CHAPTER HUNDRED

RYANLife has taught me to never look down on my instincts. That thing your mind is telling to you might seem unnecessary, even irrelevant at that moment. But the fact that it had come to you at all, means there is a possibility that such occurrences that our instinct is warning about, might actually play out.So I had played my card carelessly. I had entrusted my deepest darkest secrets into Riley’s hands, and I had turned my back to her, giving her enough time to frown in disgust, to silently laugh at my pathetic story. I don’t know.But I just didn’t want to face her and watch her wear whatever expression.I had expected a lot of things from her.Leaving.Shouting.Terming me a monster.All that was in the list of everything terrible.But this kiss I am receiving from her, is not part of the thing I expected. She had cried to my story, touched my back, said soothing things, and now she is kissing me.Does she know that she is pulling on my heartstrings and doing really nasty thin

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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND ONE

RILEYI blush at my reflection in the mirror.With how brutal he is at being king, he takes seriousness into every single details. And that is exactly what I am staring at in this mirror.How brutal he can be at love making.I am too inexperienced to give a term to what we had done last night. But with the way he had stared into my eyes, how he had whispered sweet words into my ears, of how I beautiful I am, of how I fit perfectly to him and how he would always stick close to me, and how tenderly he had stroked me.I don’t know what name to give it, but I know I cried last night. Not for the pain from my tear, but because I had been so overwhelmed. Overwhelmed with how I had to take deep breaths every second as he slowly slide into me inch by inch, overwhelmed by how full I felt when I was finally able to take in all of him. Over whelmed by how his touch and words spoke to my soul, of how his soft stroke made me fall deeper in love with him, and I let him kiss my tears away after he h

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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWO

RYAN“A very familiar face you have there.” Alpha Stanley comments.I don’t want to know if that is a good thing or not, all I know is I do not want him talking to or talking about my girl.That face of hers is mine.“Continue with your report.” I don’t care how cold I sound. I sincerely do not want anything that would change the sweet way I have been feeling from hearing Riley tell me she loves me.I hadnt said it back. Not because I am trying to be snob or anything. It is just that I am yet to figure out what I feel for her, enough to find a word for it. I know I yearn for her, every fiber in my bones aches to claim her, mark her and protect her.This is more than love.This is a combination of, care, desire, possessive, admiration, and intense affection.Anybody has an English word for that?But when she had said those words to me, it had tugged at my being. Made this thing beating in my chest pause for a moment.But I think I love her too. Not the type of parasitic love my mothe

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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THREE

RILEYI want to go homeI do not want to be here anymore.I wiggle in my chair, wiping down my sweaty palms on my dress.Will anyone listen if I screamed that I do not want to be here or have anything to do with this pack again?Yes. Ryan would listen. He might even cancel whatever plan they have just to take me back home.But do I really want that?I am uncomfortable in this space, because I am scared that someone might say something that will either hurt my feelings, or fill Ryan in on my pathetic past. Tell him something he doesn’t already know. And, voila, there would be no home for me to return to.Ryan and I are seated on the Alpha’s chair in the Court, and Philemon is standing beside Ryan. Only Carl came with us. The other soldiers are waiting at the boundary, waiting for a sign to begin action.This is all part of the plan. And I would hate to be the one to disrupt it.“Did you sit here with the idiot?” Ryan’s rough voice close to my ear, speaks of a tale called jealousy. And

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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR

RILEYSomething in me tells me today will hold a lot of revelations, which at the end of the day, might be too much for me.I am a strong girl, and I have been through a lot in life that things hardly surprise me anymore.Well, that is what I thought, till Ryan had called for his cousin and Gerald had walked.How?Who would have thought that the gentleman that had been diligent in taking care of me and respecting me, while serving as a messenger is the cousin of the Lycan king seated beside me.He meets my gaze immediately he comes to a halt in front of us.All eyes are on him, but Gerald’s eyes are on me.“My Lady.” He gives me that signature bow of his, and an apologetic smile. I want explanations. I know I had left here with a little grudge in my heart for him, but he had been the nicest person to me in this place. He is Ryan’s cousin?How?Now that I look at him well, there is a hint of a resemblance in the way their nose are placed on their face, and a depth in their eyes. But

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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE

RILEY“So what does all these mean?” Claire for once, breaks the bitchy stare she had been throwing my way, and asks Gerald. Gerald turns in his position, as he stands facing the pack.“What part did you not understand?” Gerald asks. He is still the perfect gentleman I know, but it seems him, coming in close contact with Ryan has somehow rubbed off some snobbish attitude on him.He is still dressed in his plain ash shirt tucked into plain black pants, but his stance has changed. The tone in his voice has become more… audible. Before, he spoke in whispers. Well, I guess that was all part of his disguise.Ryan had voiced out his displeasure for standing during a lengthy meeting as this, and that being the reason he had built the hall back at home.Home.This place doesn’t feel like home anymore. It had never felt like home.That place where I had been rescued to. That place where most people respect and listen to me. That place where my man is king, that is home. My home.I had just p

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