The Alpha’s Contract novel Chapter 111

Dane

“Look, it’s down to you. “Jenson mutters. “All the elderly and youngsters have relocated.”

“It’s been a week!” I snap. I was fully expecting Trey to have attacked by now. Yet there was nothing, no stray Lycans, no threats, nothing. I didn’t like it.

“They can sweep the forest again.” Jenson suggests.

“They are looking in the trees?”

He snorts, “Of course, we are not making that mistake again.”

My eyes move to the calendar on the wall. The next full moon was looming.

“You think they will attack then?” Eric murmurs. He had been quiet, listening to me and my brother’s heated discussion.

“When are we most likely not going to be here?” I sigh, “It’s exactly what Devon did. He waited until we were gone. He took out the few guards I had stationed around the house. He almost took Neah.” The very thought of almost losing her that night made me sick to my stomach.

“Others should have arrived by then.” Jenson tells me. We have put in the call.”

“They will need to run too.”

“Then I will stay with her.” Jenson offers.

Eric and I stare at him. I still didn’t like the idea of him being alone with my mate. Only now, I was certain Neah would be able to defend herself, but that didn’t mean I wanted her to kill my brother.

“You need to run too. The moonlight empowers us.”

He slowly nods his head at me. “But I don’t need it as much as you. You are the Alpha, you need to lead the pack and I am an excellent fighter.”

“One Lycan took you down.” Eric muses

Aero’s laugh rattles in my skull at Eric's words. ‘It’s the same each and everytime.’

“Hey, I was trying to defend Neah and my sister!” Jenson scowls at Eric “Out of all of us, and after you,” he points at me. “I am the next best thing.”

“Really?” Eric cocks an eyebrow, “You want to test that theory.”

“Then why are you letting them fight?” I hear the alarm in her voice.

“Jenson does this all the time. He likes to try and challenge Eric or myself. He never wins.” I mutter just as Eric plants a fist on the bridge of my brother’s nose. “It’s easier to let them battle it out.”

I pull Neah’s back against my chest, locking my arms around her and resting my hands on her stomach. Everyday I had fucked her, filling her with my seed and there still wasn’t a change in her scent to signal that she is carrying my pup. Raven had told me the same as what she had told Neah, that it’s still too early to tell.

“How are you feeling?” I whisper in her ear as she watches the fight.

“Sore.” There was a warning in her tone. A warning not to try anything today. She tilts her head back to look up at me. Her eyes are almost pitch black. It was more than a warning, it was a threat.

I hold back the chuckle bubbling in my throat and kiss her forehead. If Nyx thinks she can threaten me on Neah’s behalf, she better think again.

Kissing her again, I keep my mouth shut, but my eyes probably told her everything she needs to know. I don’t take kindly to threats.

Her attention goes back to the men who are still wrestling. Jenson was a little bloody and the blood that was on Eric was also Jenson’s. Not a single bruise coloured Eric’s skin.

“Guys that’s enough. You’ve been going at this long enough.”