Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Seventy Two

When I walked into our room, he wasn’t there.

The sobs racked my whole frame, the guilt felt too much to bear. What if mom was right? What if this had been while Thane wanted me back here? I had to be strong when I was with her; I had to be the stronger one, but now back in my room, I could be weak.

I hated the fact that I could no longer see a light at the end of the tunnel.

This room, despite being so wide, felt so suffocating all of a sudden. I inhaled deeply, trying to steady my breathing, but that didn’t work this time. 1

I paced round the room, my heart slamming against my chest. What if Thane wanted me locked in here for the rest of my life, in this pack, never able to escape?, what if I could never leave?

The thought alone builds a strange claustrophobic feeling in me. I walked to the dressing room, pulling the door open. I pulled down all the clothes there, threw down the desk and chairs. I picked up the broken leg from one of the table, and I slammed it against the

her glass display cabinet. I picked up the flower vase, letting it fall to the ground, shattering into pieces. I searched through the drawers for the weapon–the same one Beatrix had given me when I followed her down to the underground chamber. I had brought it in here and kept it somewhere. How could I have forgotten?

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I returned back to the room, going down on my knees. I looked beneath the bed. Nothing. Nothing was there; where was the damn gun?

I kicked down the drawer in frustration, tearing down the curtains, but nothing could satisfy my rage. What was more alarming was what I had planned to do with the gun. I wanted to make a very selfish decision, but I felt this sickening need to escape this place any way I could, and that would have been the only way, except…

I walked into the bathroom and I stopped by the bathtub. I turned the water on, letting the tub fill up to the brim.

Reckless.

the mirror, and what I saw was a lost girl, a girl

that was all I

hurt me or harm me again. My lungs burned in a desperate need for air. I could simply let go and push back to the surface, but I didn’t want that; I didn’t want to face the

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be no more pain; a little more and I

be free.

I could see, threatening to take me further

have struggled if not for the burning sensation in my chest; just then I was out of the water. The darkness disappeared, and all I saw was a blinding light. The pain in my chest subsided, but it was still there, a dull throb. I coughed out

and his voice sounded different; it could all be some kind

there was one single thought in my mind. What the hell had I done or rather, what the hell was I trying

it; it was like I had been under a kind of spell making me feel and believe that the waters were my only way out of all these, making me believe this was the only way

my own life I believed I was a fighter, and

eyes, and a single teardrop fell

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there would be no more pain; a little more and

see, threatening to take

for the burning sensation in my chest; just then I was out of the water. The darkness disappeared, and all I