Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

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Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Fifteen

I swallowed.

No underwear had been picked out by him, and a part of me knew it was no mistake; he wanted me bare beneath this dress.

I let the robe fall to the floor; his intense gaze remained on me, but he made no move. I quickly put on the gown.

It was pretty-pretty wasn't the word; sexy was the right word, and it was the most revealing thing I had ever worn my whole life. I might as well walk around naked. The silk dress was strapless, revealing a whole lot of cleavages, and it had a deep slit by the side, exposing my thighs.

"I can't wear this."

"It is beautiful.

"Isn't it too revealing? What kind of impression would I make on your parents, wearing this?"

"One they would never forget. You are a true beauty, I would love to show you off to the world.

"I am not a trophy, and I am also 'not' wearing this Thane."

His eyes

settled on me, but before he could speak, there was a distraction.

"Where is my daughter? Take me to her this instant!" A voice I recognized called out; how couldn't I recognize it? It was my mother. My heart sped up, this time with excitement, and my gaze travelled back to Thane, begging him to let her in.

"I'm not going anywhere till I see my daughter; now let go of me." My mother said, I had never heard her sound this so angry.

"The Alpha had ordered there be no visitors; you will have to wait for a confirmation."

"Do I look like I care what your Alpha says?, Where is my daughter?"

"Let her in," Alpha Thane called out.

There was silence, and just then, the door to our room was pulled open by a man who I suspected to be one of the pack soldiers, judging by his uniform. My mother walked into our room, and I ran into her arms.

Once again, I was just a little girl who had no fears or worries and believed in little fantasies coming true. I inhaled her beautiful scent; it scented like home, and how I had missed this; it had only been a day, but it felt like forever. The soldier walked away, closing the door behind him.

Finally, she withdrew from my embrace; her eyes travelled down my body, and a scowl

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appeared on her lips.

I could tell why. But I was seeing a different side of my mother. All the while, I had seen her ast the calm one; she was slow to anger, but now... the look on her face shook even me.noveldrama

"What did you do to my daughter?" She asked; she wasn't looking at me now. She gazed at Thane, hatred clear in her eyes.

"Nothing... yet." Thane answered, and we both didn't miss the words 'yet', he was going to harm me, just not now.

"Did he hurt you?" My mother questioned me.

No, I am fine."

"You are not."

"How can you tell?" I asked

"I see it in your eyes; what is this you wear?" She turned to him, "I see what you are doing, I will not allow it."

"I think I should give you both some time to catch up. I guess it has been a good while since you were both separated," Thane said, the sarcasm dripping from his words as he walked out of the room. Thane hadn't been moved by anything my mother had said; he had simply brushed it off like it meant nothing, maintaining his calm.

My mother's eyes followed him, filled with hatred, and once again I wondered if she had something against them-something more than even I knew.

"Mother..."

"You don't seem to understand; he would destroy you... I thought Ryker was bad, but I would have preferred if you were his rather than being mated to this monster." 1

"But you know what Ryker would do to me-what he had already done to me-why would you even think I would be better off with him?"

"You don't understand..."

"Maybe I do not want to understand, mother. This is not about you; this is about me. You are a free woman now. Do you think Ryker would have ever done that for you? He is a selfish bastard; he used you to bargain with me."

"And you think 'He' wouldn't do the same if it comes to that?" My mother asked, referring Thane. I wanted to deny, but then I remembered the night before, he had told me he bargained with whatever he had, he denied me a release until I made the promise, but those were two different things, right?. My mother continued "Whatever life I lived in the Windborne pack, I would have preferred that; at least I'd know you would be safe, but now... I can't stop worrying about what he would do to you." 1

"Safe?, There is nothing like safety, not back in that pack."

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"And you think this is safe?"

"He hadn't harmed me."

"Yet. He hadn't harmed you 'yet', but he will."

"I'd rather die than go back to Ryker."

"He is brainwashing you; this is what they are good at; they make you believe; it would be more painful that way and easier to ruin you," my mother said, shaking in anger, but she wasn't the only one furious. How could she think would be better off with Ryker? After all, he had done, and she knew everything. "He takes you back with him-tell me he hadn't lain with you already?-now he dresses you up like some slut, and yet you can't see what he is doing to you. When he is done, you will be broken to the point that even I wouldn't be able to fix it. Ryker's damage I could fix, but this....

"I never needed you to fix me! I don't need you to do that now either. Did you think I had a choice? Do you think I wanted to be here?"

"I am your mother, and I know you more than you think. I heard the way you talked about him

you wanted to come here; you liked the idea."

"Everything I did, I did for you."

"I do not want it; I want 'you' to live, and this... this is not living."

"You seem to know so much; strange how you do when you spent your whole life in slavery."