Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Two Hundred and Five

“I did my part of the deal, Riley; you aren’t keeping to yours.” Nick said, furious now.

“You never told me the whole truth; you hid it aft from me. I would have never gone along with this if I knew the other side you kept hidden and you know that.”

“Don’t lie to me, Riley. I knew it; from the moment I came here to visit you in the dungeons, I could see it in your eyes. You were never going to keep to your part of the deal, you were never going to go along with the marriage, so don’t give me this bullshit,” he said, and to that I had no reply.

He was right.

“I’m sorry things had to end this way.“I said to him.

“No. No, you are not. I’ll be on my way now; maybe I might as well inform your mother that the wedding is off. I wonder what she would think about it.”

“Don’t bring my mother into this.”

“Oh, she’s so going to be involved, and don’t you think for a moment that this is goodbye,” he pointed at my stomach. “Either you take that thing out of you or you die. But well, you are good at taking risks.”

With that, he walked away. I had never seen this version of him, and even though I knew it would never work between us, I still felt… disappointed.

me and watch me die away. I noticed how he would look at anything but me when he

on a chair now, his eyes fixed on the wall.

you know that, right?” I say to him, A part of me hoped he would look at me, but he didn’t. His gaze remained pinned to

want to be

Had I become

better, I would think he was holding

die, and that’s what is happening to you.” he paused, and took in a shaky breath. “You are dying, Riley, and you

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but… I can’t.”

a

child once, back in the Windborne pack, I tried to stop thinking about it, but now…

his head. “That had been

away from me once again. “Let’s

what?”