Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

Chapter Eighteen

I felt Freya's grip on my arm the moment we were out of sight.

"Come with me," she says, her voice was raspy and barely audible, almost like she spent so much of her days in silence; she had forgotten how to speak right. I let her lead me into an empty room, and she locked the door.

My heart pounded. Should I be afraid of her? There was something about her that was indeed different. "Why are we here?" I questioned

"I want to talk to you," she said, her voice a little bolder now. "There are a few things you need to know about being the Alpha's mate." She said, and I nodded, ready to do anything to be in her good books. Her mate didn't seem to like me, maybe things could change if I gave her the right impression.

She lifted her veil and let it fall over her hair. I held in a gasp. Her face was scarred; that was why she was in a veil, why she had left no skin exposed; she was hiding the scars. I should have suspected this when I saw her standing behind Alpha Slade, her head down, but of course I didn't. I expected the Luria Queen to be a fierce wolf, a figure to be looked up to.

Her face had claw marks, marking what must have once been a beautiful face. Her deep green eyes were empty and void; I could almost see the pain in them. There was this strange emotion building up in my chest-pity, That's what it was. So many questions came into my mind: how was it possible that the Luna Queen had been left to be abused by Alpha Slade?

It must have been him; there was no doubt about it, and how did a woman so strong end up like this?

'Broken' that was the word my mother had used earlier. Did anyone know about this? Did Thane know?

"I recognize that look in your eyes," the woman said. "Not many have seen me unveiled, but the few that did had exactly that same look in their eyes, and I hated it."

"I'm sorry..."

"You don't have to be; you aren't at fault, nor were you the cause of this. My mate did this to me, not you."

"How..." I trailed off; I was lost of words.

"I am alive, I survived, and I will continue to survive, but there are things I had to do to assure that I'll remain safe. These scars were all due to my carelessness, and he never failed to correct me. The sooner I learned, the better it became for me." "You are his mate; he had no right to treat you this way," I said to her, but those words coming from me sounded hypocritical. I knew firsthand what mates could do to their partner.

Chapter Eighteen

I had been mated to Ryker, and he had hurt me so badly.

"No. I am not his mate." Freya says, "I am 'his'. When you think of it this way, it is easier to bear the hurt, but when you believe you are entitled to something as a 'mate' or 'partner', then it would only get worse." "Thane did nothing?" I asked silently, the question had been on my mind..

"Alpha Thane is very much like his father. Do you know his father admires him, even though he still views him as a threat. He is the only man who has risen to the level of being considered a threat to the Alpha King."

My mind never left the words, 'Alpha Thane is very much like his father'. How could Thane let all this happen to his own mother?

It didn't make sense; I knew I would rather die than see my mother hurt. But I should have known Thane was different; he was cold and heartless. I knew that before now, yet

contract.

I signed the

"I am not here to question fate; if you were chosen as his mate, then so be it, but this, this you should know. You dare not disrespect him, you dare not talk back to him, worst in public, you dare not expose your private matters to anyone, not even close friends or relatives, you do as

bear you are told, and lastly, if you discover him with another woman, you make no move, you the pain knowing that you failed, and so he has to find satisfaction somewhere else."

The pity I had felt for the woinan immediately vanished.noveldrama

"I am not a toy; I have feelings; there would be mutual respect between the both of us."

She laughed; it wasn't a beautiful sound considering her voice. "You stupid girl. You will learn the hard way then, and I will be sure to remind you..."

Her words were cut off; she immediately slipped her veil back on someone was coming, and just then the door was pulled open. It had been locked, I was sure Freya locked it. Thane walked into the room, his eyes trailing from his mother and to me.

"Come," he said to me.

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Nineteen