Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Sixty Six

“She seems to be growing on you,” I 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 I 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; I just didn’t see it fit…”

“She is my mate Axel; I’ll do as I 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.

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

“Riley, I know you are awake, so quit the pretence.” Thane said, and whatever haziness I felt cleared of. I 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; I wanted you to hear all of that, so y you didn’t.”

don’t need to lie or pretend

“Don’t punish him,” I 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 punishing me so bad, he wouldn’t be trying it anytime soon. But Thane always manages to exceed all my expectations, and I don’t mean this. in a positive way.

“Don’t Riley, I can take it.” Axel assured me, still looking all calm and cool, but his eyes held at warning; he was simply telling me to ‘shut the fuck up‘ just by his stare.

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

be mated to you,” Axel said,

she prefers

have a heart, even if

prefer ‘not‘ pretending like I have a heart; no need

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Chapter Sixty Six

up to expectations; the

with me?, why are you

I think you would

What I need is some rest, alone, here. Maybe you could go show

Beatrix, could you let

“No”

Are you jealous?”

other,” I said to him, and I wondered why he

you were jealous. I was too, when with Trent.” He says and I held back my surprise. How could he

danced

bothered you more; what did bother you was the

Thane

me to turn

person, if you

know about that,

to strip me naked before the

“Come with me.

don’t want to?”

an option here, Riley,” he says, and I hold back my retort. I pushed away

come

he would not,” Thane said from behind

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

where you are going?” He asked

“No,” I muttered.

wrong way. We to pay a visit to the dungeons.”