The Alpha’s Contract novel Chapter 606

Brax

“Madison, stop!”

Blair shoots a glare in my direction. Placing her hands on Madison’s shoulders, she stops her from looking back and pushes Madison forward.

“Madison!”

“Fuck off, you traitor,” Blair snaps as I jog to catch up with them.

“You are a fine one to talk, and this," I wiggle a finger between me and Madison, "doesn’t concern you,"

“She is my friend. How could you be so cruel?”

“You’re asking me why I’m cruel? You must be fucking joking, Lone Wolf?” I spit out the stupid name she once used.

Her eyes lock onto mine, “Don’t call me that.”

“Isn’t that what they always called you?” I sneer.

“Let’s go,” Blair mutters to Madison.

Madison tries her best to avoid meeting my eyes until I block her path. Her chestnut orbs briefly focus on me and then shift to something behind me. Her face was already blotchy as she tried to hold it together. I was expecting this. No one wants to know their mate has tied themselves to another.

“Blair, piss off and leave us to talk.”

“No chance. Right now, she needs a friend,” Blair snaps.

I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t be spouting off to me if I had a gun pressed up against her temple. It appears that she had become a little too comfortable since I had been gone.

Bare hands could do just as good a job as a gun.

“Do I need to remind you that you might be playing happy families here, but it doesn’t change what you did to my family.”

“Neah…”

“Neah isn’t here.” I stare her down. “And don’t even try to use the sibling card. I already know which side she will be on.”

Her face hardens. “You wouldn’t dare.”

“Are you sure you want to pull at that thread?” I muse.

“Stop. Please stop,” Madison whispers. “Blair, it’s fine, you can go. I will catch up with you later.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, she is!” I snap.

Madison nods at her, “I will be okay.”

“I will be watching. The front door to Ryken’s is right over there,” she mutters as if it should scare me.

Madison takes a deep breath as Blair stomps away, swinging her arms. It was odd to see her care for someone other than herself.

“You don’t have to be so mean to her. She is trying.”

“Trying with everyone else.” I shake my head, “You have to realise I won’t ever be able to forgive her for what she did to my family or the situation she put my kid in. I tolerate her purely because it is what I have been asked to do. But if she crosses that line, there will be no stopping me.”

She folds her arms across her chest and stares at me for a moment before dropping her gaze. Her red waves fall around her face as she squats to tie up her shoelace. “Why did you bind yourself to that woman?”

“We were in a life and death situation.”

She pulls her shoulders up around her ears, “Are you going to sever the tie?”

“That’s the plan.”

“Then, will you mark me?”

When I don’t answer, she hits me in the chest and stomps off towards Blair, who is happily smirking at me.

“That looked like it went well,” Damien mutters as he walks out of the trees.

“She’s mad because I blood-tied myself to Silas’s mate.”

“Dane did tell me. Because it’s you, I assume you thought it was your only chance at survival. Though, I am curious what you would have done if you had marked Madison?”

“I guess we will never know.”

“She has a right to be angry.”

“I know that,” I tut. “I see her soul. I know she is hurt and frustrated, but she would be more upset if those walls had crushed us. Blair does not help the situation.” I see Blair hug Madison. They disappear inside the house without a single glance in my direction.

“As much as I agree that Blair still has her issues, she won’t change Maddie’s feelings; Blair did not create those.”

I shake my head. I wasn’t discussing this with anyone other than Madison. “What were you doing in the forest?”

“Helping to lay traps. If you go into the forest, I suggest you go no further than a mile, or you might not be coming back.”

“Shit’s getting real.”

“Shit has been real for a long time.”