Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

Chapter Thirty Three

"I think we should talk somewhere more private; what do you say?"

"I am quite in a hurry at the moment," I replied.

"Where are you heading to? Maybe I could walk with you," she asks, a small smile on her lips. She hadn't been rude and maybe we both could play whatever game this was.

"I was heading for my mate's room."

"Is that so?, Strange that you are going in the opposite direction."

"The pack house could get confusing at times."

"So you are lost?" she questioned.

"I'll admit it, I am lost," I said with a shrug, trying to act unbothered by the fact that I was alone here with this 'Beatrix. I had seen her fight; she was good; there was no doubt she could take me down easily. Being alone with her was dangerous, but letting her know I was lost was even more dangerous.noveldrama

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"Let's make a deal, Luna.'ll help you on your way back if you could only give me a few minutes of your time."

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"And if I refuse?" I ask with a cocked eyebrow. I had to look calm and settled, and I really hoped it worked.

"Then I'll still have to get you on your way back," she says, her smile widening. One could almost be deceived into thinking that it was real; it seemed real even to me.

If I did walk away, I would be giving her the impression that I was afraid of being alone with her. I could see it in those calculative eyes of hers she was an observant person.

"Okay, where would be private enough?" I asked, and the smile on her lips broadened. I couldn't deny that she had a beautiful smile.

"I'm glad, Luna, and right there would be fine," she said, leading me into a room and shutting the door.

I noticed it was a storage room.

I did my best to calm my raging heart. I had been alone with two very scary men, Thane and Axel. This should be a walkover; she might be strong, but she was a shewolf just like me. Okay, maybe not an omega like me, but you get what I mean.

"So I wondered," she began, and I noticed her tone seemed to have changed completely." Some nights ago, Thane came to me..."

"I know about that," I say, cutting her off. "Is that what you brought me here to talk about? If that's all you have to say, then our discussion might not be very long."

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"I hadn't seen any marks." "What?"

"When you came to the training ground, I hadn't seen any marks on your body; you seemed well. And that should be strange, right? Knowing that you are mated to the Alpha and he had spent a rather pleasurable night with another woman, there should have been marks."

"What are you entailing?" I questioned; it didn't make sense.

"I know a lot about Thane," she says, and I did notice she hadn't added his title. "How is it possible that on his visit to this pack, he finds a girl, whom he discovered was his mate? Worse, this girl is an omega-no offense, but that's what you are. The most reasonable thing to do is to reject you, but he doesn't; he takes you as his. You both hold hands in public, but then at night, a few days later, he comes to me. And there is no mark on you afterwards."

"Maybe I am just very good at hiding it, but you've got some nerve Beatrix, to say this to my face."

"I mean no offense, but I and Thane have history, and that no one can deny. Do you want to know what I think?" she asked.

I knew what was coming; it was getting harder to act cool and calm. It had only been a few weeks since I entered into the contract, and I was failing woefully.

"Not really, but I guess you would still tell me anyway," I said, trying to keep my voice bored.

"I don't think you are Thane's mate."

My chest constricted.

"No?"

"Not at all," she repeated.

"Then why would I be here?" I asked.

"He might have mixed things up, or you might have, but you are not his mate. He would find out anyway. I have yet another theory."

"Would it be more interesting than the first?" I questioned, and I could see the slight look of uncertainty in her eyes.

"What if this was all an agreement between both of you? Or just maybe you have something against him, something you are using as a weapon to blackmail him and force his hands"

"You must be crazy, Beatrix," I said, despite my nervousness, and she chuckled. "You say you know Thane well, yet it is shocking that you think I could blackmail a man like him.

"True." She agreed, "Whatever the case will be, I just want to warn you beforehand."

"Before you begin with the lectures about how dangerous he is, know that I've been told that a

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gone here, it would be worst if you did hold something against him, I'm sure he sees whatever you do as a game and when he is free because he will be, he would make your life a living hell. I am not saying this because I hate you; I harbor no ill feelings for you, but you are truly no match for him, yet I can't deny the fact that you did surprise me.

"I harbour no ill feelings for you either, even if you fucked my mate."

We both lied to each other, and we knew it.