Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Fifty Eight

I had wondered why they were both absent for the past two days, if only I knew what they had been busy with.

I sobbed silently. I would never survive here. Now I doubted that Thane would keep to his words of letting me go; maybe I would end up there, just like those girls:

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I had never felt so afraid in my life.

I rolled over Beatrix’s offer in my mind; she was willing to help me escape this place, but she couldn’t help my mother. I shouldn’t leave my mother behind, but I was so afraid, I didn’t want to be here for the next minute.

I jumped to my feet when someone walked in; it was Thane. I quickly wiped off my tears.

“Why are you crying?”

“Is nothing?” I lied, my heart pounding. Now I knew what he could do; I would never be able to sleep on the same bed with this man. Everything about him frightened me, but what was more alarming was how indifferent he was, because this was his life. Even after what he had done – what he had been doing, he could still sleep without being hunted. He was twisted in more ways than I could tel.

“You lie to me again, Riley.”

“I just got emotional thinking about my past,” I say, and he gave me a long look before deciding to let it go I hoped.

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a feast coming up, you will be accompanying me; it would be different from the previous; Slade and

“I… I can’t.”

giving you an option”

please Thane, I’d

something was off with me? Could he feel it? I couldn’t tell, but his hands trailed down my hair, and… I couldn’t–I couldn’t take it. I

he could even notice my effort. His lips slammed into mine as he kissed

cried out, and he paused.

Chapter Fifty Eight

to pretend now that you don’t like being fucked by

Thane; please let me go.” I hated begging him, but violence wouldn’t help me now.

wherever the need arises,” he reminded me, and I closed my eyes. I wasn’t going to watch

body reacted to him, I wouldn’t willing let him touch me ever again. Fuck the contract; I didn’t think he planned on keeping to that either.

the night; he joined me on the bed, and I stiffened; maybe I was

to share the

I heard it. He turned me over so I was facing

away for a while, but I had been busy. What the hell

close to me; I don’t want you

my presence,” he says. I don’t look, but

yourself. Gof

that sooths