DaneIt was amusing to hear her say it.To finally announce who she was. Though I couldn’t tell if it was the growing pups giving her confidence or whether Roan genuinely annoyed her to make her snap at him. Either way, it didn’t matter.”A Lycan Alpha?” Greg queries. “What the hell is a Lycan?” He looks around at the other men who all look equally confused. Except Roan.Roan has his eyes are on my mate. And he looks at her in the same way Jenson used too. With a hunger to devour her.’He can try.’ Aero muttersI keep my mouth closed much to Aero’s annoyance. I wanted to beat Roan into the ground, but for now, it could wait.”I am a monster.” I see the dark smile on Neahs face. I notice how dark her eyes are too, barely a blue rim is present. She was letting Nyx hover near the surface.”And you are running from your pack?” Roan questions my mate.”As I have already explained to you, no, she isn’t” I cut in. I was expecting more questions about her being a Lycan.He bobs his head, “So you are the reason humans are turning up with bite marks.” Roan rubs through the stubble on his chin.”What are you talking about, Roan?” Greg asksBefore Roan gets a chance to answer, my mate snaps at him. “I am not biting anyone!”I hold my hand up to Neah as I turn to Roan. “You’ve seen this?””Yes.””You’ve seen them shift?””Now that is something I haven’t been privy to. When they started showing up in the city, we dealt with them before things got out of control.” “Your pack is in the city?” Neah asks confused Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the ƒindηʘvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.”Next city over. Ashburn City” Roan mutters like he expected her to know where that is. “My pack are more urban than you lot in Black Shadow.” I roll my eyes at him. What worked for him didn’t work for everybody.”When you say…you deal with them, you mean?” Neah asks quietly and I see how the black fades and her eyes return to the usual blue. “We kill them.””You didn’t think to tell me, Roan?” Greg snaps at him”You are not anywhere near the situation. You married and became an Alpha elsewhere. Hundreds of miles away. We may be brothers, but we haven’t been close in over a decade.”My fist hits the table, “Whatever you guys have got going on, it needs to be put aside. You all signed a contract with me. I have held up my end when you needed me.” I snap. “Now it’s time you did the same.” “There’s nothing about Lycans in it.” Greg murmurs.”You are right, there isn’t. But it does state that if there is a threat to my heirs, you will protect them with your lives.””They aren’t even born yet!” Greg grumbles.”From the day of conception,” Roan rolls his eyes at his brother. “We are contractually bound. Or are you prepared to tell your wife that you have just handed over your pack?” Roan questions his brother. They all turn to stare at my mate. Her eyes are low. I see how she takes slow, deep breaths, trying to keep herself from throwing up again.’I don’t like the way she looks.’ Aero tells me”Neah, go get some rest.” I tell her”I have questions!” Roan snaps”And if all my attention is on my mate, I won’t be able to answer them!”Neah practically runs from the room. Whether to escape the meeting or to vomit. I wasn’t sure but this way, Roan wouldn’t be ogling my mate.Everyone’s eyes are on me.”Go on, ask!” I challenge, knowing that there was a single burning question on the tip of everyones tongue.”What are they?” Greg asks”It’s too early to tell.” I answer casually.”What if they are like her?” Another asks”They are still my heirs.” I knew it was likely. She was developing faster than the average Wolf, But I also knew the idea of them being Lycans was plaguing my mates thoughts. She hated the fact that they could be Lycans. She wanted the Lycan line to end. Jenson and Eric were quiet, listening carefully to everyone’s words. Until Jenson snaps.”We didn’t call you here to discuss the heritage of the pups. You are here purely to hold up your end of the contract.””And when this is over, the contract is completed?” Roan asks, “We will be free?”‘Their lives won’t be worth living if something happens to our pups!’ Aero growlsThis is what has kept my contracts in place. The clause that states that they will repay their debts. Though until now, I have never needed them. I have always kept them hanging on, desperate to be free of my grasp.I was doing this to keep my mate and my heirs safe.”Yes.” I agree. “The contract will be completed.”The Alpha’s exchange looks and finally, they all nod in agreement. They all wanted the same thing, to be free of owing me anything.