Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

Chapter Two Hundred and Folly Four

Chapter Two Hundred and Forty Four

I remembered Regnux's words; he had suspected Riley; he must have seen something, something I was too blind to see.

I also recalled Riley's disappearance and how all of a sudden she wanted to tag along anywhere I went. She was the only one who knew where I had kept the keys to Bailey's cell, yet I believed there had been a spare key. I was ready to believe everything but the truth that had been right before my eyes.

A fool. That was what I was.

The evidence was clear, and yet... yet, I didn't want to believe it. It couldn't be true. Once I had been heartbroken, Bella's death had left me in so much pain I couldn't heal on my own. Axel had bonded with me to share my pain.

But I hadn't loved my mate like I loved Riley, and that's why I refused to believe it; the truth was clear, and yet I wanted it to be a lie; I wanted there to be some kind of explanation to it.

"Riley, if you think you are doing this to help me in some way, then don't. This won't help me, tell me this is all lies."

The flicker in her eyes gave me hope, but then she looked away from me. "Now you would feel my pain; you would understand what it feels like to be heartbroken. I thought Ryker was bad, but everything evil that happened to me was because of you, and that had to end. Nick, you could come in now... love," she called out, and Nick walked in with a smirk on his lips.

He enjoyed watching this; I wanted to rip him apart.

"You could return the ring now," she said, and Nick passed her the engagement ring, the very same one she had earlier returned to him, and she put it on. "Beautiful, isn't it?"

"Beautiful." Nick agrees, "Just as you, my love."

She turned to him and gave him a small kiss on the lips.

Anger, unlike I've ever felt, filled me. She had played me; the woman I loved, the same one I was ready to do just anything to be with, had deceived me. She had been the little green snake in the green grass.

"It had been all part of the plan I made with Nick. I knew you would be weak enough to accept me back. For a powerful Lycan, you were quite easy to play," she said.

She walked to me, trailing her finger down my face, and I let her out a warning growl. She snapped her hand back.

"Wise option." I said to her,

"Do you know what they would do to you? They would take away your wolf with the very same.

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as that sound, I wouldn't want to hang around to watch.

She headed for the door.

"Wait." I called, she didn't look at me, her eyes remained pinned to the door. "When I get out here, I will kill your lover, Nick, and after that, I will kill you, bitch."

"Don't hold your breath; you won't be getting out of here anytime soon."

They say it's only a thin line between love and hate, and that was accurate, because a few minutes ago, the thought of Riley was the only thing keeping me sane; now, it was one more reason I needed to escape, just so I could drive a dagger through her heart.

I could feel something rising in me, the beast I suppressed, the very same one I grew ashamed of and tried to keep locked away because I feared I would hurt her, now he broke through the walls I had used to cage it in; but this time, I accepted it because it was a part of me; it was... me.

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weapon you used to kill those elders. You would be brought down to nothing, and as appealing as that sound, I wouldn't want to hang around to watch.

She headed for the door.

"Wait." I called, she didn't look at me, her eyes remained pinned to the door. "When I get out

bitch." here, I will kill your lover, Nick, and after that, I will kill you,

"Don't hold your breath; you won't be getting out of here anytime soon."

They say it's only a thin line between love and hate, and that was accurate, because a few minutes ago, the thought of Riley was the only thing keeping me sane; now, it was one more reason I needed to escape, just so I could drive a dagger through her heart.

I could feel something rising in me, the beast I suppressed, the very same one I grew ashamed of and tried to keep locked away because I feared I would hurt her, now he broke through the walls I had used to cage it in; but this time, I accepted it because it was a part of me; it was... me.