The Alpha’s Contract novel Chapter 449

Damien

“We have checked out the entire pack grounds. I think we have found all there is to find.” I tell Dane as we walk back to the car. “Whatever stuff there once was, it seems like Trey or Cassandra got rid of it. I’m assuming so Neah could never find out who she is.”

“I was hoping for more. But at the same time, I know you are right.” He frowns as he stares at Klaus, leaning over the car bonnet. “What’s he looking at?”

“A map that he found. He’s trying to figure out if there are any buildings anywhere that the pricks here used.”

Dane’s crimson eyes shift to Neah who is curled up in the passenger seat, asleep. Vomiting and the realisation that she is pregnant again seems to have wiped her out.

“I’m curious, if you knew she was pregnant, why didn’t you say anything to her?” I ask

“She wasn’t ready to hear it. It was not long ago that she made it clear that she wasn't ready. Though she has taken it alot better than I expected.” He smiles.

“You would have a whole army if she let you.”

“There’s nothing wrong with that. You will find out one day.”

I don’t answer. My first mate had been unexpected. The chances of finding another seemed unlikely.

“Anything?” Dane asks Klaus

“No.” Klaus frowns and folds the map up. “This seems to have been a wasted trip.” He mutters

“Not entirely.” Dane replies. “We know who Samara is. And Neah has learned something about herself.”

I cock an eyebrow at Dane. Why wasn’t he telling Klaus that Neah was pregnant?

‘Too early.’ Dane links me as though he had read my mind.

He moves Neah from the front of the car to the back so she could lie down more comfortably. He slips in next to her. The protective hand quickly takes its place on her stomach as Klaus gets in the driver's seat.

“Are we telling Samara?” Klaus eventually asks

“Yes.” Dane confirms

“Is that the right thing to do? I get that it's her family, but it doesn't mean it's right."

“It’s only fair. She has started being a little more open. Maybe if we give her something, she will be a little more cooperative.”

“But what if that’s exactly what Cooper wants? Maybe he wanted confirmation and now we are about to hand it to him.”

“I don’t think so.” Dane tells him. “The guy already knew something. It’s why he keeps tabs on her. It’s why he threatened us with her. But from the sounds of it, he has not met her Lycan. He never would have if he kept drugging her.”

"He told me that it was an accident. That he drugged her to protect her. But the dose was wrong."

"Do you really believe that?"

"No."

“So I’m what? His mate and possibly his killer? I can’t be mated to someone like him. He is unhinged. A psychopath.”

"Not necessarily his killer. Remember that." Dane mutters

“But it would explain why you are getting so worked up about it.” I shrug my shoulders and he slams on the breaks

“For fuck sake Klaus!” Dane snaps from the back as we are thrown forward.

“I’m sorry, but I just want to make it clear that I love my family. I love Black Shadow. I will do what needs to be done to protect it. I will not accept him.”

“Then why didn’t you just reject him?” Neah whispers from the back. “Just like how Jenson tried to reject Jess.”

There’s silence as Neah sits herself up.

“I…” Klaus frowns again. “Jess still said no. She wouldn’t accept the rejection so what good would it have done if he said no? And I have made my point already. I stabbed him.”

“You stabbed his projection because he stabbed you first. If it came down to it, could you really kill him?” I couldn’t go through with killing Raven. Neah had to do it in the end and I massively regretted it.

“Klaus, it’s okay. I know what it’s like to be mated to someone you don’t want to be with.” Neah tells him. “It’s confusing and frustrating and so many other things.”

It takes me a second to remember she isn’t talking about Dane but the first guy she was mated to. He was someone else I never got to meet. If I had, I most likely would have ripped him to shreds.