Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter One Hundred and Eighty Seven

Chapter One Hundred and Eighty Seven

I recounted everything Alpha Derek had told me to Austin and Phil.

"From one perspective, he's right," Phil said. "Marrying an Alpha-especially one as powerful as Derek-would be the best option. But," he added, thankfully before I could unleash my fury on him for even suggesting it, "you were right to reject the proposal. He has no right to force a marriage on you. He threatened you, giving you a choice... which sounds much like a form of surrender."

"Yes. Surrender. That's what his proposal was. And if there's one thing the Nightshade Pack is known for, it's that we don't surrender. That won't change now."

"What do we do?" Austin asked me.

was, of course, some truth in what Alpha Derek had said: if I did ask for help, they would believe that Alexander was really

I was well aware that not many are as 'honorable' as Derek; if they believed we were defenseless,

they would be attacking, but we can't tell when. It could

tells me it will be soon." Phil said. "He knows the more he tarries, the more the chances that

Phil was right.,

commanders' hands on deck," I said. Then, a thought crossed my mind. I knew someone who was an expert in battle strategy-someone wasting away in the dungeons. "Send a letter to the Empress Cynthia; inform her that I would like

I was asking for the Empress, even though werewolves had no ties to the people of Aureonna City. In fact, Cynthia's arrival

came. His beard had grown wild and unkempt, his hair just as disheveled. His eyes

him a bottle of water, and he grabbed it with shaky hands. Fumbling with the cap, he drank like it was the water of life, some of it spilling over his face. and dripping down his jaw. But he didn't stop

don't deserve this mercy I'm granting to you, but I swear, if you make me regret this, then I promise you, Aric, I will kill you in the worst possible way