Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Eighteen

RILEY

“There’s something I need to tell you.” Thane said to me, his tone calm but I could sense the gravity of his words, and I gave him my full attention.

“Earlier, I told you that I had been seeing my father.”

“Yes, you did.” I prompted him to go on.

“He wasn’t the only dead person ‘visiting.”

“Thane, I think about Axel too; sometimes I dream about him. I understand that.” I said to him, already knowing where this was heading to.

‘No, it’s not Axel- that wouldn’t have been a problem. It’s Bella, my… dead mate. Though she only visits my dreams, it still worries me; I hadn’t dreamed about her in years, and all of a sudden she is all I dream about, and in this dream… it’s always like we were still together, just how it had been before she died.”

“Thane, I trust you. I know you don’t love her, and it’s just the deities trying to mess with your head, but I know you love me, and I love you too. The fact that you see your dead mate in your dreams doesn’t mean a damn thing.” I assured him.

Yes, I felt jealous that he dreamt of another woman; I could swallow that down because I knew he didn’t want to. It just… happens, and I wanted to make him know he could tell me anything.

Isabella had arrived at this pack and I acted very ‘weirdly‘?” He questioned, and I nodded. I did remember. I never moved on from that because it was a rare behavior, the woman seemed to have an effect on him. “When you asked, I told you

That I hadn’t expected. “What do you mean she

replica of my dead mate; they don’t just look similar; they look the same–well, if Bella has not aged a second since.I saw her last.” he said to me, I opened my mouth to say something only to shut it again, my mind seemed unable to process anything. “I had confronted her once, to know who exactly she was, but she told me the same crap about losing her memories, which I knew was a lie, but

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please say something.”

had almost forgotten how to inhale, but

didn’t you tell me the truth when I asked?”

lookalike was in the pack, I didn’t want to hurt you or make you feel the need to be jealous.”

your little conversations with her away from me?”

knew, she could be a doppelgänger. I wasn’t sure, and

I don’t believe you, Thane.”

lie to you, and

don’t. I don’t know what to believe