Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley) novel Chapter 78

Chapter Seventy Eight 

Chapter Seventy Eight 

There’s a knock on the door, and I’m awoken from a very peaceful slumber. 

It was Axel. 

“Why are you here so early?” I questioned 

“It’s actually very late, close to midnight, and you’ve slept long enough,” he says, letting himself in. 

That’s when I noticed something different about him; it was his dressing. Don’t get me wrong, Axel was always good–looking and in the right dress, but a white well–fitting dress shirt paired with dark grey chinos was unlike him. 

“Uhmm, was the occasion?” 

“Is a surprise?” he says. 

“I don’t like surprises.‘ 

“Trust me, this one you will like,” he says, deliberately imitating Thane. 

“I trust you, so this must be good,” I say, heading towards the door. 

“Where are you going?” 

“You said you have a surprise for me?” I questioned, giving him a pointed look. 

“Not dressed like that; you look good, but maybe a bit more effort.” 

“You’ve never been bothered about my dressing.” 

“You will thank me later for this,” he says, and I huff. 

“The blue is nice; it complements your eye colour, but the emerald green is better.” Axel said, and I nodded, picking out the dress. I was bad at this, so I would go with anything ‘anyone‘ says. 1 

“So I need to be this glamoured for my surprise? I asked 

“Not really, but this is appreciated,” he says, and again he gives no clue. 

I took off my clothes to put on the dress, and Axel turried his attention to the wall, like it was the most interesting thing to look at. 

“You’ve seen me naked before; I’ve got nothing to hide,” I said, despite the burning in my cheeks. 

“You are right, but I guess watching you dress is creepy, and I wouldn’t want to, except… ‘you‘ want me to,” he says. 

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Chapter Seventy Eight 

“I don’t mind,” I respond, but I did mind; even if he had seen it all, I still felt self–conscious. Slowly Axel turned to me, his eyes on my face as I put on the gown. 

“How does this look?” I asked him, and his eyes trailed down my body once, he swallowed. 

“Very good, actually,” he says. “I think you are very beautiful.” 

My heart skips a beat. 

“I think you are very good looking too,” I complimented, trying to act all calm, but inside… inside I wasn’t very calm; I just wasn’t used to getting compliments like this. 

He waited patiently for me to straighten my hair and apply the slightest makeup–I never really believed I needed that. I slipped on a pair of nude heels, and I was ready. 

“Does Thane know about this surprise?” I asked 

“Oh, he is very aware,” Axel responded, and with that, he led me out of our room. The trip down the stairs was the hardest, and I was grateful that there were fewer people present. It was late, so we were most likely to see more of the soldiers and a few lingering pack members. 

When we were out of the pack house, I felt more relieved. The air was cold and nice, beautif the moon shone brightly above us, and the moon was full too; maybe that had been why the night felt so serene. 

Axel stopped. 

“What?” 

“I’ll have to carry you; the heels don’t make it easy for you to move any faster,” he explains, and with that, he swept me off my feet and carried me bridal style to the woods. 

“Axel. Why are we going into the woods in the middle of the night?” 

“Afraid I will harm you?” he asks. 

“No, but this is creepy.” 

“We are werewolves; the woods can’t be creepy. Maybe to the humans it could be “he says, and though he wasn’t implying it, I couldn’t help but feel the slight sting; the woods never felt like ‘home‘ to me, and maybe because I was just like… humans, after all, I had no wolf. 

“And this surprise you have for me is in the woods?” I asked, brushing off the hurt. 

“You ask a lot of questions; a few more minutes, and you would have your answers.“. 

I was being carried deeper into the woods. Just then I noticed the lights–no, they weren’t coming from the moon or stars; they were artificial lights. The closer we drew to the light, the more beautiful they seemed, and a gasp escaped my lips. 

The three were lined with lights–beautiful lights of multiple colors. The tiny bulbs illuminated our path, and Axel walked through the lane cleared in between. This was all