The Alpha’s Contract (Taylor West) novel Chapter 389

“Damien found you just outside the gates.” I confirm

Tears creep out the corner of her eyes. “Get some rest, Dane and Brax will probably want to ask more questions.”

Lying back, her eyes close and I step out of the room. Sitting behind the small nurses station, I wait for Dane. I had already alerted him and when he arrives, Brax is right behind him.

“She spoke to you?” Dane queries

“Yes. Though she didn't say much that's different from her previous conversations. She said she had a message and that she is the message but I get the impression she doesn't remember everything."

“She is the message?” He asks

“A warning.” Brax mutters. “So he is telling us how easy it was for him to do that to one Lycan, and how easy it would be to do it again?” His hazel eyes land on mine. “Is she still awake?”

“No. And I might as well tell you now that she got out of bed when I was doing a stock check. I found her in the bathroom and she had ripped her stitches. I’ve fixed her up, no harm done.”

“No harm done?” He glares at me. We had been getting on fairly well until he learned of my background, now it seems that anything I do or say tends to rub him up the wrong way.

“She is fine, Klaus has confirmed that.” Dane glares at him. He turns to me. “How much longer do you think it will be before we can have a proper conversation with her?”

“Normally I would be able to answer that, but I’ve never dealt with anyone in this state. It could be days, it could be weeks.”

Brax starts pacing while rubbing his temples. “We need more information on this Cooper guy!”

“Do you think you are the only one to think that?” Dane mocks him

“Neah can’t link him?” I frown.

“No, somehow, he has no ties to her.” Dane tells me

Dane grins while Brax looks like he has just chewed a wasp. He liked figuring things out and seeing what we couldn’t see, but maybe that was the problem, he needed to use his brain more rather than rely on what his senses tell him.

Dane grabs my shoulder. “Come with me, I will call one of the nurses to take over here.”

“Are you sure, Maddie is still out of it.”

“I will stay.” Brax mutters through gritted teeth.

I tell him that I’ve just changed her IV bag and that nothing else needs doing other than monitoring her.

He gives me a sharp nod and disappears into her room, though I’m pretty sure I have just become his new target.