Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen

My life felt like a dream come true.

I couldn’t believe he had admitted that he loved me; a part of me had been ready to live without it. I was ready to punish myself with the one–sided love. Never in my life had I been this happy, not with Ryker, not with anybody, and… Sometimes, good things like this don’t last. But I was determined to fight for what we had and I was glad to know I won’t be fighting alone.

We had returned to the Nightshade pack, and it felt different, maybe because I was returning to this place as the Queen Luna, or maybe because I knew that I had found my other part.

The Nightshade pack had become one of the biggest packs in the world, and with the workforce doubled, many other packs were wary of this kind of growth. There was a meeting taking place in a few hours, the first ever meeting that I would be attending; this time it won’t be Beatrix taking my place, but unfortunately Bailey was coming with us for whatever reason Thane thought she should. I, on the other hand, didn’t see Bailey’s presence as a necessity, but again, never had an Elder attended a meeting, so it says something about this pack.

There was a knock on the door to my room. I should be expecting more visitors with the new additions to our pack, but it was the last person I expected to see. Freya.

“What are you doing here?” I blurted out.

“Can I at least come in?”

“Oh, yeah, come in,” I said, letting her in before shutting the door.

crowning; I doubted she attended her husband’s funeral/burial.

didn’t

Freya was in a dress pants, a white shirt, and the huge dark glasses that framed her face. She took the glasses off though. “I’m sorry for coming in unannounced. I just had

“Leaving?”

start over. Maybe it is too

“I

to give up on love,” I

love, and maybe that had been why I was

guess this is

me a weird look. “You don’t really think I came all this

why are

told you a little about me, and from all you have seen, it seems like I do not love him, but I do. I love him so very much, even if it is too late to play some vital roles in his life. But he has you now. I had never seen him look at any other woman the way he looks at you and… I want to warn

I could complete the sentence, she slammed the door and

a threat that was