Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley) novel Chapter 56

Chapter Fifty Six 

I could do anything just to see that other part of Thane again; the softness in his eyes had done something to me – something I couldn’t explain. But whatever I had seen two days ago was gone; now he was back to his cold self. 

Maybe he did regret telling me about his past, because for the past two days he had barely exchanged Words with me, or maybe it was just me being paranoid and he was simply busy and stressed. His injury healed fast too, and now the marks looked weeks old, even though it had been barely two days. Axel hadn’t visited either, and I worried if something was wrong. Either way, I was not planning on remaining in our room all alone today; I was going to pay a visit to the training grounds and maybe explore a little too. 

I got dressed, ready to leave, when a knock on the door interrupted me. Axel? 

I rushed to the door and pulled it open, and my face fell visibly when I noticed who stood there. Beatrix. 

What the hell was she doing here? So far, I had imagined that this room was out of her zone, we only met in the hallways, and now… she was here. I wasn’t letting her in; I didn’t trust her that well. a 

“You seem a bit disappointed, expecting someone else… maybe Thane?” she questioned. It ignored her words. 

“What do you want?” 

“When did it become so wrong for me to visit my Luna?” she questioned, flipping her blue hair away from her eyes. 

“We have nothing to talk about.” I paused. “Or maybe you do like being close to me; for some reason I cannot fathom why you can’t seem to stay away from me.” I said to her, a smile on my face, and hers disappeared. 

“Don’t falter yourself. You seem to be heading out?.” 

“Yes, for a peaceful walk, and I really want to enjoy this alone,” I said, putting emphasis on the word ‘alone‘ as I suspected she was about to ask that we both walk together. 

“I had wanted to show you something.” 

“And what is that?” 

“You would like it.” 

“I don’t think I will; maybe someone other time,” I offered, but of course, I was never planning on going anywhere with her. 

She leaned closer, so her lips were 

close to my ears. “I guess you’ve been curious to know more about your mate; this is a little secret I want to reveal to you; I promise you it would interest you,” she says. 

+20 BONUS 

A secret about Thane, something she knew and I didn’t; of course it would interest me. Do I trust Beatrix?, No. I didn’t, but one thing was sure: she couldn’t hurt me–right? I felt like the stupid little girls in books that trusted their rival and ended up killed, but after what Thane had told me, I was more than interested in learning more. 

“What is this thing you think I would be interested in?” 

Beatrix led me through an elevator and down to the last floor, but she didn’t stop there; she took a staircase leading us to… I didn’t know where the place was exactly, but it was quite dark, considering it was an ‘underground‘ space. 

I wasn’t that foolish. 

“I see what you are doing, Beatrix; I won’t follow you down there.” 

“I won’t do anything,” she promises, but do I believe her?, No. I don’t, and though I’m curious, I’m not stupid to follow Beatrix down the underground loop, where there seemed to be fewer people. I turn around. “Wait!” she called, her lips turning up in a sneer. Her hands travelled into her waist belt, and she brought out a gun. Alarm bells rang in my head. 1