Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen

My life felt like a dream come true.

I couldn't believe he had admitted that he loved me; a part of me had been ready to live without it. I was ready to punish myself with the one-sided love. Never in my life had I been this happy, not with Ryker, not with anybody, and... Sometimes, good things like this don't last. But I was determined to fight for what we had and I was glad to know I won't be fighting alone.

We had returned to the Nightshade pack, and it felt different, maybe because I was returning to this place as the Queen Luna, or maybe because I knew that I had found my other part.

The Nightshade pack had become one of the biggest packs in the world, and with the workforce doubled, many other packs were wary of this kind of growth. There was a meeting taking place in a few hours, the first ever meeting that I would be attending; this time it won't be Beatrix taking my place, but unfortunately Bailey was coming with us for whatever reason Thane thought she should. I, on the other hand, didn't see Bailey's presence as a necessity, but again, never had an Elder attended a meeting, so it says something about this pack.

There was a knock on the door to my room. I should be expecting more visitors with the new additions to our pack, but it was the last person I expected to see. Freya.

"What are you doing here?" I blurted out.

"Can I at least come in?"

"Oh, yeah, come in," I said, letting her in before shutting the door.

I hadn't seen her in Thane's crowning; I doubted she attended her husband's funeral/burial.

"So... I didn't expect you."

"I know," she says, and her voice sounds bolder. Freya was in a dress pants, a white shirt, and the huge dark glasses that framed her face. She took the glasses off though. "I'm sorry for coming in unannounced. I just had to tell you that I am leaving." "Leaving?"

"Yes. I want to get out there; that had always been my dream. I wanted to be free of everything and start over. Maybe it is too late, but I would never know if I don't try. Who knows, maybe even find love. True love."

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"I would have expected you to give up on love," I said genuinely.

"What Slade and I had was never love, and maybe that had been why I was never satisfied."

"So I guess this is goodbye."

She gave me a weird look. "You don't really think I came all this way just because I wanted to say goodbye to you first. Do you?"

"Then why are you here?

"It's Thane. I know he had told you a little about me, and from all you have seen, it seems like I do not love him, but I do. I love him so very much, even if it is too late to play some vital roles in his life. But he has you now. I had never seen him look at any other woman the way he looks at you and... I want to warn you that if you do anything to hurt him, then he would not be the only one coming for you," She says, and with that she walks away.

"Goodbye, Luna Freya," I said, but before I could complete the sentence, she slammed the door and was gone.

Well, she returned to leave a threat that was very much the Freya I knew.

I didn't know what dress would be suitable for a meeting. Nothing party-like, of course... maybe something intimidating? I brought out the dark blue gown... or maybe elegant, I brought out the white. Picking a dress was just so hard.

I wished I could just go up to Axel and ask for his help, but things between us felt weird; we hadn't talked since I returned, and I knew what he felt for me; also, I knew who I loved more.

I did feel bad for making him end it with Gloria; that had been selfish of me. I missed him; he was so close to me, a friend anytime I was in need of one, and now we were just so... far apart, I was so afraid to cross the distance. This time things were different with Thane. I decided I would go with the elegant white dress

I put it on, and just like every other dress in here, it fit perfectly. I stared at the mirror, and standing before me was a completely different girl. This girl was happy, content, and satisfied. I never thought of myself as beautiful before, but now I could almost see all the little things I had once skipped, like how my eyes were so bright and my blonde hair was a 'unique' shade. I felt like a blind just regaining her sight.