Bonds that bind us (The Alpha’s Contract P2)
Chapter 0003

Brax

I cock a brow at her, "Have you seen the rocks below?"

"Yes." She pivots around to Orion, who is standing at another window. "It's what she said, okay. The tide isn't always this low and..."

"If we don't hit it perfectly, we die anyway." I tut.

"I know what she said sounds insane." She stares at me with wide eyes. "Do we really have a lot of choice? The rest of the castle is surrounded by the people of White Cliffs. I don't know what Thalia is capable of getting them to do, but I also don't want to replace out. We all know there is no way we are walking out the front door and surviving."

"If we let her live..."

"She has a point," Klaus interrupts. "If we leave any part of the castle that takes us out onto land, we are outnumbered. You said it yourself, Brax." He moves over to the window and carefully opens it. The crashing waves echo around the room. I see what's left of Amy's soul light up at the sound. It was familiar to her, something she had heard every day and every night as she slept in this room.

"If we survive. We could go back to Black Shadow." Klaus continues, "We would have the numbers. Neah is there. We have the Lycans and Wolves. We could come up with a better plan than hiding in a castle, waiting for death.”

"If we are doing that, would Orion and I be welcome?" Indy asks quietly. "I do understand that we are not from there. I don't know what it takes to become part of it. I just...." She trails off, looking over at Orion. "We want a home. And it's where Silas is."

It wasn't a question I could answer. It wasn't my decision, and I couldn't guarantee that Dane or Neah would let her stay just because I said she was okay. Klaus is also reluctant to respond after the whole Eris situation.

Eris. I hadn't thought about her for a while. She said she was from White Cliffs, though she didn't know Silas. How is that possible, given Silas's role within the pack?

"What's that face?" Indy asks. "Do you think we won't be allowed?"

"We can figure that out later," Klaus tells her.

"Different train of thought," I mutter when she continues to stare at me.

"Just say it! Neah won't want us there, will she?"

I lock my eyes on her golden ones. She had similar eyes to Eris, but that was all they had in common. Surely they couldn't be another set of secret siblings? "Eris." Indy frowns. "It's Indy!" she snaps, tapping her chest. "Or are you just trying to wind me up?"

"No," I scowl." There was another young woman named Eris who was from White Cliffs." The only thing she told the truth about and that was only confirmed by Damien's rejection.

"I don't know an Eris." Indy turns to look at Orion, who shakes his head. “Are you sure?"

I nod

"But no one has ever gotten out unless they were allowed. No one. You've seen it. Orion and I have tried and tried. You must be wrong."

"Jump, jump, jump," Amy mutters to herself.

"She didn't know Silas, but she was definitely from White Cliffs," I confirm.

“Everyone here knows Silas." Indy lets out a heavy sigh. "If only he remembered everyone." "Cooper had her as a prisoner. He told her stories about an Alpha Silas." Klaus mutters.

Indy snorts. "Silas is as Alpha as my pinky finger. Don't get me wronge sometimes you can sense power around him, but that wasn't ever what he wanted. You must be wrong about this Eris person."

“She jumped. She jumped. Big waves." Amy sings to herself as she fiddles with trinkets on a shelf.

"Amy," Klaus catches her attention. "Did you know an Eris?"

She smiles and nods. "Trapped and escaped." She points to the windows. "I said jump."

If Eris were locked up like Amy, it would have explained her odd behaviour. She should have told us then she might be alive today. Being a prisoner of Thalias and Serkans would also explain why she didn't know Silas. Maybe that's why she was with Cooper. He got lucky when she appeared nearby, but being his prisoner wasn't as bad as being the Witches.