Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Eighty Two

Chapter Eighty Two

I knocked on the door to my mother’s apartment but there was no response. I had been here for about five minutes now. Was she avoiding me?. I tried the door; only to discover it was unlocked so I pushed it open, walking into her apartment.

“Mom?”

No response.

“Anyone home?”

No response.

It was very clear that there was nobody in here; maybe she was out working, but her scent seemed a bit… faint, like she hadn’t been in here for a few days, I was slowly getting the hang of my ‘heightened‘ senses now, and I could easily note things like this.

I frowned, bemused. I searched in the fridge for a drink–anything that would keep me busy, I hated the idea of returning back to my room. I felt so trapped back there. But the fridge was completely empty. Strange.

I shrugged off this eerie feeling and walked out of her apartment, shutting the door just as I had found it.

A maid had been walking by, and I called to her.

my mother lately?” I

is ‘your‘ mother?”

that by now, right?, but I guess… I and Kate–my mother–are rarely ever seen together.

and deciding that I wouldn’t go with that, I would never

she had been gone for a few

“A few days!”

wrong earlier but I brushed it all away, thinking I could be wrong, maybe she had spent the nights in

few days due to

Chapter Eighty Two

hallways, lost in thoughts. I didn’t know if to feel disappointed or anxious. Just then I heard the silent sob coming from one of the rooms. I paused; the sounds seemed to be coming from a female, but past experience had taught me that I should try minding my business more often, and I had been about to walk off when I saw the flash of blue hair. Very familiar–looking blue hair. Beatrix. The more reasons I shouldn’t be here, I walked away.

“Riley”

I inhaled deeply; this was the very same person who had betrayed me; I could clearly remember her walking past me like I was nothing but ‘thin air‘ a few weeks; then she got what she wanted; she had deceived me, and I had

from those rebels–for whatever twisted reasons she did that and now… she was in pain. Everyone needs someone to talk to, no matter how tough they seem to be; this was what being

meant. 1

walked into the room.

be a trap; of course I was well aware; Thane had no clue that I was here, and Axel… well, I hadn’t seen him since the

I asked, my voice soft even if