The Alpha’s Contract by Taylor West

Chapter 0348 Abraxas Samara's grey eyes hover on me. "You don't know anything about me!" "I know what I see." "What is that supposed to mean?" She looks over to Neah. "You have Witches here too?" I laugh. Why did they always jump to that conclusion? "You can't smellcan you?" "I told you, this is what he does. He takes everything. I lost everything because of him. Blair has lost everything because of him and I know that she did sbad things. She toldall about it, but this guy will look for her. He will chere." "He can fuck off because he won't find her here!" Dane snaps "I know that, you know that, but he doesn't." Samara frowns "It's funny, because you haven't mentioned a name." Damien mutters, he was still half blocking Neah.

"His nis Cooper, if that's even his real name." Samara mutters as she runs her fingers through her long blonde hair. "It's not just Lycans he hurts, it's Wolves too. He strips our abilities, do you know what that's like? To not be able to smell or hear like I once did. To becbreathless when doing too much. Not to be able to heal. It's soul destroying." I snort.

"It's not funny!" "Being stripped doesn't destroy your soul." She glares at me. "Like you know anything about it." I watch Neah, but she doesn't say anything. If there is anyone here that understands, it would be her.

"Why did he do that to you?" I press "I don't know." "Yes you do, you are just withholding the information." She narrows her eyes and clenches her jaw, I was pressing buttons that she didn't like.

"Stop talking like you know everything." "Never claimed I know everything, but I can see when someone isn't sharing everything." Her cheeks pulsate with annoyance. "Blair was right, you lot just care about yourself." "Funny that," Neah mutters. "I could say the sabout Blair. Be careful she doesn't betray you because that is something she likes to do. Just ask her mother." Samara sighs. "She isn't like that anymore. What he did to us, it makes you question everything. All the bad, all the good. All the mistakes. Maybe on slevels Cooper was right, it's the punishment we deserve." She's actually telling the truth about that.

"Almost six years ago, he convincedthat he was my mate." she shakes her head. "I had killed a human and someone else saw. I bumped into him and I could smell this divine scent. It's funny now, can't even remember what that scent was. He played this gof getting to know me, makingfall for him in ways I could never imagine. He ledaway and I remember being hit over the head and something being injected in my neck and nothing was ever the same. I am not the first and I definitely won't be the last." "So he lures women away?" Dane asks "No, there were men being kept there too. But the point is, he punishes those that he thinks deserves it." Neah laughs.

"You think that's funny?!" Samara mutters in disgust. "You are the Lycan Alpha. You should be protecting us." "How much has Blair told you?" Neah asks "She's toldeverything." "Has she told you that she wanted to be the Alpha? That she wouldn't accept that the gene didn't pass to her because it cfrom my mother's side. Has she told you that she destroyed her mate, to the point he lost it? Has she told you that her mother is here in my pack, along with her brothers and baby sister? Has she told you that she knows exactly how to wrap people around her little finger to get exactly what she wants? I could go on..." "She isn't like that now." Samara cuts Neah off "She killed a pregnant Wolf and took away her toddler, sold the kid to humans." Damien growls as he speaks of my baby girl.

Samara lowers her eyes. "She didn't tellall of that but that doesn't mean she hasn't changed." "Where is she?" Neah demands.

"She's not here. She said you would kill her." "Smart move." I muse Neah rolls her eyes at me. "What do you want from us?" "Nothing." "You chere to tell us all of this, but you don't want anything?" She shakes her head again. "I

thought I did, but I prefer my new life. Cooper goes to places, places that he knows we would have been in the past where we might seek refuge. Because that is what he does, he tortures people for information. He will look for Blair and he will chere, just like I ove said. He wants what he thinks belongs to him." "And you lot think I have a God complex." I muse

"It isn't funny." Samara snaps atand turns back to Neah, "I don't care I if you think Blair and 1 deserved it. We are better off by ourselves. But what do you think he is going to do when he comes here? He doesn't like anyone that he thinks is better than him. You have two Alpha's in one place." "He's one man." Neah mutters She looks Neah dead in the eye. "There is always someone worse." Samara turns away and strides down the drive.

"Do you believe her?" Dane asks me.

"She believes what she is saying. Her soul didn't falter once like it would if she was bullshitting."

"How could someone strip abilities that are way past the level of binding someone?" Damien asks. “Because surely if it could be done, Trey would have done that to Neah."