The Alpha’s Contract

Neah

"Dorothy is waiting for you." I mutter as Abraxas approaches the house with a shotgun resting on his shoulder. He looked incredibly pissed off, like he had just heard the worst news in his entire life and he had only just arrived back.

"Right." He dips his head at me, "I best go see her." A small smile appeared but it didn't change his pissed off look, instead it made him look darker and creepier. What had happened out there?

“And your mate is in the hospital.” I add as he brushes past me.

He freezes, but keeps his composure. "My mate was killed. I will never have another mate."

"We both know it doesn't work like that. Damien is Raven's second mate. Maybe it was time for you to be mated again."

He slowly turns his body around until he is facing me. "I don't know what you think you know, Neah. I. Do not. Have. A. Mate!"

Denial.

His hazel eyes narrow. "My mate was the love of my life. No one will ever be able to replace her. Do you understand?"

I nod back at him, though Maddie had already confirmed it was him. The moment she was lucid, she gave me his name. 'Abraxas Adler, the Hunter', there is only one of him.

As soon as she said it, my suspicions were confirmed.

It explained why she panicked when he was nearby and calmed down when he was away. All because she believed he would kill her. There was still a very real possibility he might do that.

Tears had flooded her face as she asked me how she could be mated to a Hunter. She asked why she would be punished this way and what she had done to deserve a mate like him. I didn't have the answers for her. I was still trying to understand why Lycans had been mated to Wolves in the first place.

"How long have you been back?" He had to have been nearby for Maddie to be aware and go into a panic.

"I've only just got back." He replies coldly

"Really? You haven't been lingering in the forest, watching Mallory's home? Her house does back out onto the forest."

His face becomes unreadable as he stares at me. He was good at keeping things hidden when he was talking to people. Not so much when he was alone.

"I am not, nor will I ever be mated to another, especially not a fucking Lycan."

"You didn't answer my question."

"Because it wasn't a question that needed answering. I have been away, trying to solve your problem." He jabs a finger in my direction.

I roll my eyes, his denial is on another level. “Then why don't you just reject her instead of torturing her?"

"I don't know what you are talking

about Neah. He shakes his head. "To reject someone would mean I need to be mated to them and as have already told you, I am not mated to her." He spits on the floor, making his feelings very clear.

"She told me, Abraxas."

"It's a lie."

"Why would she lie about something like that?"

"Why don't you ask her? You are her leader." His answers are a short and snappy.

"I will."

His brow wrinkles up and his hand tightens around the gun on his shoulder. "Or maybe I should pay her a visit, put her out of her misery. Especially if she deems it suitable to make up these lies."

"You won't do that!" I warn himNôvelDrama.Org owns this.

"Try me." He growls back. "You know I'm not afraid to stick a bullet in someone. Now if you will excuse me, my baby girl is waiting for me." He struts into the house, plastering a grin on his face for Dorothy

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I glance across the grounds where Mallory is sitting on the small porch in front of her house with a cup, watching me. 'He's denying it.' I mutter through a link to her.

'I get it.' She tells me 'He is a Hunter, she is a Lycan. I don't know what's going on.'

'He's in denial, or maybe it's his own way of torturing Maddie.'

'No, not him. The Moon Goddess is the one that pairs us, right? Why would she do this?'

I don't know if she could see my movement, but I shrug my shoulders and turn around to face the house, trying to decide on my next move. I didn't want a gun pointed at me again.