Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

Chapter

Ten

I passed the signed document back to him, but his eyes, they never left me.noveldrama

"Do you know the severity of the contract you just signed?" he asked, the smirk stretching along his lips again. I could hear Ryker's words in my head 'you wouldn't last two weeks with him', I could remember the panicked look in my mother's eyes when he proclaimed me as his mate, never had she looked so afraid, not even when I was mated to Ryker that should be enough to tell me that something was very wrong with this alpha sitting before me, and maybe his whole pack too, but no, I was willing to do anything to escape my past, even if it meant running head first into danger.

"Yes, I know" I answered but I lied, I was yet to understand the severity of what I had just done. 1

Alpha Thane rose to his feet and it took everything in me to sit there and not bolt out of the "office', he walked towards me.

"What are you doing?"

"Afraid?" he asked and I wanted to say 'no', I opened my mouth but no reply came forth. He wouldn't kill me, he had no reason to, but again there are other fun things he could do to make it worth the hassle.

Seated, his height was very intimidating; he squatted to get to my level.

"Kiss me, just as you did in the ball" he says more like orders. But I can't move, I cannot initiate a kiss, not when those dark orbs stared at me like they could read deep into my soul. He was right, I was afraid of him in every sense of the word. "You've disobeyed, once" he says "Would... would you punish me for disobeying?" I asked; I didn't want to think about what punishment he would have in store for me. 1

"No. I'll let you go with a warning this time, but next time," he trailed off, his eyes lowering down my

collarbone to my cleavage. Again, I was left regretting why I wore this dress. "Come with me," he says, rising and stretching out his hands to help me up. I didn't need it; I stood

on my own. 1

He let his hands drop to the side as he walked out of the 'office", abandoning the contract on the desk. This time he didn't wait for me to follow; I moved quickly to catch up.

We passed rows after rows of rooms, some of the doors larger than the others. I couldn't help but wonder just how big this place was. Finally, we stopped before a wide shiny black door. He pulled it open, and this time he waited for me to walk in before shutting the door. Once again, we were alone. That's what I thought until I perceived a scent that was slightly familiar.

"Alpha" Beta Axel called; he had just placed the little bag I came with-my only belonging- on the side of the huge room. He must have collected it from the car.

Everything seemed to pause when I noticed the huge king size bed at the side of the room.

Chapter Ten

Standing here, in the midst of two men, in a room was far too uncomfortable for me, much worse, knowing how powerful they were. I couldn't help but stare at the entrance door every once in a while. Alpha Thane had locked it, but nybe if I could reach it, maybe... I shouldn't be thinking about that now, not at all!

I was his for six months.

"I should leave," Axel said, his eyes travelling between the two of us. The two men seemed to be very close. From what I was told, Thane was known for having fewer friends; he wasn't the type to easily trust people, but these two exchanged silent messages with just a single glance.

"No, stay," Thane said, and I felt like he had only said it out for 'my' benefit. "I want to formally introduce you to my temporary mate, Riley," he said.a

I didn't think there was any need to formally introduce us; I had seen him before, and we were together in the car, even if I didn't exchange a single word with him. Axel was a little similar to Thane; one could almost think they were brothers, but they weren't. I knew that. Of course, Axel might have heard about our little agreement' while he was trailing behind us the night of the mate ball, but Thane was simply making it known that Axel too was in on this.

"Hi," I said to him, in loss of words.

"Welcome once again, Luna; and I want you to know that I will always be close to watch over you," he said. I didn't know if he meant those words to be comforting or threatening. "Thank you" was my only response. 1

"Do you know why I brought you here?" Thane asked. I looked around, even if I had seen everything, and of course the most obvious thing in the room was the bed.

"No?" 1

"This would be our room," he says, coming closer. I couldn't help it; my gaze drifted to Axel, who stood there. "I would teach you some interesting, new things," he said. Still coming closer, this time I backed away. "Take off your clothes."