Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

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Chapter One Hundred and Fourteen

Thane was in a red cloak; his amber eyes seemed a shade darker. I hadn’t realized how tall and intimidating he was till now; there was something about him that was… Threatening.

I had this feeling that something bad was about to happen. Maybe it had to do with the fact that Thane, who I had shared the same room with for the past months, hadn’t even stared at me once; I might as well have been invisible. I could sense the aura around him, forcing my wolf to bow in submission. Tonight he was indeed different.

Bailey led us to the underground structures that had good resemblance to a cave. All the while, I couldn’t shake away that feeling that something was off. I was about to walk forward, but Axels‘ hand on my shoulder restrained me.

“What?” I questioned.

“We wait here,” Axel informed me.

Bailey and Thane walked forward, leaving us behind, her hand wrapped around his, and my chést tightened. They stopped in the middle of the room.

“Alpha Thane of the Nightshade pack, you’ve met all the requirements; are you ready for the crown?” she asked.

“Not all requirements,” Thane said, and her eyes met him.

“Your father is no longer in the way; you are a powerful wolf, so that shouldn’t be a problem, and you have a mate as required. There is nothing left undone,” she says, but she still studied him.

“Riley is not my fated mate.”

was now, and

didn’t look my way, not once since

“You deceived me

Alpha,” Bailey hissed.

But you will still

killed; you cannot deceive the gods;

on with this ritual.” Thane

he tries taking the crown without the requirement, it would be seen as a sign of disrespect right on the face of the goddess; she would turn him to nothing but white ash, just

Hundred and Fourthen

into

you die?”

so be it.”

very stubborn,

me, how many people could resist the Elder’s sorcery?” he asks, and that

that doesn’t prove anything.”

I

if you died after everything,”

don’t have to

me. For the