Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Sixty Six

“She seems to be growing on you,” | heard Thane’s voice say in my semi-conscious state. Now I'm left to wonder

which side are you on, Axel.”

“Why would you ask such a question, Alpha? You know exactly which side | am on.”

“You've disrespected me, Axel, over and again, and it’s all because of her.” He spit out the pronoun ‘Her’ with

disgust.

“I apologize; | just didn’t see it fit...”

“She is my mate Axel; I'll do as | please with my mate, and you will not interfere in that,” Thane says, his voice

silent but laced with furry.

“Yes, Alpha,” Axel said after a moment.

“Don’t think I'll let this slide,” Thane said to Axel.

| heard the sounds of footsteps approaching, and stopping right next to me.

“Riley, | know you are awake, so quit the pretence.” Thane said, and whatever haziness | felt cleared of. | got up

from the bed.

I was in the Axel room and not our room.

“I didn’t hear a thing,” I lied

“Oh, don’t worry, princess; | wanted you to hear all of that, so y you didn’t.”

don’t need to lie or pretend

“Don’t punish him,” | pleaded, giving up the act. “It wasn’t his fault, it was mine.”

“Sweet, you want to be punished in his stead?,” he asks, and 1 hesitate, surprised by his retort. A part of me

thought - hoped Thane regretted punishingso bad, he wouldn't be trying it anytsoon. But Thane always

manages to exceed all my expectations, and | don’t mean this. in a positive way.

“Don’t Riley, | can take it.” Axel assured me, still looking all calm and cool, but his eyes held at warning; he was

simply tellingto ‘shut the fuck up’ just by his stare.

“I want to know,” Thane said, settling besidewith a wicked glow in his eyes. “Are you in love with my Beta,

Axel?”

“She is to be mated to you,” Axel said, confusion clearly written on his face.

“Yet she prefers your company.

“Maybe if you start treatingright, or better yet, behave like you have a heart, even if nothing is in there, just

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maybe I'll stop being scared of you.” | answered

“I think | prefer ‘not’ pretending like | have a heart; no need to raise your hope only to hurt

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you more when I don’t live up to expectations; the lower expectations, the better.”

“What do you want with me?, why are you here?

“I want to show you something; | think you would like it.”

“It can wait. What | need is srest, alone, here. Maybe you could go show this thing of interest to Beatrix.”

“Again with Beatrix, could you let that rest a little?”

“No”

“Why? Are you jealous?”

“No, you deserve each other,” | said to him, and | wondered why he hadn't picked her; | doubt she would have

disagreed.

“There is nothing shaming about accepting that you were jealous. | was too, when with Trent.” He says and | held

back my surprise. How could he be jealous of the dance | shared with Trent, and be completely okay with Axel

being so... close?

danced

“That's not what bothered you more; what did bother you was the fact that | didn’t ask for your permission.” |

responded

“That too,” Thane admitted.

“So were you expectingto turn him down?”

“I'm a very possessive person, if you didn’t know”

well, I don’t know about that, you

were going to stripnaked before the whole pack!”

“Cwith me.

“And if | don’t want to?”

“You don’t really have an option here, Riley,” he says, and | hold back my retort. | pushed away the covers and

walked past him to Axel.

“Would you cwith us?”

“No, he would not,” Thane said from behind me.

| inhaled deeply, walking out of the door. Thane followed, and soon he was by my side. He took my hands and |

did try to pull free of his hold, but again this was all for the ‘show’.

“Do you even know where you are going?” He asked

“No,” | muttered.

You are going the wrong way. We to pay a visit to the dungeons.”

That couldn’t be good.

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“What are we going to be doing down there?”

“Afraid | will lock you in? Don’t worry, I still find you amusing... for ‘now*.

My stomach dropped. Was that a joke? | couldn't tell.

The dungeons were located on the

last floor, maybe even connected to

the underground chamber; the Rlace

had been lit up by dos, Giding

tthe pe of it. | could hear

muffled screams; they seem to be

coming from somewhere behind

those walls, and that was indeed

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The door was slammed shut.

This particular room had only a single cell.

“What do you want to show me?” | asked, afraid now, there was nothing to see here. Maybe his intention was to

lockup in that cell.

“Haven't you wondered how your ex-mate Ryder is faring?”

“He is alive?” | questioned, surprised.

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“Shocking right?. | saved him up for a

while, just so you could choose gw

to end him.” Thane Sald1aking my

hands; IN Saced the handgun |

hadn't realized he held on my hands.

“Now you get to make a decision.”

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