Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Alpha's Contract Mistress: Kabanata 131 - Kabanata 140

ELOISE’S POVWhere was I? The building looked nothing like others I’d seen before. It was old, with vines crawling up its cracked walls and floors. Whoever stayed here must have long abandoned the place—or so I’d thought. Then, I heard the soft music—there were no words to the song, but still it sounded sad, like a plea for help. I followed the beautiful sound, desperate to find its singer. The further I went, the darker and mistier the place became. I stepped into a room which was almost completely overgrown with vines, and there a woman sat. Huge chains had been secured around her wrists, ankles and neck. She had red hair strangely similar to mine and I couldn’t shake off the feeling that I knew her. Her song came to an end and finally she stared up at me. She had blue eyes—dreamy, hypnotizing, eyes that seemed to steal the breath right out of my lungs.“I know who you are,” I said to her.“Yes, you do.” Her voice was just as beautiful as the music she’d been singing and I couldn’t

The eerie feeling grew with each passing minute. The silence between us felt heavier than ever.I spotted Katalier walking towards us, but the moment she sighted us, she turned around, as if considering taking a different route, before thinking better of it.“Hey,” I said to her, but she gave no response as she walked past us, her head down. What I didn’t miss was the dark circles around her eyes and how she’d kept her gaze away from Gideon.“What is wrong with her?” I asked Gideon and he shrugged uncaringly. That too was strange, he was always one to speak up for her and now he didn’t seem to care in the least what could be going wrong with her.He led me down the dungeons. “What exactly is Cassian doing here?”“He didn’t say, but what he did say was that he didn’t want to be interrupted.”Gideon led me to the interrogation room. I stepped in and he followed in next, before shutting the door behind us.“Where is he?”“Over there,” he pointed to where Cassian laid on the floor, shir

ELOISE POVI was very aware of Darth’s presence, he walked a few paces behind Cassian and I. Of course, Cassian must have questions as to why he’d woken up in the interrogation room, but I was sure Darth had already cooked up something to tell him by then. It took a bit more effort to keep up with Cassian’s wide strides, and noticing that, he slowed down.Keith—Cassian’s uncle whom I’d never met was at the judgement room, seated in the throne-like chair meant for the Alpha. A sign of disrespect, but from the looks of things, that was exactly the message he wanted to pass. He hadn’t come alone, with him were at least six dozen men, all armed to the teeth, there were pack members too present—mostly pack soldiers, and commanders, but also a few brave souls who stood as witnesses. Keith had long black hair and blue eyes which had an uncanny familiarity to Cassian’s. He was slightly shorter than Cassian, but what he didn’t have in height, he compensated for in his muscular build. He was

CASSIAN’S POVGideon was one of the few people I trusted whole-heartedly, and yet I couldn’t bring myself to trust him right now; my suspicion had begun days ago and it only grew more profound with each passing day. I found myself wondering if there was an ulterior motive to why he was strongly against me returning to the Council. Maybe if I did know the full story, I’d know exactly how he’d managed to get off that cursed desert unnoticed by the Council. Another thing I hadn’t missed was the fear in Eloise’s eyes when I’d ordered him to escort her back to our chambers. Lastly, there was this nagging feeling that a seizure wasn’t how I ended up half-naked in the interrogation chamber. But it wasn’t only Gideon something was off with. Katalier too was acting off, I’d tried speaking to her but she wouldn’t give up what was bugging her. I’d watched her jump at her own shadow, and that just wasn’t the Katalier I remembered.I’d walked out of the shower to find Eloise scrambling on a note

It all made sense now; he’d stayed away from this pack not because of any business he had going on, but because he couldn’t bear to be ruled by a boy who could’ve easily been his son.Keith rounded me, hunger in his eyes. It was clear that I was the one thing standing before him and the title, and he’d never been this close to claiming it.He attacked—from behind, a cowardly move but one I'd seen coming. He had one thing in common with every Nightingis; we didn't give a damn about honor. He’d aimed for my neck, going for a quick kill but I grabbed onto his wrist before the silver-blade could meet my skin. His hands shook with effort as he pressed harder, not willing to give up. I sent a backward kick to his knee cap, satisfied by the crack that followed. He let go of me, but I wasn’t planning on giving him any moment to recover, capitalizing on the advantage I now had, I sent more kicks to the very same spot, until the sickening pop filled the room. He groaned in pain, and in a despe