Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Forty Four

Alpha Slade and his mate’s seats remained empty.

“I need to go to the restroom” I said to Thane.

“Axel can go with you.”

“I can go or

on my own,” I say, my cheeks reddening. I didn’t think he should worry about any attack, not after the example he had set for the others. I noticed how the other pack members seemed to keep a good distance from me; they were all afraid of coming too close and I couldn’t blame them.

Thane wasn’t happy about my choice, and I was very sure he would come looking for me if I took more than a few minutes. But I wasn’t planning on returning; after all that happened today, I just needed to go back to the room and shut everyone else out.

It was only going to be six months. I reminded myself.

I knew the way back to our room, and I had made sure to study the routes we had followed. when coming here, I wasn’t about to get lost again.

I exited the hall, very awate of the stares boring into me.

“Luna,” a female who had been leaning against the wall, called; of course, it was none other than Beatrix.

said as I walked on, but she followed, keeping pace with me. Could she have been waiting here for

her eyes. She suspected, or rather, she knew, that I was not the Luna. I had just wanted some space away from everything, but I couldn’t

left the feast.” I said to her, not that I

there, it could get very uncomfortable” she says, and I don’t really believe her, she

gotten the chance to thank you; I heard about everything you did; Thane and Axel wouldn’t have known I was under an attack if not for you. Thank you,” I said, and guess what?, I lied. I wasn’t looking for a chance to thank her, and maybe that made me a bad person, but I just couldn’t bring myself to care, so for courtesy sake,

the Alpha’s property at all

she just call me

aren’t his true mate,” she says, and my eyes travel around to see if there is anyone close by. “Oh, don’t worry,

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Chapter Forty Four

you, but I’ll only keep it under one

walked forward, but Beatrix blocked my path. “If I were you, I’d walk out of my way; otherwise…” I left the

“No offense…”

“I know you mean to offend me, so please stop using the word when we

Thane can do. But I want to know, what exactly do you hold against him?, What could make him so madly indebted to you?”

she does draw closer. Closer, “I called out, and she drew nearer. “You want

pulled away a snarl