The Alpha’s Contract

Chapter 0471

Cooper mutters words under his breath in a different language but it doesn't seem to do anything. With one final blow, Samara knocks him out cold.

Her Lycan is strong, even after all the time she has spent in the dungeon.

Splatters of blood litter the carpet around Cooper as Samara gets to her feet, almost hitting her head on the ceiling. This wasn't how it was supposed to go. Samara wasn't supposed to attack him, but we could use this to our advantage and take him back to Neah.

Slowly, Samara's eyes lighten until they are back to their usual grey tone. "Blair probably still has clothes

upstairs." I tell her. She nods at me and hurries out of the room. Her footsteps heavy as they make their way up the stairs.

Looking for the chains Cooper had bound me with, I find some syringes in a drawer. Full with a thick yellow liquid. Without missing a beat, I take one and stab an unconscious Cooper in the neck.

His scent disappears in seconds and my heart finally stops pounding.

"Klaus?" Samara is quiet as she peeks around the kitchen door.

"He's alive. You didn't kill him." I confirm. "And I have drugged him. He won't be able to fight us or Neah now."Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

She bobs her head. "There's something else." She looks behind her and slowly moves forward until I can see all of her. She wasn't alone. Samara steps to one side. Another woman is standing behind her. Long obsidian hair hangs around her face and probably doesn't finish much before her navel.

She has a very faint scent, like one that is trying to break through. Though it is so weak that it explains why I hadn't even noticed she was in the house. Rope burns mark her wrists and ankles. Her trainers are scuffed and she needed a goos scrub.

*She was tied up, upstairs." Samara tells me. "This is the right thing to do, right?"

"Of course it is. What's your name?" I ask softly

"What's yours?" She asks

"Klaus."

"Eris." She whispers back. "Eris Neoma."

"Funny name." Samara smiles at me.

I nod, hoping that her name didn't actually represent her personality. It literally means chaos, new moon. "Are you a Wolf?"

"I was." She keeps her voice to a whisper, but turns her face towards Cooper. I still couldn't see her eyes. "He took it from me. And now, I don't know what I am."

She reaches for a knife and my instinct is to grab her wrist. "We are taking him back to the Alpha. You can come with us too." I offer. I was certain Dane would let her in if she needed help.

*The Alpha," she asks from behind her dark hair. "Does he shift to look like her?" She points at Samara.

"One of them does." I tell her. Sometimes I forget there are still people in the world that don't know of Lycan's existence, even when there are probably more of them than us. They had been living in plain sight for so many years.

"I don't want to go."

"We have a couple of other people like you. Ones that had their abilities taken away. They are Lycans though, like her." I gesture to Samara.

*Lycans." The word rolls off of her tongue.

"Yes."

*Did he take their abilities?" She nods at Cooper and as she brings her face back up, her hair falls to one side, allowing me to see her golden eyes.

"Yes."

"But they haven't got their abilities back?"

"No."

*A little scent?" she frowns

*They smell like Humans. Did he drug you?"

*No. He muttered something over me." A brow crinkles into a small frown "What is your Alpha going to do with him?" She stares me down.

*Skin him alive." Samara blurts out. I glance over to her, her eyes are wide and her lips are curved up into a smile. Somehow, it seems like she felt a little more free. Maybe hearing the truth from Cooper cleared her confusion.

"You won't do that. I heard him. He called you his sister." Eris mutters.

*I just helped you, you don't need to be a bitch!" Samara snaps back.

"I'm not trying to be." Her golden eyes flash to me. "Would I be safe?"

*Safer than being here."

She shakes her head. "Hmm, I think it's better if I'm on my own."

"Where's your pack?"

She screws her face up. "I was running from them when he convinced me that he was my mate."