Chapter 163
“What did he want? Did he say Neah would speak to me? Was that what it was about?” She asks hopefully
“No, and you need to drop it when it comes to the Alpha. I don’t know how many more times I can tell you this, but you need to back off.”
She turns in front of me, stopping me from moving any further and stares at me. “I can’t keep doing this Damien. It seems pointless me being here. Maybe I’m not cut out for this. Maybe it’s time we parted ways.”
“You are not going anywhere. I need you here, where I can keep an eye on you.”
She smiles at me. “I am not your mate, Damien. You have found her.”
“But you are my family.”
“Thirty days.” She mutters. “I will give it another thirty days and if she still won’t talk to me, it’s time for me to move on.”
“Thirty days.” I agree. A lot could happen in a month.
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Raven sits across the dining table, staring at me. Now and again she would pull that bottom lip in, trapping it between her teeth as her eyes strayed from mine. Her fingers lightly drum on the table as Dane speaks about the plans for my brother and the other prick in his dungeon.
Klaus and Eric nod their heads in agreement at Danes words
“The prisoners are both set to be beheaded tomorrow at midday.” There would be no chance for them to make a plea. In fact, Dane wanted them both dealt with as soon as possible. Personally, I don’t know why he had waited so long. It wasn’t like they were going to be released if they shared useful information.
“Is everyone in agreement?” Dane asks all of us, but his eyes focus on me.
“This is your pack, Dane. It is your decision. I am not here to question your judgement.” I mutter. I wasn’t going to try and defend my brother. He lost the right to that the moment he bit into Raven’s leg.
Klaus and Eric stare at me before verbally agreeing. It seemed as though they were surprised by my response too. But what would the alternative be? Save my brother and never be allowed to see my mate again? Leave the Alpha without Lycan protection? That wasn’t going to happen. Especially not now.
“Could Mallory not get anything out of him?” It was the first time Alpha Neah had voluntarily asked about her. Maybe there was hope for the both of them.
“No. She tried.” I reply. “It’s like I told Dane. Salem is too far gone. There is no humanity left in him. If he cared, he wouldn’t have bitten his ex mate.” Alpha Neah briefly looks down at her stomach with a frown
“They won’t be like my brother.” I reassure her. “I will make sure of that.”
“You think they are Lycans?” Klaus asks me.
“What do you mean?” Raven scowls at me. “We don’t even know what they are yet and probably won’t until they are born. You can’t just assume.”
“I am not making assumptions. I can tell you what they are right now.” I state with my attention on the Alpha.
All sets of eyes are on me as I wait for someone to answer.
“You…you can smell them?” Alpha Neah asks quietly.
“Yes. For a few days now.”
“I can’t.” She looks over at Dane who is still frowning and slowly returns her gaze to me. “How… how can you?”
“The same way as I was able to track my brother through the forest. The same way as how I always knew where the other Rogues were hiding. I can smell Lycans.”