All Chapters of The Alpha's Contract Mistress: Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

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Chapter One Hundred and Fifty Nine

JEFFERSON’S POVI wanted to see for myself how Eloise was doing. The last time I’d seen her, she hadn’t looked too good, but going in there with Nightingis still in wasn’t exactly a good idea.Speaking of Cassian, here he came.“She wants to see you,” he informed me,“Me?” I questioned in surprise; he gave a nod, “Yes. Don’t keep her waiting.” In the ward room, Eloise lay on the bed looking exhausted, but very much alive. I couldn’t help but stare in wonder at the woman seated before me. “Hey,” she called with a smile, “Cassian said you wanted to see me,” “Yes.” She said, her gaze took me in. “Are you alright?” she questioned.“I should be the one asking you that question?” I pointed, but that didn’t clear the worry in her eyes. “I shouldn’t have left this pack—I should have stayed, just as you’d asked.” She shook her head, “No. This is not your fault or anyone’s—but Darth,” she said, “I don’t expect you to put your life on a pause simply because I was in danger,”“You are an i

Chapter One Hundred and Sixty

I drove to a stop before the building I lived in. Then stepped out of the car and headed inside.A woman—who was scantily dressed, hurried past me. “Morning,” she mumbled on her way out.Seconds later, my Bartender, Isaac—who must’ve thrown on the first pair of clothes he could find, walked towards me. “W-welcome, Alpha.” He stammered. “I didn’t think you’d be back so soon.”Of course he didn’t. That had to have been why he’d invited the woman over, and why there were two glasses of unfinished wine and a burnt out candle on the dining table—which was littered with flowers. “There was something I needed to retrieve,”“Anything I can help with?”“Yes, actually. You earlier informed me of a letter my Beta had sent. Where is it?”“I’ll go retrieve it immediately,” he said, before hurrying away. He returned minutes later with a white envelope, bearing the pack’s stamp. “Here it is,” he handed it over.“Thank you,” I turned to walk away,“Alpha,” he called and I paused. “I—don’t usually d

Chapter One Hundred and Sixty One

GIDEON’S POV…One Week Ago.Katalier and I were in nothing but briefs. She was curled up against me as we both lay on the cool ground in the middle of the woods. Her long brown hair scented like honey mixed with lavender, she was close enough that I could take a deep inhale without looking like a weirdo.Under the moonlight, she looked almost ethereal.“What was that thing you did with your tongue?” she questioned through the mind-link,I shrugged, “Something I learnt,” I said with a proud smile, “Did you enjoy it?” “Very much,” she admitted.“I’m glad you did.”After a moment, she spoke, “I should head back to my apartment,” she paused, “Would you… like to come along?”“Of course.”She sat up to put her clothes back on. Together, we headed back for the pack house.Of course, the pack soldiers hadn’t batted an eye seeing us together; Katalier and I had always been close.In her apartment, there were a few clothes and undergarments strewn across the sofas, she quickly cleared them u

Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Two

I never believed it possible to be this happy, yet it was. I felt happier than I’d been in years and It felt wrong to feel this way, with everything going on with Cassian, I should be more focused on figuring out how to fix things. But maybe I’d become selfish. Maybe for once in my life, I wanted to put myself first, even if that made me a bad person.I had to remind myself that what Katalier and I had, wasn’t meant to last forever. She was going to leave and when she did, it’ll be worse than when we’d both kept our feelings to ourselves. But even with that knowledge, I still wasn’t ready to let go. Perhaps a part of me believed if she stayed just a bit longer, I might be able to show her what she was about to walk away from.I should know better though, Katalier wasn’t one to go back on her words, yet, I believed what we had was… different. Magical even. Maybe magical enough to create a miracle.. That night, I’d returned to my apartment to find Katalier there, waiting.“Hey handso

Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Three

PRESENTI could still remember it like it was yesterday. I’d woken up that day to find the mini-picture on the lampstand. It was a black and white picture of me, dressed in the pack’s uniform, one I was sure Katalier had secretly taken. Written at the back of the picture was the word I’d feared the most; ‘Goodbye.’ I should have seen it coming and yet, I didn’t. I’d actually believed she’d stay—I believed I’d succeeded in changing her mind.Like every other time, I wanted to blame myself for what happened; I must be the reason she’d left, perhaps I’d said or done something wrong. But I realized this was never about me. I didn’t end this, she did. Not because of anything I did wrong, but because she never did believe she deserved happiness.I’d placed the picture down and right there I made a choice; I was going to return to work like I did every other day, despite the aching in my chest and the feeling that I’d lost a part of myself along with her. I was also going to ignore the u

Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Four

JEFFERSON’S POVI drove to a stop before the pack borders, then stepped out of my car.I could hear the quiet footsteps of patrolling soldiers; by the sound, I could tell that they were at least a dozen. I walked forward, and one after the other they revealed themselves. The dozen gathered to create a blockage. They all had their rifles aimed and ready to fire. These were my people, my pack, but today I was an intruder. I took in their gazes, each and everyone of them daring them to fire, then I walked forward anyway, slowly they stepped aside letting me through, but their rifles remained aimed at me, as they followed. With my back to them, I was vulnerable; one shot would be all it’ll take to end me and I wouldn’t even know who’d taken the shot. Still, I kept moving.I arrived at the packhouse where there were even more pack members and just like the patrollers, their gazes were hostile. Ignoring their gazes and the crowd now following, I walked in.I spotted Gaius, walking down t

Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Five

I heard Eloise’s words in my subconsciousness, “…You’ve spent every day trying to make things right—you never did forgive yourself for what you did,” “I have,” I responded. Finally, I’d forgiven myself for everything.“Alpha!” came a panicked voice, and I tried prying my lids open, but I couldn’t. I felt the warm hands against my cold skin, and I found myself desperate for more of that warmth.More hands held me, lifting me from the ground where I’d laid. There were more whispers, though I hadn’t caught even a single word of what they said. I was dying, I could feel it. It felt like falling into a pit with no way out. A little deeper and I’d never wake.***~I blinked, trying to focus on the image before me but everything was much too blurry. I shut my eyes and after a few minutes, I reopened them.I was in the healing room—and I reeked of blood and supplements; the whole place reeked of it. My head was pounding so hard, I didn’t want to move an inch.I wasn’t alone. I realized. T

Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Six

ELOISE’S POV…One Month Later.I still had dreams about it—dreams of being locked away in an illusion and now that I was free, it felt scarier than it had been when I’d actually been living that reality. But this was normal, it was going to pass with time.There were still no sightings of Darth and that wasn’t exactly relieving. A lot had changed since my return; for one, the pack had grown warmer towards me, and while I believed it was due to the fact that I’d birthed the next heir, Gideon argued it was more than that, and the change actually began after Cassian had officially addressed the pack about Rosalia’s death. All they’d wanted was a leader who was transparent enough to admit his wrong and Cassian had done that.Another thing that changed was the relationship between Cassian and I. What had happened had strengthened the bond between us; once, I believed myself incapable of fully trusting again. It was like my heart had built a mechanism to protect us from returning to the s

Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Seven

CASSIAN’S POVGideon joined me in the private training space where I’d been lifting weights. I set it down before sitting up. “How was the meeting?” I inquired,“Different,” he said after a moment,The Association of Alphas had invited me over for a meeting, but Gideon volunteered to go in my stead. It was no secret he was trying to keep himself as occupied as possible so he wouldn’t have to think about the gamma and the fact that she’d been gone for a whole month now. “We got more packs requesting for an alliance—even the Eastern Clan were willing to get past our differences to form an alliance.” Well, that was a surprise. The Eastern Clan had been long-time rivals, and now they wanted an alliance.“I have a feeling this is all connected to the fact they know about Eloise.”Weeks after Eloise’s release, the news of her being a white-wolf had mysteriously spread. Many had come to their own conclusions, but they weren’t exactly far from the truth. Suddenly, every pack wanted an alli

Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Eight

KATALIER’S POVLameman City was the last place anyone would imagine an ex-gamma would go to. The city served as a refuge place for wolves rejected from society, outcasts, and the homeless. It was one of the most unforgivable places known; here people fought for everything. For jobs, for food, for water, for clothes—and even sleeping spaces. No one cared who you were, no one cared about names or titles, all they cared for was survival. It was the perfect place for me.I’d taken a nine-to-six job as a cleaner in a store twenty minutes away from the apartment I lived in, not because I needed the money, but because I needed to fit in without raising questions. The plan was to become a ghost, and it wouldn’t be so hard, being mute made it much easier—people avoided disabled people like myself and that was very convenient.I’d finished up with work earlier today, and so I headed home. On the streets were traders, buyers and even more disabled people, sitting by the roadside and hoping for

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