The Alpha’s Contract
Chapter 0321

Mallory

"Can you go and get Neah and Dane, please." Eric tells me

"I can just link her."

"I think it's better if you go in person." He stares through the gates at the group of people walking towards us. A huge amounnt of Lycans.

"Fine." I roll my eyes at him, I still hadn't had a chance to tell him I was pregnant. Or maybe secretly he already had guessed it. He hadn't questioned me at all when I told him I wasn't going on the pack run tonight.

I move quickly, but don't run as I didn't want to draw attention to myself. There were at least a hundred Lycans walking towards the gate and I don't care what Abraxas says, he can't kill that many in one go. Damien and Dane are in the office. "Where's Neah?"

"Upstairs with the boys. Why?"

"More Lycans." They both start to leave. "You might want more backup."

Dane turns to Damien and instructs him to round up some Wolves and Lycans and meet him at the gates.

Neah was easy to replace, I follow the sound of her voice and she seems to be having a bit of a heated conversation with Raven.

"So you think that I should let you kill Blair because of Jenson?" The irritation was very clear.

"Look what she did to him!" Raven snaps back

"Raven, you are not the only one that wants to kill her." Neah starts reeling off names of who wanted Blair dead.

"I can't help but notice you didn't mention yourself." Raven pushes

"Sorry, I didn't realise I needed too." Weirdly, it was nice to hear Neah stick up for herself.

"You've changed!" Raven snaps and Logan and Evrin start to cry.

"A lot has changed since you have trapped yourself in a hospital with your traitor brother."

I walk in to replace Evrin clinging to Neah while Neah is glaring at Raven. Logan was trying to push himself away from Raven. The pups could feel the tension and I'm quick to free Logan only to be met with a growl from Raven. "You have no right to take my nephew from me."

"I do when you are acting like this. I will protect them with my life." Logan buries his face in my hair, his tiny hands pawing at me and as soon as he stops crying, Evrin does too. They certainly worked together.

I turn and face Neah, "There are more Lycans at the gate."

"Is Blair one of them?" Raven demands

"I don't know, I didn't see her. But I will say this to you. You are blaming Blair, and you are right in the sense that she is a royal pain in the ass. Though if you remember, Jenson was the one who went to her. If he hadn't, she might not even be on our radar." Raven scoffs and takes a few steps back, shaking her head. "You were my friend."

"And I'm trying to be now. But you are stuck. You said it yourself, you have missed out on so much. A lot has changed in a short space of time and you have missed it all."

Her head turns between Neah and I. "You are supposed to be on my side. I helped both of you. I..."

"That's what we are doing now." Neah tells her. "You have been stuck and you have forgotten everything that led Jenson down this path. He is gone, Raven and that is something he did to himself."

She claps her hands. "Some friends you are." She storms out of the room and I feel a little bad for her, but she was forgetting everything and she needed reminding of that.

Neah sighs and I watch her squeeze Evrin a little tighter.

"She will come round, Neah."

"I'm not sure if she will and I think that will get her into trouble. Trouble that none of us will be able to fix."

The sad thing is, I think she is right.

I help her with the twins and we take them over to Eric's parents house, it was on the way to the gates anyway. Athena gives me a quick hug and a wink which was a little different to her usual greeting. Could they know? Surely they couldn't know if I hadn't told Eric? At the gates. Abraxas is already vetting the Lycans one by one and the crowd of Lycans are growing rowdy.