The Alpha’s Contract novel Chapter 156

Raven

“Woah, easy.” Klaus mutters as I try to sit up.

I felt like I had been in a washing machine with how dizzy I was.

Closing my eyes, I lie back, trying to stop my mind from swirling. Even Midnight was quiet which was very unlike her.

I suddenly sit up right, looking around for the Rogue when I'm hit with excruciating pain in my leg.

“Salem?” I mutter. I had heard his name, I was sure of it. But things were hazy.

“What do you remember?” Klaus asks softly.

“I…Uh….” I rub my head, is this what humans felt like when shit happened to them. Wait, why wasn’t I healing?

“He was here," I mumble, "he put something over my mouth. And then I heard a scream, my scream? Was it me?”

I look around, recognising my own hospital when pain shoots through my leg again. Pulling back the blanket, I see a large amount of bandages wrapped around my leg.

“Take it off!” I demand

“Raven, you know that is not a good idea.”

“Please take it off!” I repeat. It couldn’t be real. It just couldn’t. But deep down I already knew.

Klaus sighs and slowly unravels the bandages and the layer of dressing. There was a massive divot in my thigh where most of the muscle is missing. My skin is coated in dried blood. Ugly red wounds had been left in place where they had tried stretching and stitching my skin back together. By the looks of it, it had finally started to heal, though it would never be the same.

“I’m sorry Raven. We can heal, but we can’t grow new muscle and that much flesh.”

“He bit me? But he was my mate?” I mutter, shocked at how Salem could do such a thing. He was always so kind, so nice and cared about every little thing I did. “What happened to him?”

He nods with a sad smile.

“Thank you, Klaus.”

When Damien arrives, he stands in the door frame. His hands hooked above the door, leaning in as he tries to figure out if I wanted him here. He studies me with his dark eyes. I feel my heart skip a beat as his sweet vanilla scent fills the room. Klaus winks at him and leaves.

“How do you feel?” Damien asks

“Like crap.”

He nods his head and steps into the room. “So you were mated to my little brother.”

“Is that all you have to say? My entire body hurts Damien. I’ve just learned that my ex mate is the one who did this to me. That he is also somehow your brother when I could have sworn he was a wolf. I didn’t know. I didn’t know that he was a Lycan. Clearly I never saw him in Wolf form. In fact we barely spoke of his pack or his family.”

“Dane said you probably didn't know.” He murmurs. “Though he did fill me in on a lot and now it all makes sense.”