Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter One Hundred and Eighty Eight

“You are fucking dying, you need to let go of your pride and eat something.”

I had the words in mind to respond, yet my throat was so sore, I couldn’t utter a single word. There was a slight fear in his eyes; he was scared I would go through with this.

I didn’t think Thane loved me, but I don’t think he wanted me dead either.

He attempted spoon–feeding me; I wouldn’t eat a single thing; I wouldn’t let him win. “You either eat or I will make you.” I had been about to ask how exactly would he ‘make me‘, “There ly would he ‘make me“, “There are these pipes that can be used to pass food directly into your body, and I would do that if I had to.”

“You have no right,” I say. My voice sounded so tiny.

“I am trying to keep you alive.”

“And I don’t care. You either let me go, or I’ll die here. I bet you would love to see that.”

“What do you want, Riley? I am ready to do any other thing, and I don’t care what it is; say it and it’s done; all you have to do is eat the damn food.”

“Anything?” I asked

myself to him just so I could stay with him. He had humiliated me and made me feel like nothing but a whore. He had used me in every sense of

don’t need anything from

meal must have gotten a bit hard and dry, but… as hungry as I was, that looked

worth

see Thane, but I was wrong; standing before me was a person I hadn’t seen in

clothes. I looked like crap, and I was almost ashamed to see him, ashamed to have him

door behind him. He walked to me, and as filthy as I was, he drew me in for a hug; his hold was firm.

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hug him back. Maybe he had done nothing wrong to me; maybe he wasn’t in on Thane’s plan, but he never came

away, I noticed

had never seen Axel shed tears, this must have