The Alpha’s Contract novel Chapter 205

Dane

“Please tell me this is some sort of joke.” I growl as Damien stares at me in my office. He was only going to get things for Dorothy.

‘It has to be.’ Aero mumbles. ‘Jenson would be a fool to stay this close. Surely Aspen wouldn’t be on board with this.’

I sigh. ‘He probably is. Aspen lost Jess too.’

“I know what I saw Dane.” Damien interrupts the conversation with my Wolf. “I knew I was right. I knew there were more out there.” He mutters. “I didn’t need a fucking book to prove I was right.”

I held my hands up to silence him as I tried to understand what Jenson was doing. “Okay, so he has hooked up with another Lycan. Why is that a problem for us?”

“I already know you are not going to like what I have to say.” He mutters

“Say it anyway.” I snap

“You told me everything Neah went through growing up. Explaining it is why she is who she is.”

“Yes, but….”

He cuts me off, “Does she have any siblings?”

I scowl at him, surprised by the question. “No. What does that......”

“Are you absolutely sure?”

I was getting ready to hit him for continuously cutting me off mid sentence.

“No she hasn’t. I told you about the guy who claimed to be her brother.”

“Trey, yes, but you said that you found out he was her uncle.”

I nod. “Then there was also a guy called Devon who claimed to be her brother. It turned out to be a lie. He was in fact bitten by Cassandra or maybe Trey, I can’t quite remember. Neah killed him. But what does that have to do with this?”

His dark eyes lock with mine. He rubs his hand through his stubble as he thinks of what to say, “The woman, she looked like her.”

‘That doesn’t mean anything.’ Aero shrugs

“That doesn’t make them siblings.” I tell Damien

“Normally, I would agreed. Yet the only difference between them that I could see was the colour of her eyes. Dane, other than that, they look pretty identical.”

I shake my head, “You must be imagining things.”

“I know what I saw.”

“Did Raven see her?”

“No.” He sighs, “She didn’t want to speak to him so she stayed in the car while I followed. Dane, I’m telling you, I know what I saw. He went to her, panicking because he knew we had seen him and then they got in a car and left.”

“What were they saying?”

“I don’t know.” He shakes his head. “I was too caught up in trying to figure out who she was. When I saw her face, I was surprised.”

“Older or younger?”

“Impossible to tell. Why does that matter?”

‘Are we believing this?’ Aero asks.

‘I don’t know. He doesn’t have a reason to lie.’

“Well if this woman is older, I’m sure Neah would remember her. Not only that, it would show that they aren’t siblings because otherwise, that woman would be the female Alpha, not Neah. And we all know she is the Alpha. You can’t deny that.”

I shrug my shoulders. “As long as he stays away from here. I don’t give a shit.”

“He is a man pissed, Dane. Everything about what I saw tells me he has plans. He has got himself involved in something dangerous and there is only one reason most people do that. Revenge.”

“By sleeping with someone who looks like Neah? That’s hardly revenge Damien. Neah is still my mate. She is still carrying my pups. If he wants to sleep with someone that looks like her, that’s up to him. It doesn’t cause me any problems.”

“You are missing the point.”

“Really, and what’s that?” I narrow my eyes, irritated by his ability to feel like he could control the situation.

“He won’t be able to get revenge alone, not against a pack the size of yours. He needs support. Help.” His dark eyes lock with mine. “It’s unlikely Wolves will help him, given your reputation and your ability to twist things in your favour. It’s possible he went looking for something and found what none of us have.”

“It was a Lycan who killed Jess.” I snap

“But he blames you, Dane. He blamed you for bringing us here.”

“So what do you suggest I should do, Damien? Because it feels like sticking my face into something that doesn’t concern me. Jenson made his choice in rejecting the pack. If he wants to run around fucking this Lycan then it is no bother to me.”

“She had control.” He mutters

I tilt my head to one side. “What are you talking about?”

“He was panicking.” Damiens frown deepens. “Like he was concerned that we had seen him.” He shakes his head. “She was the one to reassure him, like she knew what she was doing. She pulled his face to hers and then told him to get in the car.”

He sighs, straightening his back, which cracks into alignment. “He’s screwed up.”

I follow what he is saying. “He went to her for help and now he is trapped helping her?”

What the fuck have you done Jenson?