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.

words about Thare getting soft, all because of me. I knew him as the ruthless Alpha, and he had told me once that

say to him, cuddling into

be completely genuine with him.

with me; I… don’t like the thought of Axel

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would never say that to my

with… this?” I

I am not.”

was always ‘okay‘ when it had

I

once 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

love you more,” I say to Thane.

you want us both,” he said, exactly what was on my

“I’m sorry…

your side.” He says, kissing me on the forehead. “And if this makes you happier,

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

ago.

her door, and she pulled it open.

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

for

apologize for; I, on the other hand, have some

the living room, and she took a seat.

brighter, she was back to the woman I had known and grown

missed you

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

didn’t hurt me,” I say

that too,” she

e says.

you mind explaining why ‘Freya‘ went out of her way to help me, all because