The Alpha’s Contract
Chapter 0397

Her fingers curl tightly around the pencil until it snaps, "but I'm not the one who is bad." "You think Kade is bad?"

Her head moves up and down making her braids swing. "Not right now, but he will be."

Surely it wouldn't be possible to know if a child is going to be a problem when they are older. They haven't even experienced life.

"Have you spoken to either of your Dad's about it?"

"Daddy Damien was angry and Daddy didn't listen. I had to stop Kade, Mallory. Everything he said made me sad. He's mean and only to me" She smiles at Luca sleeping in my arms. "Can't I just stay here and play with Logan and Evrin? They like me." "That's not up to me. But school is really important. Have you made any friends?"

"One girl talks to me. Her name is Lyrah."

""She's a Wolf?"

"Uh huh, she's the one who told me to stick up for myself. So I did."

"I want you to do something for me."

Her green eyes are unsure as she studies me.

"When you go back to school, if anything happens, I want you to tell the teacher. I don't want you doing something that will get you into trouble."

"That's what Daddy Damien said."

"Because he is right." Although if she had asked me when I was younger, I probably would have told her to beat the crap out of Kade.

She pouts at me as a tiny crease appears between her brows. "I can't wait to be a grown up."

I laugh, "Come on, you can stay with me and Luca. One of your Dad's can collect you later."

"Are you going to tell them?"

"I think you should, but I can be there with you."

****

It's late when Damien and Dane arrive. I wasn't expecting both of them, but maybe I could talk sense into both of them.

"Dorothy is asleep. She can stay for the night. We need to talk." I wanted Dorothy to tell him, but I wasn't waking her up after it took me so long to convince her to sleep. She was one hundred percent positive that Kade was going to kill her and I wouldn't notice "Has she said anything?" Damien mutters as he takes a seat at my small dining table.

I tell them the conversation I had with Dorothy.

"He called her poison?!" Dane asks in disgust

"She even said she doesn't know what that means so it's unlikely she made it up. I don't know if it's because she is a Hunter by birthright or if there is something else going on, but...."

"I will handle it." Dane replies. "She is part of this pack whether they like it or not."

"That's not going to put her mind at rest. That girl cried herself to sleep tonight. She's probably gone right back to square one." Right on cue, she starts crying.

"I'm going to take her home. Maybe a familiar bed will help." Damien frowns and disappears up the stairs to replace her.

I sigh and glance up at Dane, "You haven't said anything about Evrin."

""Neah told you?"

I nod, knowing I was crossing over into dangerous territory by challenging him. "Is that why you haven't spent any time with them today? Is that why you have been making excuses about going home? Because he can shift?" I don't wait for an answer.

"She's sad and I know you feel her sadness. She thinks you are disgusted by Evrin being able to shift."

""Not true."

"But you came here with Damien when you didn't need to. You could have gone home to her. Home to your boys."

Dane shakes his head at me. "I've been on duty, I don't want the news of Evrin getting out."

"That's why you have been avoiding going home?"

"No. I don't want Cooper replaceing out that my son can shift. I have been working all day, chasing up possible leads, looking for the problems in my pack. Shutting down anyone that thinks they know something." ""You're worried?"

"Wouldn't you be if Luca started shifting? I'm not worried about who Evrin is. I'm worried about the assholes that think they can take advantage of it."

"Then you should tell Neah before she spontaneously combusts from all the ideas going around her head."