The Alpha’s Contract

Chapter 0517

"If you knew he was here, why haven't you bothered introducing yourself?" I should just turn and walk away, but he is like an irritating itch that I need to scratch.

*And ruin his evening with his beautiful pregnant mate. Why would I do that?" He takes a swig of his drink. Swirling the remaining liquid in the glass before he puts it down with a soft clink.

His crimson eyes lock on to mine. "You can go." He waves his hand as though he was sending a waiter away.

*I can go?" I frown

"I know where you are now. So you can go back and enjoy your evening with my brother. There will be plenty of time for a catch up."

*You call him your brother, but you don't even know him." I try to keep the anger buried. This was not the place. "I know enough."

"You know enough?" My arms fold up as I glare back at him

*That is what I said." His crimson eyes lock on mine as he takes a bite of his meal. "Are you always this sensitive, or is it the pregnancy?"

"Why are you here?"

He gestures to his meal. "I was hungry." His eyes don't leave mine. "And this seemed as good a place as any."

I start to walk away and he calls out, "You can thank me another time."

*Thank you? For what?"

*I freed all of Cooper's prisoners. Most have been returned to their packs. The Lycans have been relocated to White Cliffs. Many need to be rehabilitated. Can't have them going Rogue now, can we?" He gives me a lopsided smirk and a wink.

"You set them free?" I don't know why I was so surprised, but he had just given me a lot of information in a few sentences. He knew about White Cliffs. He knew about Lycans and going Rogue. He knew about Cooper and his prisoners. Was Black Shadow the last pack to find out about my kind?

*Cooper has been a pain in my ass for a long time. So you are welcome. Now go." He rubs a thumb across his knuckles. Another difference. Silas has tattoos, Dane doesn't

I turn away from him and as I look back over my shoulder, he is busy eating the rest of his meal. Not even remotely interested in me.

"Is everything okay?" Dane asks as I slip back into the booth. "I was about to come and look for you."

I frown. "I met Silas."

"What? Where?"

*He was sitting at a table not far from the bathroom."

Dane stands up, looking across the room. "What did he say?"

*He knows who we are. And that he wasn't going to ruin our evening. Then he told me some stuff about Cooper's prisoners." I screw my face up. "It was such an add interaction."

'It was all very weird.' Nyx mutters. I nod in agreement.

"And Eris wasn't wrong. He is identical to you. And I don't mean in the same way that Blair and I look alike. You are identical. If he had your scent and spoke like you, I would have thought it was you."

Dane frowns. "Did he touch you?"

"No."

After a few minutes, I realise the powerful scent I had picked up is slowly fading. He had left before Dane had a chance to meet him.

We fall into a weird uncomfortable silence. Dane was bothered and by the time our meal arrived, he had barely spoken two words.

His eyes were glazed over. Likely speaking to Eric and Damien, or even his Wolf, Aero.

"Are you angry?" I use my fork to push food around the plate. I had lost my appetite completely and was doing everything in my power not to dash to the bathroom.

His eyes settle on me. "Frustrated."

"Because he was here." I nod.

"He didn't attack. He didn't threaten you. He didn't introduce himself. But he gave you some information to try and win you over."

"That's a good thing, right. We can't all have asshole siblings. Maybe he just wants answers."NôvelDrama.Org owns this text.

*Don't fall for it, Neah."

"I won't. If anything, I was thrown by his...."

*Kindness?"

This time I hear jealousy. "How he casually provided me with information." I add quietly.

"He already hates him.' Nyx murmurs. 'He doesn't like how Silas spoke to you first or how he never made his presence known to Dane.'

'I'm not blind.' I murmur. 'But Dane didn't want to see who it was that we could scent."