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.

was strong, really strong. I couldn’t believe he was

the door shut before finally placing

me out this instant!”

fighting me, Riley.

his chest.

“You aren’t helping.”

you; you should be there, or at

wants me here, protecting you, and that was an order.”

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squad of elders trying to kill me, do I? He needs protection,

need to calm down and hear me

“I am calm.”

would have been there if I thought there was a thing I could do.” He said, and I nodded, taking a seat.

I always left at an edge when it comes to

and it’s

if they

and then flinched; that would mean one

been injured, hasn’t he?”

would

handle; he is very much alive;

all been planned from the