Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Fifty Nine

“Thane… I’m sorry for last night; I don’t know what exactly got over me.” I said, the lie feels bitter against my tongue. Those intense eyes on me made me feel unsettled, like he knew.

“That wouldn’t stop me from punishing you if you deny me of what is mine ever again” he says and I gave a stiff nod.

“Where is Axel? I hadn’t seen him in a while.”

“I’ll send him in, in a few hours,” Thane replied,

“Thank you“.

I waited patiently for the knock, and soon it came, I let Beatrix in. Hoping Axel wouldn’t walk in on us just yet.

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will be waiting for you just as we agreed,” she said silently to me. “You just have to do your part, and I trust you know what to do.”

“Yes. Yes, I do.”

“Good. I’ll be ready,” she says. She left just as silently as she came in.

The second knock on the door was Axel. I had anticipated that too.

“You look kind of pale, everything alright?” he asked

“I am fine. Just really tired of staying here all alone,” I said, avoiding his eyes.

Axel wasn’t innocent either, and it was in a way, harder to bear. Knowing that Axel was just as cold as Thane. I couldn’t help but feel so… betrayed.

do you want to go?”

run. I need that to clear my head, there had been a lot. on my mind lately” I explained

go then.”

any conversation; it would sound fake, so I opted for silence. Axel kept staring at me every once in a while, and it was unnerving. I feared he did notice something was

wrong.

okay?” he inquired again.

want to talk about it, okay?”

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need someone to talk to, I will always be available,” he says, but I couldn’t help but remember the Axel I had seen down the chamber. I wish he was a good guy–I really did. I gave him a

words, though I had every single reason to doubt her, yet she was my only

more alive today, the bright light penetrating through the leaves, casting shadows on the bare ground.

Axel paused.

stopping?” I asked, even if I already knew. Beatrix had said she was going

need to

“What?”

that wasn’t part of the plan.

from his, “I do not want to return back

can’t leave you

Axel, trust me,” I said, staring into his

he says, and I nod, taking a seat on a fallen branch as he hurried

distance away, I stood, running deeper into the woods. I didn’t know my way around, but I knew I just had to move forward. Beatrix had told me she woulu catch

risk anyone finding out that she helped me escape. This way, out.

scent wouldn’t give h

more I lost hope. Maybe

she wanted, right? She wanted me gone.