Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

Chapter Forty Four

Alpha Slade and his mate's seats remained empty.noveldrama

"I need to go to the restroom" I said to Thane. "Axel can go with you." "I can go or

on my own," I say, my cheeks reddening. I didn't think he should worry about any attack, not after the example he had set for the others. I noticed how the other pack members seemed to keep a good distance from me; they were all afraid of coming too close and I

couldn't blame them.

Thane wasn't happy about my choice, and I was very sure he would come looking for me if I took more than a few minutes. But I wasn't planning on returning; after all that happened today, I just needed to go back to the room and shut everyone else out. It was only going to be six months. I reminded myself.

I knew the way back to our room, and I had made sure to study the routes we had followed. when coming here, I wasn't about to get lost again.

I exited the hall, very awate of the stares boring into me.

"Luna," a female who had been leaning against the wall, called; of course, it was none other than Beatrix.

"We meet again," I said as I walked on, but she followed, keeping pace with me. Could she have been waiting here for me?

"Yes, Luna, and it is of course a pleasure to meet you again," she says, and I could see the glint in her eyes. She suspected, or rather, she knew, that I was not the Luna. I had just wanted some space away from everything, but I couldn't even get that one thing. "I hadn't realized you left the feast." I said to her, not that I really cared if she left or remained there.

"Well, I'm glad I did; with all the tension building up there, it could get very uncomfortable" she says, and I don't really believe her, she must have enjoyed the drama.

"Beatrix, I hadn't gotten the chance to thank you; I heard about everything you did; Thane and Axel wouldn't have known I was under an attack if not for you. Thank you," I said, and guess what?, I lied. I wasn't looking for a chance to thank her, and maybe that made me a bad person, but I just couldn't bring myself to care, so for courtesy sake, I had to pretend.

"That's alright; I would protect the Alpha's property at all costs."

"Excuse me?" Did she just call me 'The Alpha's Property'?

"That's what you are to him; no offense, but you aren't his true mate," she says, and my eyes travel around to see if there is anyone close by. "Oh, don't worry, no one heard us; this little

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secret is between me and you, but I'll only keep it under one condition."

"I do not care what you think, Beatrix, I'm kind of in a haste as always, so as much as I appreciate this chat, I am less than willing to continue." I walked forward, but Beatrix blocked my path. "If I were you, I'd walk out of my way; otherwise..." I left the silent threat hanging, a smile curving on my lips. I wasn't as bold inside, though.

"No offense..."

I cut her off, "I know you mean to offend me, so please stop using the word when we both know you don't mean it"

"Okay then. I don't mean to threaten you; I know what Thane can do. But I want to know, what exactly do you hold against him?, What could make him so madly indebted to you?"

"Guess?" I asked. She looked puzzled. "Come closer," I say to her, and she does draw closer. Closer, "I called out, and she drew nearer. "You want to know what I hold against him?" I asked, and she nodded. "I have this thing called the mate bond."

She pulled away a snarl on her lips.

"I'll leave now. But know one thing: I will find out what this thing is, and when I do..." she paused before walking away, never completing her sentence.

I gave myself an invisible pat on the back, heading on my way.

I noticed a door thrown operr, but that wasn't what caught my attention.

What did get my attention was the muffled cry coming from inside the room; the sound of it broke into me for some reasons I could not understand. The single thing my mind could register was that someone was getting hurt in there.

I shouldn't go in there; I should go straight to my room, where Thane would find me. I wasn't in the position to help anyone right now, but I couldn't help but remember the times back at the Windborne pack when I had cried out for help after getting beaten up and no one came for

my rescue.

I walked into the already open door, but the sight before me was jaw-droppingly horrific. A gasp left mouth.

Alpha Slade was nude from the waist down, but Ereya, who had her face shoved into a wooden table, was completely naked, every inch of her body scarred and bloodied. Slade had a whip in his hands-a wicked-looking whip. The object landed again against Freya's back, tearing through her skin, and she cried out, reaching for her back. Slade let go of her, and she fell to the ground. He lifted the whip again, and this time it landed on her face, slightly missing her eyes. Her cries grew louder, and I couldn't stand there anymore; I had to do something.