Chapter Six

(Riley’s POV)

It didn’t make sense.

That Alpha Thain of the Nightshade pack had chosen me; I had so much to gain—my mother’s freedom, ‘my freedom’, and wealth—lots of it. It felt almost too good to be true. He had told me that he never made any deals in which he had nothing to gain, but I can’t imagine what he had to gain from being mated to me.

Yet, his promises had been mouth-watering, every single word, and I knew he was right. I knew I would agree to his terms, whatever they might be, as long as my mother was free.

He was not a gentleman; he had told me just that, and that was the one thing I believed. After the little conversation, he had left me here all alone, to think about his proposal. No, he didn’t bother escorting me back to the ball where he had taken me; he was letting me know, even from the little gestures, what kind of a man he was.

When he meant he wanted me as a mate for a period of time, did that involve intimacy? Maybe it didn’t; maybe I just had to play the perfect actress, and that was it.

Even as I thought about it, I knew they were all lies. I was lying to myself, and I saw the look in his eyes.

will beg to stay when the time is up,” he had said, “I am not a

whore? What difference would it make if I stayed here? Ryker wanted the same thing too. But he didn’t deserve it; he had put me through too much pain. I had lost everything, and it was

there looking tense; some had left the hall. I didn’t think I was that important to

get to me; tears

I wasn’t his mate—that was what they thought, but they were all wrong. I couldn’t tell

the arms and leading her out. I felt the gazes of my fellow pack members

.

thing, but not

in the pack house and in my room. My mother wouldn’t leave my

couldn’t believe the moon goddess could pair you up with such a man as a mate. He had caused you so much pain, but he… he is nothing compared to the demon in human skin, Alpha Thane. He would be

him

listen to me. I know his father, but Thane, he is worse than his father;

knew she was telling the truth, but this was the last thing I needed to hear. If only she knew the truth—that this had been an offer and he was going to give me far more than I had ever hoped for—I wondered if she

I doubted it.

to know something more about the Nightshade

do to me if I did

a plan. I would help you escape, and I do not mind if I have to

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