Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

hapter One Hundred and Eighteen.

The aura in the room from every Alpha was almost unbearable.

I could only recognize two of the Alphas present Trent and, of course, Ryker. I couldn't believe I had forgotten about him, and I never did bother to ask Thane if he had been released. It was safe to say that I had moved on from him, and now when I stared at him, I feel nothing. No anger, no pain, no regret. If he hadn't treated me the way he did, I would never had met Thane.

Everyone rose to their feet when Thane and I walked in, and we took out seats at the head of the table. Bailey stood a good distance behind us.

Most of the Alphas were present with their Luna and Beta.

"I hear you all would like to speak to me," Thane questions, going straight to the point.

"Yes, this is a dire matter." One of the Alpha's says. "It has to do with the land and territories which once belonged to the New Blood Packs."

"What about it?" Thane asks.

"We wonder if those territories could be split to widen the neighbouring packs."

"And why should I do that, Alpha Zack?"

"Seeing as you might not need them anymore...."

"Those lands belong to the late Alpha King, my father; why do you think you have any right to them?"

Another spoke. "We do not believe we have any right to it, but some of the neighbouring pack had lost a portion of their lands to the late Alpha King; he took them for debts we owed to him," he explained.

"I'll let my Luna decide. What do you think we should do with those lands, Riley?" Thane asks. Wait, what?, he was asking me that question?, I gave him a glare, but he only smirked at that. "Maybe an exchange," I suggested, and a few nodded in approval. "So what are we trading for a portion of those lands, Luna?" the Alpha asked me.

"What do you have to offer?" I redirected the question back at him.

He shrugged. "We build our own weaponries and it would be a good trade indeed" he says and I glanced at Thane, he nodded.

"Well, we build our own vehicles and machines that could come in handy" Alpha Zack added.

"Our pack has a surplus of trained soldiers that we are willing to exchange" another suggested and that sounded a bit cringe, but this was how trades were made.

"Then that is settled." I said, noticing the fact that every single attention was on me. Ryker included; there was something in his eyes; I didn't look enough to discern what that look

meant.

"There is another matter on the ground" a man who seemed to be the oldest in the room began. "With every Alpha King in power, there were always the... elders to keep him in the line. With the knowledge that all the elders are dead...

Thane cut him off. "You are afraid that I may one day use the power I have over you all without any form of consequences for my actions?" he asks.

"Yes, Alpha Thane," the man says. "We all know that the last elder is completely on your side," he said, glàncing once at Bailey before looking away. "And why do you think I am on his side, Cain?".

"Elder, I mean no disrespect, but everyone knows that you betrayed your own clad for a place at his side."

"Offense taken, Cain. They were about to kill the next king; I did this not out of personal gain, but out of duty, they missed their path" she said, her voice cold, and that silenced Cain.

"If you all are threatened by the Alpha King, then that is a problem we have no solutions to. The best you could do is remain in your lane," I said, my gaze on the Alpha named Cain. Thane rose,

and so did I.

"You are all welcome to dine with us; there are rooms available for you to stay the night if you choose to. This meeting is over," Thane announces.

"The guts of those people," I hissed out.

"They could be that annoying, but I do love when you speak up," Thane says.

"I am the Queen Luna; I had to play my part. I never knew you released Ryker," I said, giving him a pointed look; of course he didn't see the need to tell me that.

"I didn't like the way he kept on staring at you in there. It would have been satisfying to rip his eyes out."

"He was staring at me?" I-questioned. So I hadn't been the only one who noticed that.

"Yes, he was. I bet he regrets his decisions now more than ever.

"Too bad for him; I belong to you now," I said, placing a kiss on his lips, but of course, he didn't let me stop at that.