Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley) novel Chapter 473

Chapter Ninety One

I stared at the letter, tears streaming down my face. I read it over and over until every word was etched into my memory. My gaze fell to the date–it was written just weeks before his death. A sob escaped my lips, and I let it all out. I cried, my tears soaking the paper. Why hadn’t he told me? I would have understood, but he had kept it to himself.

‘I forgive you, Father. For everything.‘ I muttered.

I stared at the paper one last time, unable to shake the feeling that the final line didn’t belong. The words ‘Avenge me.‘ didn’t sound like my father’s, yet the handwriting was his. And maybe, just maybe, he truly believed I could do it.

“Kaida.” Aric’s familiar voice called. I had been too caught up in the letter to notice him approaching. Despite myself, a flicker of embarrassment crept in at how easy I had been snuck up on–I should have sensed his scent or heard his footsteps.

I had my back to him, and I quickly shoved the letter into my pocket, but there was no need; he had already seen it.

“Leave.” I said, but my voice shook.

“No.”

“I am your Luna, and I command you to leave.”

He walked to me. “And I said no.”

I finally turned to him, enraged. “You have no right to be in here.”

“I know that.” He said, and then his eyes met mine. “What is in that letter, Kaida?”

“None of your goddamn business.”

“It is my business if it makes you cry like that,” he said, and I knew he wouldn’t let it go. I had wanted to speak to Alexander first, but Aric was my father’s beta; he was the right person to see this. I pulled the letter from my pocket and handed it to him and he quickly read through it.

“How did you get this?” he asked.

“The dwarf, he brought the letter to me; he said he found it in the main pack house.‘

“No. Not just because I want to live but because I can understand. I can understand why you want to give your parents the justice they deserve, and not even I can stop you. Only one has that power to do that.”

“Alexander.” I said, and he nodded. “He doesn’t know about the letter yet.”

If Alexander knew what I was up to, he would try to stop me, or he would take the risk and go find the woman named Cynthia on his own. I didn’t want that.

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