Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley) novel Chapter 137

Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Seven 

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“What makes you think I am less driven than you are? What makes you think that I would be satisfied with being the ‘other woman‘ or the ‘mistress“?” 

but that 

“Please spare me; I know about your relationship with the beta; anyone with an eye can figure it out. It is only a matter of time, and you would have to choose one of the two men, wouldn’t be necessary if you were only seen as the ‘other woman‘,” she says, using my term, You would always get a taste of both.” 

“You might be ancient, but that doesn’t make everyone else fools, Bailey. As much as you are ready to do anything to claim my title, I am willing to fight twice harder to keep it. So good. luck trying to claim what does not belong to you. 

She snorted. “I was giving you an easy way out; this would have been very convenient for us all, but of course you choose to be a hussy.” 

“Convenient for us all or just for you?” 

“You do have a lot to gain here, child.” 

“Just by the side, Elder, the term ‘hussy‘ is a bit old–fashioned; we aren’t in the 16th century, in case you haven’t noticed.” 

“Ha, ha. Very funny, Luna.” 

“I know people like you Bailey; you do nothing except you have to most to gain from it.” 

“You are wrong there, Luna.” 

“Enlightened me then.” 

“I believe you’ve noticed some unusual and bizarre things about Thane,” she says, keeping 

her voice low. 

“Stop making stuff up,” I say, but a part of me wanted her to keep speaking. 

“I am better than that. 

Thane is abnormally strong; it shouldn’t be unusual seeing that he is an Alpha and it does run in his lineage, but he is as strong as twą Alpha wolves combined,” Bailey said, clearly amazed by that. 

“And he is really fast,” I added. 

“If I didn’t know better, I would think he could read minds; his guesses are always very close to the real thing,” Bailey says. 

“I once believed he could read minds, but I thought that was me making up things.” 

“He might not be able to read minds exactly; maybe something close to that.” Bailey suggested, and I couldn’t help but agree with that. “I had lived a very long life and never had I 

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seen a man match the strength of an elder; his speed–even in his human form–is unlike I had ever seen, and that says a lot. 

I clearly remembered how fast Thane could be in his human form; I hadn’t even seen him move, but then he was between me and the door knew that was not ordinary, even for a wolf, and I was glad to know that I wasn’t the one left wondering. 

“When he had been injured by the elders, I was Indeed amazed at how fast he healed; he shouldn’t have recovered that rapidly, but he did and he was fine after a few days… that was another unnatural thing to add to the list, but that isn’t all. His healing process had been… violent; I never thought I could feel so threatened by a mere werewolf till he broke free through those silver cuffs I had used to hold him bound.” 

“Why had you used silver cuffs on han?” I questioned. 

“He was unstable; he knew what had to be done and he agreed to it” 

She slid down the straps of her dress to reveal a scar on her collarbone. 

“It was his claws, but this scar would remain for a really long time.” 

“He did this to you?” 

“Yes, that had been the reason he didn’t want you in there.” 

what is wrong wit 

him?” I asked concerned now. 

“This I don’t have an answer to, but what I do know is that it wouldn’t get any better; whatever he is… he is dangerous, and you won’t be safe.” 

“Let me get this straight; so you think I cannot handle him but you can?” I questioned 

“Plainly stating, yes.” 

I couldn’t believe I had let this conversation go on this long. The ancient woman saw me as naive, one that could be easily bent to her will. 

“I think I’ve gotten your message; you should leave now,” I say to her, and those creepy eyes found mine; this time I held her gaze.