Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Ninety Nine

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“You seem lost in thoughts; what are you thinking about?” Thane enquired. It was late at night, but my mind was very much awake, and of course, Thane noticed that.

“Nothing,” I lied.

“Are you by any means thinking about Axels‘ proclamation?” He asked, and I was silenced. I always thought Thane was very good at reading people, but what if… it was more than that? There was no way he could have read that off my face alone.

“Thane, I think you can read minds.”

“Does that mean I guessed correct?”

“Yes, and how… how did you do that?”

“I am a really good guesser, I think?”

“No, it is more than that; I feel like there is something more, something you aren’t telling me.

“Riley, look at me,” he says, and I do just that. “I am not a mind reader; that would be cool but it only happens in books and movies, I cannot do that. Axel told me about it earlier; when you had been kidnapped, he thought it was his fault, and so I guessed.‘

“Because I am an open book?” I questioned.

“No, I find you mysterious; believe it or not, you always amaze me,” he says, and that warms my heart.

“I have something to tell you,” I say to Thane. He would find out either way, so I had to tell him the truth. “The soldier who had sold me to Slade was Jake,” I confessed to him, but there was no surprise on his face.

“I know. I also know that you felt so much guilt for his sister’s death, and so you covered him.”

“I’m sorry, Thane, I just… I didn’t want him hurt or dead.”

“I won’t do anything. I respect your choice, and so I would let it go,” he says.

he had told me once that he never showed mercy, yet

cuddling into him, his

was going to be completely

don’t like the thought of Axel with any other person;

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of course, even if I was, he would never say that to my face.

are okay with… this?”

am

me; Thane was always ‘okay‘ when it had to do

not?” I

different. He wasn’t supposed to fall in

want to choose… I love you more,” I say

us both,” he said, exactly

“I’m sorry…

not by your side.” He says, kissing me

to my mother–things we should have talked about a long

ago.

on her door, and

cried out, hugging her, I couldn’t believe she had almost died. “I’m so sorry everything,

for

have some making up to do.” She says, letting me in, and

to the living room, and she took a seat.

looked brighter, she was

you too.”

about what happened to you,” she says, and the smile disappeared from

didn’t hurt me,”

heard that too,” she

e says.

‘Freya‘ went out of her way to help me,