The Alpha’s Contract
Chapter 0358

Neah

I push myself upright too quickly and feel the blood rush to my head.

'Nyx, are you good?'

She groans back at me and I leave her alone. As long as I could still hear her, she was still with me.

"Neah, stay still." Dane tells me

"No...it's fine. I'm almost healed."

He reluctantly holds out a hand to help me as I get on my feet. I think he knew that I was going to get up regardless and there was no point trying to stop me.

Dane continues to hold on to me as we make our way across the road towards the three dead Wolves, like I was somehow going to fall face first into the ground any second.

The Wolves were interesting, even after death, neither one of them had any scent. How had they masked it from us? Especially Brax, he had always been able to single out the different species. However they had done it, it must have been recently. "We need to get them out of the road." Dane tells Eric. "If someone comes along here, it will draw too much attention. We don't need any more unwelcome visitors at our gates."

He hadn't said anything about them being part of Black Shadow, but he is livid.

"Wait." I mutter as Eric grabs the nearest man. "Have you searched them? They might have some information about why they did this or who they did this for."

Brax stares at me "You're expecting me to replace a phone number?"

"I don't know, maybe!" I retort

"The problem isn't them, Neah." His eyes shift to Dane. "The problem is how many of your Wolves have turned against you."

"They wouldn't." I snap. "They didn't turn against Dane. It was me and you that they tried to kill."

Eric checks them anyway, but ultimately replaces nothing. Brax and Eric move the bodies from the road and into the trees as Dane guides me back in the direction of Black Shadow. His anger is rolling off of him, though he keeps his eyes forward. "Dane?"

"I didn't want you to come out here. You could have....."

"But I didn't." I cut him off. "I am not weak, Dane. The car slammed into us three times. I should be dead. If I was human, I probably would be, but I'm not. You couldn't have expected this to happen. We went to speak to Samara and Blair. None of us could have prepared ourselves to be attacked by Black Shadow Wolves, Wolves from your own pack."

I pause my movements and have to blink a few times. I still had a haze that came and went.

"Are you okay?" Dane presses, watching me carefully.

I nod, but Nyx is still unusually quiet. "You have Aero. When you hit your head, can it make them dizzy too?"

"Yes. Some would say it's a curse. But the reality is, they are part of us in every way. Give Nyx some time to rest and she will be okay. You should be resting too." Usually he would smile when he was giving me words of reassurance, but this time, he doesn't. "What are you going to do?" I ask as we start moving again.

"Get Klaus to check you over."

"You know that is not what I'm talking about. Do you think this guy that took Maddie has something to do with all of this?"

"It would be a big coincidence if it wasn't him. Brax said the guy was asking Maddie questions. One of the other Ash's said the same. It's a possibility that Cooper has corrupted them. Maybe twisted their words to make them question themselves." "Black Shadow has always been a strong pack. They have always been respectful of you as their Alpha. So whatever he is telling them, it's enough to convince them."

"The problem is, a lot of things are changing. There are now more Lycans in the pack than there are Wolves."

"You think the Wolves feel threatened?"

"It's a possibility. It might only be a few that have fallen victim to his lies."

"But Cooper is a Lycan. If they have a problem with Lycans, why would they work for him?"

He stops me and cups my face. His crimson eyes searching my own. "Do you trust me?"

"Yes. You know I do." I mutter, confused. "Why?"

"When we get to the road that leads up to the gates, I'm going to carry you in. I need you to pretend you are out of it." He looks me up and down.

I frown, "You're testing them?"

"You know I have my own ways of weeding out the unloyal ones. All I ask is that you don't make a sound and you stay in the house, unseen for a few days."