บททั้งหมดของ The Alpha's Contract Mistress: บทที่ 31 - บทที่ 40

CASSIAN’S POVWinter-hill pack wasn’t exactly impenetrable. Their security was good, but just like any other pack, there were loopholes. Getting in and out of the pack wasn’t going to be the issue. The real issue was capturing the Alpha.The Alpha’s chamber was located on the top floor in the pack house. It wasn’t just protected by soldiers, there was a built-in defense system that made going in undetected very close to being impossible.There was another way though. If we could manage to lure him away from the pack, then this all would be much easier. The downside was that Scott was well aware he was being watched, and that meant tricking him wouldn’t be as easy—My thoughts were cut off when I spotted her. Even in the crowd, she stood out. She was dressed in a bold, olive-green gown that highlighted every curve of her body. Her full breast, which was barely covered, was on full display. And I wasn’t the only one who’d noticed her. Many others had their gaze pinned on her, and while

ELOISE (RUBY)The Mating Ball had ended and the guests were all gone too.No one stopped me as I ran through the main doors and further away from the pack house.Of course, Cassian had known. ‘The Netherlands Alpha knew everything,’ The Bishopp had once told me and he was right.Cassian had known the truth about my mother’s death and he’d kept it away from me.How long had she been dead? How long had I gone through each day believing she was well and alive, when in truth, she was gone? Thunder rippled through the sky, and only then did I come to a halt.I was in the woods, with no idea how I’d gotten here. How far deep was I? I couldn’t tell.I looked around, trying to find what route I’d come in through, but every path looked identical to the next, I’d never be able to tell.The rain began with a drizzle, and soon enough it poured down in sheets. It was almost like the skies too were in mourning.I dropped to the muddy floor, completely drenched and yet I didn’t care. “Mom, I’m so

“Hello Father.I don’t expect you to believe anything I’m about to say, and yet all I’ll say is nothing but the truth—the truth you should have known long before now.I’m not dead, and as much as I wish I could tell you this face to face, I can’t. But I need you to know that I am alive and I’m well. I heard about mother. I heard what happened and I’m so sorry. I’m sorry that you had to face it all on your own, I’m sorry that I couldn’t be there when you needed me the most. But I need you to know you haven’t lost it all. I’m still here—still alive, and so you have to hold on and be strong—this is exactly what she’d have wanted and you know it.There’s a lot of things I wish to tell you, but I can’t tell you more than this right now.We’ll be together soon dad, I promise. But for now, no one can know about this letter—not a single soul.I love you, dad.~From your ‘Little Warrior’. Eloise” ***CASSIAN’S POV“The Winter-Hill Alpha would be concluding a multi-million deal with Raven P

The door slid shut behind us. I stood there trying to process everything I’d just witnessed.Cassian lit up a cigarette and took a long drag, before slowly letting out the smoke.“I’m sure you have a lot of questions,” he said, “Go ahead, ask.”I stared back at the door we’d just walked out from.“What happened to her?”“Love happened,” he answered, but I didn’t miss the anger burning in his eyes. “She fell in love with the wrong man, and he left her a shell of the woman she once was.”“I’m sorry.”“Why?”“I’m sorry that you had to go through all of this.”He chuckled, like he’d found what I just said genuinely funny. “See that’s the problem, Eloise. Life isn’t always fair, and yet it is what it is, it’s life and we just have to scale through, one way or other.”“How did he die—your father?”Cassian gave me a long look, and for a moment I wondered if I’d crossed a line.“I killed him. That’s how he died.” He admitted, his words cold and unapologetic. He waited. It was almost like he

There were rules to our agreement. The first. ‘Never, ever, engage in sexual relationships with the partner’s close relations or friends.’I’d just broken that rule.Guilt ate at me as I sat on the bed wondering what would happen next.I’d feared change—I’d feared the change that'd finally have us cascading down that pinnacle we’d climbed up to. But little did I know that it’ll be the pioneer behind the changeHow could I be so stupid?If Gideon had told Cassian the truth, then I was done for.Cassian might have hidden the truth about his second mate from me, but never had he crossed the lines I’d set for him. He never once broke the rules.I wasn’t ready to lose him, I wasn’t ready to lose my title and everything else that made me… me.More than once, I’d been tempted to return to the Beta’s chambers. If not for anything then to beg him to keep what happened between us a secret. I was ready to give anything in return for that secret to remain forever hidden.But going to the Beta wo