Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Two Hundred and Fifty Two

The next few days I spent them with Thane; he was still in coma. The healers had to extract all of the toxin the elders had passed into his bloodstream; only then would the healing process begin, and from their report, he was doing well, but he still had a few more days to recover.

I wiped his face with a wet towel; next, I gently brushed through his hair. I placed a kiss on his forehead and then his lips. I knew that when he awoke, things wouldn’t be like they used to. I returned back to my room to take a bath before joining him once again.

I couldn’t bear the solitude of my room; I always ended up breaking into tears.

I hadn’t realized I was sleeping until the sharp intake of breathe jolted me awake. Thane was awake.

The healers had said he would be down for a few more days, but he woke earlier than they had predicted; my heart pounded for the first time in excitement; I was so scared, I couldn’t lose

him too.

“Thane!” I cried out, running to him to embrace him, but his cold stare gave me a pause.

“I don’t feel it anymore.”

“You don’t feel what?” I questioned.

“I don’t feel Axel anymore.”

me to keep Axel’s death from him

Thane had me against the wall. “What happened

Hate.

all I could see in his eyes.

“Thane…”

he growled at

“He… died.”

taking a step back. The loss broke him, and he visibly shook,

he turned to stare at

wasn’t in control.

“You did this.”

I can explain. Hear me

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pinned me back to the wall, claws digging into my skin. He was going to kill me. He was going to kill me, and I wouldn’t blame him.

she was one of the chief healers.

I warned her, Thane finally let me go; there was no sympathy in his eyes. He walked past Daisy and away

she called, walking to me.