Semua Bab Contractually Yours, Alpha: Bab 271 - Bab 280

RILEY’S POVI didn’t know exactly what had gotten over me; maybe it was the pregnancy hormones, but I might have acted like a bitch to Thane; he didn’t deserve that.I watched him get ready for work; I knew he was still mad at me.“Thane, I’m sorry.” I said to him, and I meant it.“It’s fine.”"No, it’s not. I know you are mad at me, and you have every right to be.”“Riley, you’ve made a bad decision once with Nick; he deceived you. I want to protect you from that.”“I won’t make the same mistake.”“I’ll forgive you, Riley, but please let go of this plan you have about ‘getting rid of the darkness in you.” He said to me, watching me, waiting for my response, but he wouldn’t understand; no one would. “I guess I’ve gotten my answer.” With that, he walks past me and away from the room.I wish he could see that I was capable of making my own decisions too.“He is right, you know.” said a voice from behind me, and I slowly turned around. Daemon leaned against the wall.“You heard it all, d

I didn’t think Daemon could be easily manipulated; he was no child, and I knew that, yet I did feel guilty about Jade; she was in all these because of me, and we had easily moved on, not even bothering to look deeper into things; maybe it had been because we’ve been through too much and we wanted to believe it was all over. It wasn’t over, not yet. “Daemon, Jade was only trying to help me; I told her to capture you, and I’m sorry.” He turned to me. “You thought I would be a monster, right?” “But you aren't, and we were all wrong. I was wrong.” “What if they aren’t? What if I am a monster?” “No, I see you now, and I know you could be a better person; my only mistake was giving up soon.” “Riley, I haven’t harmed anybody from this pack because I don’t want you to hate me, but when I’m away, I kill people, many who had done no wrong, but I do it anyway because that is my nature; this is who I am, and so they are right, but even then, they wouldn’t separate us.” His words regi

Isabella seemed taken aback by my refusal, tears welled up in her eyes — albeit they were tears of embarrassment; I could easily tell that she wasn't used to being rejected. I debated leaving the office, but finally she spoke up."You don't love me anymore, Thane.""I think I've had about enough of this; it's time you leave.""So you are going to push me away? After everything?""Well now you are making me believe you are crazy.""Don't pretend like you don't know what I speak about. You had the suspicions, but I turned them down. When I told you I forgot my memories, I hadn't been exactly truthful. I don't know what happened these past years, but all I could remember was being with you.""What are you trying to say?""I am trying to say I am the very same woman you loved; I am Bella.""Don't you dare..."She cut me off. "I can prove it to you. We met in the woods. At first, I ran away from you because I knew I was going to die. I didn't want to hurt you, but you were persistent, and

Now it all made sense. Thane's reaction to Isabella finally made sense.I was mad, angry, and jealous, and I had every right to be. After Bella's death, Thane had been in so much pain, he couldn't bear it all alone, and that had been the very same reason he shut everyone out; it had taken so many years for him to move on, but the effect of her death remained, even till today. So I didn't exactly believe that he could just... Stop loving her.I paused in the hallways; hesitating for a moment before taking a turn, I headed to the room Isabella occupied. I knocked once, and she opened the door. I didn't wait for an invitation; I pushed past her and walked into her room. She shut the door before turning to me. There was a small frown on her tiny doll-like face. Her red hair had been made into a messy bun; she was beautiful, and I couldn't deny it, and despite myself, I felt an ache in my chest. Thane never spoke of how beautiful 'Bella' had actually been."I know why you are here," she s

“I didn’t tell my mother about... you.” I said to him, “I didn’t do it for you though, but for her. She has moved on, Bruce; she’s in love now, and she is happy, it will remain that way.” “You did the right thing. It has been so many years; she deserves to be happy.”“She does.”“I don’t expect your forgiveness...”“I don’t plan on giving you that. What I am interested in knowing is what exactly you are. I know you aren’t a werewolf.”“You are right; I am not. I am a warlock.“A warlock?” I repeated.“Yes, similar to a sorcerer but also... different in some way. A sorcerer is born with magic flowing through their veins, but a warlock isn’t born with magic; we earn it, and for this reason, we operate on a different level.”“That’s how you were able to make Mom forget about you.”“Yes. It was a simple spell.”“When you made her forget about you, why did you compel her to believe Slade was my father?”“Because I knew it would make her hate him even more, and hate is one strong emotion;