Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley) novel Chapter 260

THE LYCAN’S CURSE (BOOK II) 

CHAPTER ONE 

“Hello… mother.” The creature called. The mist gave way, forming legs. 

This ‘man‘ looked nothing like me; he was tall and slender, with short black hair; those blue eyes would have been the only thing we had in common but his was a darker shade of blue; thick lashes framed his eyes. 

I felt this growing sense of unease and I slowly backed away. 

“I am not your mother.” 

“You lie.” He states, seeing through my deception; the thing was that even if he looked nothing like me, there was this connection I felt just by staring at him. 

“As soon as I could, I came to you.” He says, and though he bears the form of a human, there is nothing human about him. 

“What did you do to the sorceress?” I questioned, still keeping my distance. 

“She trapped me, mother, I was all alone.” 

“You killed her.” I whispered. 

“No, I locked Jade far away, where no one can ever find her, just as she did to me.‘ 

Jade. Was that the sorceress name? 

He approached me, and I took yet another step back. “Don’t come any closer.” 

He paused. “You fear me.” 

“I am not afraid of you.” I sneered. 

“I can hear your heartbeat. You view me as a threat.” 

“I want you to leave this place, go, and never come back.” 

He didn’t move; he held my gaze as if trying to read me. “You gave me to her, didn’t you?” 

“I.. I..” 

“I was your child, and you subjected me to torture, and it’s all because you feared me. 

“No, you were not. You weren’t real–I don’t know what you are, but I don’t want you anywhere near me.” 

He looked down at my stomach. “You have another child. Is it real?” He questioned, and my hand instinctively circled protectively around my stomach. 

“Thane!” I called out loud. But he wouldn’t hear me; the rooms were soundproof. 

“You love this ‘child‘, better than you loved me; how would you feel if it’s taken away from you?.” He asked, and then his gaze met mine. “I won’t do that; I won’t hurt you, because I… love you.” 

There was a gunshot. 

I turned to see Thane; his silent entry caught me off guard. 

Thane approached me, firing another shot at the man before me, this one aimed at his head, and Thane never missed. 

I ran into Thane’s arms. 

“You are safe now.” He assured me, and I nodded 

Right before our eyes, the man rose to his feet, pulling out the bullet from his body like they weren’t made of silver, and then he gave me one last look. His face was emotionless, yet I thought I saw the pain in his eyes before he leapt off the balcony. 

“Fuck.” Thane cursed, heading back to the balcony. He looked down. 

“Where is he?” 

“He is… gone. 

“That can’t possibly be your child, Riley.” Thane said to me, but he wouldn’t understand. I knew it the moment I saw him, I felt the connection. 

“It is. I felt it.” 

“From what I remember, he was nothing but a… mist; now he is… I don’t even know what he is. 

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“Thane, a silver bullet went right through him, and he wasn’t fazed; not even the elders could pull that.” 

Thane knew I was right, and yet he didn’t want me worrying about it. “He has the sorceress trapped.”