Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter One Hundred and Seventy Two

Chapter One Hundred and Seventy Two

“What?” I demanded, my eyes narrowing at him.

“That didn’t quite come out how I planned, I’m sorry. It is not a demand; you are free to refuse.”

“I can’t marry you; I don’t even like you,” I said blandly.

“Love is never a big part of many marriages,” he says.

“So then why would you want me as a wife?”

“Your influence; you don’t seem to notice it, but you are the werewolf queen.”

“Not anymore”

“Many would always see you as that.”

“And so you plan to do what?; Use me to increase your pack status?”

“If you want the truth, then yes.”

He didn’t hesitate; I should be irritated by his request, but strangely, I wasn’t. At least he was making his intentions clear from the very start; he would only let me attain power capable of making me his equal if I agreed to be his wife, and this way benefiting the pack. Thane never did this.

Still, his request had caught me by surprise. “You can take as long as you need to think about this,” he said.

“There won’t be any need for that; my answer is no.”

by my offer.”

“I respect your decision. But I wonder why you seem so shocked by my

each other very much, and I… don’t think I am ready for

he says,

it was the age difference?” I asked, reading

are smart,

if I might ask?”

“Almost forty”

it,” I lied. He did look it. Nick seemed to spot that lie; though

a different kind of good–looking; the longer you stare at him, the more you notice his

something that might never come by for me.

here… here I could be happy; I didn’t have to be worried abou have to keep waiting for everything

Thane, I had also loved Axel, and, gods I still do. I knew that because thinking about them always left a dull ache in my heart; the space they had left only seemed wider.

be doing

Hen

I was sure he had

gave myself so many excuses, but the truth is that I was

“We don’t have

my

He helped out, and I nodded, hiding the blush on my cheeks with my hair. “If you

you need an

but this pack is… different; the title could be passed to anyone fit; the pack needs

we don’t have to…”

don’t even have to stay in the same room with me, nor do you need to pretend before the pack.”

he gave a nod. I hated how familiar this sounded; with Thane, we had been joined only by a contract; he’s felt

worth

sure about it, but maybe I could risk another

marry

will?” He asked, quite surprised at my quick change of

“Yes”