The Alpha’s Contract novel Chapter 459

Brax

“You need to take it out.” I hand Madison a scalpel, but her hand is already shaking and I close my other hand around hers. “It’s making me weaker. I don’t know how weak it will make me and I need it out.”

“I….”

“You have to do this Madison, I can’t reach, well not to do a clean job.” I tip her face up to mine. Her chestnut eyes are filled with panic. "The scan shows you exactly where it is located. It's a quick and easy job."

“I can’t… we can take you back. Get Klaus to do it.” She pleads

“There isn’t any time for that. I need it out before it takes everything from me. I have you to take care of. My baby girl is back in Black Shadow, probably wondering where I am again.”

I watch her close her eyes and take a few deep breaths. Her hand steadies and she nods. “Okay.”

I lay face down on the table and feel the cool metal of the scalpel as she holds it over the spot between my shoulder blades.

As she presses down, my warm blood spills down my spine. The pain from the cut is minimal, but still, she repeatedly tells me that she is sorry.

Madison uses something else to dig into my wound. She pauses when I let out a small grunt, eventually pulling a tiny ball out of me. She drops it into a bowl and it makes a sound like metal, yet it doesn’t look anything like metal. I will take it back to Black Shadow, maybe Klaus can tell me what it is.

“I got it.” She whispers, looking for somewhere to clean the blood off of her hands.

Instantly I felt better. I look at Madison and smile when I realise I could see her entire soul once again. How could one tiny thing cause so many problems?

“Now your turn.” I mutter.

“Me?”

“I need to check first. In the scanner.”

“He took away my abilities.”

“You said he injected you with something. If it is the same what was in me. I can get it out and you can have your Lycan abilities back.”

I scan her multiple times. Nothing shows up. Not a single thing out of the ordinary. So why had something different been used on me?

For a brief second, Madison seemed frustrated that we couldn’t find anything. It gave me a little hope that deep down, she did want her abilities back.

“I hate him.” She mutters quietly as she gently cleans the blood from my back.

“Understandable.”