Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

hapter Two Hundred and Forty Seven. RILEY

"It's girls time, Nick; you should leave." Bailey said to him, and he gave me a long look before leaving both of us alone. "I didn't remember telling you to stop with the dagger," she said. ""It fell." I lied.

I didn't know if she bought that, but she spoke no more about it, taking a seat beside me.

"I'm going to tell you a story, one I had never told anyone before. Well, you would die in the end, so it makes no difference.

I was in love once. I don't mean the casual crushes and those little feelings girls have. I was in love with Nyaos; he had always been there for me when I needed him; he helped me so many. times; I can't even count the number of times he had saved my life. But Nyaos loved another; I was the 'other woman', and I knew that.

Katara believed we were good friends; she trusted me; she trusted the both of us, and I knew what we did behind her back was very wrong, but I couldn't help myself. Nyaos said he loved us both, and though I always wanted more, I could settle for what I had, and that's what I did. Katara was my best friend, and I betrayed her. When she found out the truth... I expected her to get mad and angry at me for what I had done, I would have deserved her resentment, but she never spoke about what happened. Maybe she did hate me, but she never showed it. I could, never forget the kiss she gave me right before she took her own life. She hung herself.

It was a strange thing to do, but only years later did I understand her intentions. She wanted me to feel guilty; she knew that with the guilt in my heart I would never be able to go on with the relationship I had with Nyaos, and that had been exactly what happened. With her gone, Nyaos was ready to give me his full attention, just as I had always wanted, but the guilt I felt wouldn't let me love him back, at least not in the way I once did."

"Bailey." I called, and her gaze met mine. "I really don't give a fuck."

She was right in front of me in less than a second. "What exactly did you say stopped you from using the dagger on yourself as I had compelled you to?"

"It fell." I repeated

"You lie."

Just then Nick walked in, dragging along Beatrix; there were multiple cuts over her body, and I could see she was missing a few fingers.

"She had been here, hadn't she?" Bailey asked me.

"No, she hadn't." I denied and that earned me a slap.

"I was willing to let her go; the bitch turned on me." Bailey said her eyes were on Beatrix; she sent a kick to her guts, and Beatrix doubled over,

Chapter Two Hundred and Forty Seven

"Stop! Punish me instead."

"Oh, you will be punished," Bailey promised. She picked the dagger from the floor, and she walked to Beatrix.

Beatrix was trying to tell me something, her mouth forming the words 'he... is...coming.

"No, please, no..." Lcalled out.

It was too late. Bailey slit her throat. Beatrix tried applying pressure on the cut, but more blood poured down her chest and it only took a few seconds of struggle before she slumped. Dead. "This is what happens when you lie to me; this is what happens, Riley, and it's all your fault." Beatrix was here because she wanted to help me; if she had stayed away, none of this would happen, and now she was dead. I couldn't bring myself to look away from her corpse.

"I wanted to keep her alive much longer, not anymore. Nick, do what you must; have your fun; she will be dead before dawn."

Bailey left me alone with Nick.

"I could make you enjoy this, but if you try resisting, then I would do the exact opposite." Nick took off the chains binding me to the chair, and he pushed me to the floor. I'didn't say a word, not as he tore the upper part of my dress, revealing my cleavages. "To be honest, I hoped you would beg; it only makes things more fun."

"You disgust me." I say, spitting on his face.

"Very well then, the hard way it is."

Someone ripped Nick off me, hurling through the air, he hit the wall hard.

Axel stood before me. He was here; that had been what Beatrix was trying to tell me.