Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

Chapter Seventeen

"This was once called the Alpha's chamber, but Thane never did like the place," Axel informed me,

but I couldn't make up a response, not when the nerves were eating me up.

I was meeting his 'parents', the Alpha King and Queen.

I walked in, but Axel didn't follow.

The first person I noticed was 'Thane; he leaned against the wall looking very imposing. They seemed to have been in the middle of a conversation, which quickly ended the moment I arrived. Thane's eyes assessed me, and I could see the disapproval in his eyes-those eyes that seemed to darken the moment he realized I wasn't in the blue dress he picked out. I hadn't imagined it; his eyes did change colour according to his mood. z

I gave a low bow, my eyes down. I had seen Ryker's mother do this before.

"Rise," the deep, cold voice called out, and I finally dared to stare into the eyes of Alpha Slade Blackwood of the New Blood Pack. Now I knew where Thane got those eyes from, though his father's were a different shade. Alpha Slade was huge, almost as tall as Thane, and it was easy to tell that he had been good-looking at his prime. His hair which must have been once black, now had streaks of grey, he didn't look any less powerful though.

I heard that he had been one of the most feared Alphas before his son. Thane, grew to be the best at everything, outdoing even his own father and the only thing keeping Alpha Slade at the top was the crown on his head-a crown everyone believed rightfully belonged to Thane. Alpha

Slade wasn't a weak man, but his time to rule should have ended a long time ag

ago.

The two powerful people could not remain in a pack, not when Alpha Slade wouldn't give his Alpha title to his son even when he was of age, and so they had to split, dividing the pack into two. So far, the Nightshade pack had flourished and outperformed the New Blood pack in everything, and that says a lot.

I rose. My gaze finally moved to the woman, who stood completely still, some distance behind Slade. It was the Werewolf Queen, Freya Blackwood. But there was something very wrong, and I could tell that just by staring at her.

She stood head down as if in submission, a veil shielded her face, she was in a lemon green, long-sleeved dress and matching gloves to cover her hands leaving no skin exposed, her hands were clamped together in front of her, and she seemed to fade so easily into the background, I could have easily missed her.

There were rumours that her true voice had never once been heard, but I hadn't believed thatnoveldrama

till now.

"You are my son's mate?" Alpha Slade question, scanning me with his eyes, and then there was a small scowl on his face. I could tell he didn't like me very much.

"Yes, I am," I answered.

Chapter Seventeen

"Why you?"

"I do not understand your question."

"You smell of weakness, I can tell. How could you be mated to my son?" he questioned. Walking closer, my eyes drifted to Thane, but he wasn't looking my way.

"I don't know-fate, maybe."

"Fate, maybe?. What are you?, an Omega?"

I couldn't give a response to that. I felt my heart beating faster against my chest. I was doing it all wrong, and I knew it, yet I couldn't help myself.

"How am I sure you are his true mate?" His father questioned me, and that caught me completely unaware. He was more than I had prepared for, more than Thane cared to warn me about. Thane on the other side didn't look even a bit worried, or maybe he just didn't

care.

"I am Alpha Thane's mate and the future Luna. This I am sure of," I said, staring at the Alpha in his eyes. He gave a small nod.

"Excuse me, I want to speak to my son," he said, and I nodded, walking out of the room to give them some privacy, but then I noticed Luna Freya following after me. When Alpha Slade had said he needed to speak to his son, I hadn't realised he expected the both of us out-not just me but also his Luna, Thane's very own mother.