but I have to trust my daughter's awareness."

Damien shakes his head and folds his arms across his chest. "She is seven years old. Seven, Brax. She shouldn't even be doing this shit anyway. Kids make mistakes."

"She didn't give him one." I declare

"What?" Brax mutters

"She didn't give him a sticker." I confirm. "He must have seen someone else with one and taken it, knowing that it would keep him alive."

"Fucking idiot!" Damien mutters at

Brax. "Of all the ones you have killed because you've seen something bad, you let this one live. And in less than twenty four hours of being here, he has kidnapped a Lycan."

"Why Maddie though? She can't even shift, why bother taking her?" I ask

Brax looks away. "He saw us together."

If I wasn't so concerned about Maddie, I would be happy for Brax. It's about time he owned up to being mated to her.

"You were with a Lycan?" Damien asks and a smirk appears on his lips. All signs of his previous anger, gone.

"Yes, and you can keep your opinions to yourself!" Brax snaps, his hand moves to the gun in his belt.

“So Maddie is...." Damien leans against the wall, practically grinning from ear to ear as he waits for an answer. "None of your business!"

"You were the one who came in here, demanding that we need to find her, so as Beta of the pack, it makes it my business. I will ask you again Why were you with Maddie?" Damien teases. He already knew

what the answer is.

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“I haven't got time for this!” I snap, getting out of my seat. “I need to know what is happening and who this guy thinks he is.”

"Can't you just link the guy?" Damien asks

"There is no link to anyone called Cooper or Ash Thomas. The other option is to order all Lycans to come here into my office so you cn single him out."

"No." Brax mutters. "I need to find Samara, she gave me the impression she knows exactly where this Cooper guy takes them."

"I'm coming with you." Damien snarls.

“No, Damien. You need to stay here." I tell him. "I will go with Brax."