Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter One Hundred And Seven

There was complete pin–drop silence.

The dagger remained embedded into the elders abdomen.

There was one uniform emotion everyone was witnessing; I could see it on their faces: shock.

Thane took out the knife, and the elder fell to the ground, clutching his stomach, his with… fear.

eyes

wide

His skin… There was something weird happening to it; it seemed to be cracking as though his skin was made of porcelain, and then he shattered into pieces, leaving nothing behind but gray ashes.

That’s when the screams began.

“Axel, take her away!” Thane ordered from a distance, and Axel obeyed, immediately picking me up like I weighed nothing and placing me over his shoulders. He carried me back to the packhouse.

The others ran too; no one was bold or willing to witness what a battle with the elders would look like. People trampled over one another to escape.

There was a loud, ear–piercing scream, like one from a banshee. It was from one of the female elders who knelt before the ashes of the fallen elder.

“You cannot leave him…“, I was saying, but my words were drowned out by the turmoil. Thane was the only one left behind, with the cursed dagger in his hands. The elders, on the other side, didn’t seem as calm and untouchable as they once did.

wouldn’t let me down; he was strong, really strong. I couldn’t

took me into his room, slamming the door shut before finally placing

out

fighting me, Riley.

fist against his chest. He took both my hands in a

“You aren’t helping.”

are you; you should be there, or

wants me here, protecting you, and that was an

1/2

of elders trying to kill me, do I? He needs protection, not

down and

“I am calm.”

care for my Alpha? I would have been there if I thought there was a thing I could do.” He said, and I nodded, taking a seat. A facade for him to

him? Why am I always left at an edge when it comes

him, and it’s okay

if they

said and then flinched; that would mean one thing.

has just been injured,

could feel Thane’s emotions; he would know if he was

he can’t handle; he is very much alive; I would know that,” Axel replied.

been planned from the start?”