Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

Chapter Twenty Five

I had spent the whole night reading through the pages of the very lengthy diary belonging to the lady named Barbara.

Thane hadn't returned to our room that night. The morning came too soon.

I was happy to see Axel though.

"How was your night?, you don't seem well rested"

"I... I had been occupied."

He gave me a questioning look. "Are you still worrying about Thane's whereabouts? I told your not to."

"I wasn't," I said, but that was partly a lie; I had been worried over where he was right before I pulled out the book 'Barbara's fantasies- that had kept me very much awake. "Let's go somewhere."

"Where?"

"Anywhere, or maybe a run in the woods," he suggested.noveldrama

I still felt very self-conscious when being stared at like I was a piece on display, but he was right; I had to leave this place.

"Okay, I'll go change," I said.

I splashed some cold water on my face. I put on some black leggings and a matching tank top, knowing full well that Thane wouldn't approve of this. I felt too lazy to do anything to my hair, so I held it up in a loose bun. I went through the rows of shoes, picking out a pair of black sneakers to match my outfit and I was finally ready to go.

"How do I look?" I asked Axel. 1

He gave me another questioning look; of course, this wasn't what a 'Luna' was expected to wear, but I was going for a run, and I couldn't exactly wear a dress. "Good enough," he responded.

Axel led me out of my room. I followed him down the hallways, noticing that pack members didn't frequent the foyer closer to I and Thane's room, but soon I could spot the members, and they gave slight bows, but I still noticed a few looking and watching, they didn't look away when our eyes met.

I was glad when we exited the pack house.

"What are they doing?" I asked, referring to the members who had been lined up, they were only a short distance away.

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"Training," Axel answered.

"But it's so early" I wondered aloud.

"Everyone eligible in the pack is expected to train at least twice a week, but this are the pack soldiers and they are to train daily" Axel explained.

"Can I get a closer look?"

"I don't know if you would like what you see" Axel said staring into the distance.

"I would love to see the pack soldiers train, please" I added.

"Let's go then" Axel said leading me towards the training grounds.

The soldiers were all their uniform; A black attire with the Nightshade logo at the side. They looked... intimidating dressed like that. Back in our pack, the uniform for the soldiers was a mix of black and brown but nothing as beautifully designed as this.

I spotted a female, she seemed to be one of the trainers, she was tall, around 'five foot eight' with dark blue hair-that must have been dyed, but I couldn't deny the fact that it did sooth her. Her movement were quick and slick, she faced one of the men, he was more muscled than she and also an inch or two taller, but she didn't seem bothered by that.

just as she did the other before him.

The fight started, and she took him down,

She instructed the others and they paired up engaging their partners in battle, many of which followed her technique.

There was someone there I hadn't noticed, and I wondered how that was even possible. Thane stood there, watching the soldiers, his attention undivided. He looked every bit dangerous, and I couldn't imagine this was the man I slept in the same room with, the man that touched me in places...

The blue-haired girl walked towards him, they exchanged words, I didn't miss how close they were; she rested her head against his shoulder. I had expected some kind of emotion from him -how dare she?-but the only sign from him was the smirk on his lips. "Who is she?" I questioned.

"That's Beatrix, a commander and general," Axel answered.

"She seems quite young," I say, thinking about the generals back in our pack; they had all been elderly.

"Here, age doesn't matter; you fight for your position."

"And she fought for hers?"

"How else would she have attained such a position?"

"Who is she to Thane?" I asked; they didn't look alike, but maybe she was a relative, given

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how close she seemed to be to him. Axel took a while to respond.

"She is a close friend to him," he said, and I nodded.

Axel had warned me that I might not like what I saw when I got here, and I wondered why he would say that, but he knew-he knew the both of them were here-and I didn't need to be a genius to know that she had been the one Thane spent his night with.

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