Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley) novel Chapter 328

Chapter Sixty Eight- 

Chapter Sixty Eight 

ISABELLA’S POV 

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I was worried about Riley; since she was gone, Thane refused to allow himself even a few minutes of sleep. He blamed himself for everything–but it wasnt his fault; it was mine. 

I paced round the room, waiting for any update about Riley’s whereabouts; just then, Thane walked in. 

“Thane! Is she alright?” I asked him. 

“She is alive,” he responded. 

“What happened to her? Where is she?” 

“I think we need to talk,” Thane says. 

“I know, I’m sorry about earlier; I had no clue she was in danger; I shouldn’t have tried to stop you from going to her.” 

“It’s not about that, Bella,” he said, and I couldn’t help but notice how he wouldn’t even look at me. 

Then what do you want us to talk about?” 

“I want you out of this pack.” 

For a moment I doubted if I heard the right words, but there it was, what he wanted to talk about. 

“What… why? I am sorry if I did anything wrong. I just… I don’t have anywhere to go.” 

“You can’t stay here anymore.” 

“No, you need me; I can help you–I know about the cure; we can find it together.” 

“There is no ‘we.‘ There never was.” 

I walked closer to him, gripping onto his arms. “I am the very same Bella you loved, Thane; please don’t do this to me, I beg you.” 

He pulled away from my grip. 

“I, Alpha Thane Blackwood, reject you, Bella, as my fated mate.” 

“No!” I cried out; I couldn’t believe this was happening. He couldn’t do this to me; I loved him; I was willing to give my life to him. “I love you, Thane. Please, I’m sorry… just don’t do this to me.” 

“I should have done this a long time ago; I should have made my decision the moment I realized who you were, and you know it was always going to be her. 

“But I am your mate!” 

“No, Riley is my mate.” 

“You loved me; I refuse to believe that all you felt form had all disappeared.” 

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“No, it didn’t. But so many years have gone by, and it can’t be as it was a decade ago. I have moved on, 

Chapter Sixty Eight 

and it’s time you do too; accept my rejection, Bella.” 

“I will not. I refuse to let you go; I refuse to lose faith in us.” 

“I am setting you free.” 

“I don’t want to be free; I want to be with you.” 

“I can’t be with you…” 

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“I can stay away, as far away as you want; you don’t have to send me out of the pack.” 

“That didn’t work. I am not leaving you with an option, Bella; all you need to do is accept the rejection, and you will be free to live your life and fall in love with someone else.” 

“My life, it’s not worth living without you. I reject your rejection.”