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.

me. I knew him as the ruthless Alpha, and he had told me once that he never showed mercy, yet he had

him, cuddling into him, his hand

to be completely genuine

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

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that to

okay with…

I am

was always ‘okay‘ when it had to do

I

been an issue in the past because Axel doesn’t easily get emotionally attached, but with you, it was different. He wasn’t supposed to fall in love, but I cannot blame him. You’ll get to choose who you want to be with.”

love you more,” I

said, exactly what was

“I’m sorry…

am not by your side.” He says, kissing me on the forehead. “And if this makes you happier, your mother is back.”

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

ago.

door, and she

died. “I’m so sorry everything, for being a complete bitch, for not visiting

for

the other hand, have some making up to do.” She

living room, and she took a

she was back to the woman I had known and grown up

missed you too.”

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

didn’t hurt me,” I say

that too,”

e says.

mind explaining why ‘Freya‘ went out of her way to help me, all because of you?” I asked and she let out