Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley) novel Chapter 256

Chapter Two Hundred and Fifty Six 

I walked into Axel’s room; I hadn’t been here since he… passed. 

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I would have broken down in tears if I had any more tears left to cry. The longing in my grew worse. I pulled open his drawer, and a small smile stretched on my lips when I saw the book ‘Barbara’s fantasies‘. He did find it in the end, but he never kept it in the library. I guess I wasn’t the only one who found this book quiet… Interesting. 

I took out his clothes from the dressing room, and I inhaled them deeply. I closed my eyes, and in that moment I could pretend he was still here; I could pretend that everything that happened was just a very bad dream. 

I couldn’t let go of his clothes. I laid on his bed, his clothes fisted in my hand, and I fell asleep. Twelve hours more was all the time I had to make my decision, and still I hadn’t changed my mind; Axel deserved to live. 

I knew I was dreaming, but yet it felt so real. 

Axel lay on the green grass, shirtless. I stared at him, and he smiled. 

“Take a picture; it will last longer.” 

I wish I could laugh at that. “Axel, I miss you so much.” 

“And so do I, of course. Lay with me.” He invited me, and I laid on the space beside him. “The sun is so beautiful today, but not as beautiful as you are,” he said, and I smiled. 

“I will bring you back; I’ve found a way. 

“But I don’t want that.” 

“What?” 

“I don’t want you dying for me, not after everything I went through to make sure you escaped and stayed alive. Also, the sorceress told you about the negative consequences, didn’t she?” 

“But that’s only a possibility, not a fact.” 

“I don’t want to be remembered as a monster, Riley. But have in mind that If you go through with this, it is not only your life you would be sacrificing.” He says with a smile, like he knew something I didn’t. 

“Axel, you never deserved to die.” 

“I wanted to save you, and I’m glad it wasn’t all for nothing, so I want you to do one last thing for me; can you do that?” He questioned, his beautiful smile still on his face. 

“Yes, anything.” I promised. 

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Chapter Two Hundred and Fifty Six 

“I want you to let me go.” 

“Axel…” 

“Please, Riley, this is the only way you could move forward; you need to let me go.” He said, and I nodded, unable to hold back my tears. “I told you I don’t like seeing you in tears; it only hurts me to watch.” 

“I’m sorry.” 

Axel wiped off my tears with a thumb. “Thane loves you,” he said, and with that, he was gone, leaving me holding onto nothing but thin air.