Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Six

**THANE’S POV**

I had never viewed myself as a good person. Never. Right and wrong were just two words to me. Riley brought out a part of me even I hadn’t realized existed. She was the best thing that happened to me, but I never did deserve her. I knew that, yet I wanted her.

I should have done the right thing a long time ago; I should have let her go the very first time I lost control, but selfishly, I didn’t. It only got worse. I hurt her once again; we had been alone in the woods; gods, I could have killed her. I had never hated myself more; I had spent two days in the woods because I couldn’t bear to see her in the pain I’d inflicted, but there I made a decision: I had to let her go. I had promised myself that this time I wouldn’t let myself be weak; I was going to do what was right, but then saw her.

It felt like I was seeing her all over for the very first time; she had been so happy to see me. I didn’t deserve her love, and yet I wanted it so desperately. I tried to say those words, but how could I tell her that I never loved her when I was deeply, obsessively smitten by this blonde girl with piercing blue eyes? How could I break her heart once more knowing her past with the bastard Ryker?

I couldn’t do it.

I couldn’t break her heart.

I’ve killed without a single thought, but I wasn’t brave enough to let a girl go. Instead, I settled with being more cautious; I was ready to go the length, as long as I tamed the Lycan in me, just so she would be safe around me.

as I thought, but with the acid in my veins, I wouldn’t

life; if she hadn’t been able to fight those men off, they would have killed her. I was more dangerous than I was willing to see; anyone close to me was in danger. I was the last Lycan; many more would come after me, and I might not always be there by her side.

to make do with what I had. Damn, I wouldn’t care if she was so frail she couldn’t lift a rock; I was so recklessly in love. But my bad

stuff at me. I would take a few hits from her if it made her feel better. I wanted her to

own worth; she was ready to be anything

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then I remembered how hurt she had been; she had to spend a whole day with the healers because I went out of control and I had to

on; they pierced into my

the demon, I was the one wrong, and yet, the fact that she thought she had been the one wrong and the fact that

before everyone at that party had degraded her once more