Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

Chapter Eighty Seven

I had doubts... I hadn't believed my mother was capable; this had been the same woman I lived with all my life, but here I was in her apartment. And now I think maybe I was very wrong; maybe I just never knew who my mother truly was; she might have hidden that part

so well from me.

"You were away for a few days. Where did you go" I asked, my gaze burning into her.

"I do not have to report to you; I am your mother, and I have the right to be wherever I want to be."

"A messenger was sent from the New Blood Pack Thane had assembled soldiers to search for the offender. I can only help you if you talk to me." I said to her.

I could see the fight in her eyes die

away.

"I had been so close," she says, and I shouldn't be surprised, yet I was because I hoped she wasn't involved; I hope it was just a mere coincidence, and maybe that had always been my problem... I hoped a lot.

"I don't believe you; how did you do all that?" I asked staring at her, she was strong for a woman in her late thirties, she had only been a teenager when she had me.

"I had some help," she admits.

"Who?"

"That I cannot tell you."

"Do you think I'll expose you to Thane? Do you think I am one of them now?"

"No. It is safer for you this way; you don't have to know anything. You came looking for answers, and you got it. I didn't do all that on my own."

"Why? Mother, why did you throw all of these away? You were finally free; why did you choose to do this?"

"You have no idea how many times I had prayed to get a chance at freedom just so I could get back at 'him'. You thought I dreamt of freedom, but that wasn't just it. If I wanted freedom, I wanted it only for one reason, and that was to watch Alpha Slatle of the New Blood Pack die very slowly. I had been so close, and then... I failed, and I might never have this chance again; I had lost."

My mother was in tears. She had told me about her past, though I suspected she had kept most of it to herself. Slade took away all her childhood memories and tarnished it; he had taken so much from her and... I couldn't even bring myself to be angry at her. He deserved to die.

My only worry was the fact that she had been caught. I had no doubt Thane would find her if I did nothing about it.

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"You will have to leave this pack; I'll make a plan I said to her. I had no one to meet; my only option was Beatrix; she had betrayed me once, but if I promised her she would never have to see my face again... Maybe we could escape; she was in love with Thane, and she would have me out of her way. Of course there was a huge chance she would turn us over, but I had to believe she saw me as a threat; that was the only way we could escape.

I hadn't seen Axel in a while, but I didn't think he would help me against Thane. Yes, he had gone against the Alpha more than once, but his was different. The bond they share was so strong, I had to remember that Axel had sacrificed so much for Thane; if that wasn't love," then what was?

"No, Riley, don't try helping me."

"How could you ask me to do nothing?"noveldrama

"Because I love you."

"I'll get you out of here."

'Riley, listen to me. I know I haven't been the best mother; I know there are many things I did wrong, and I was selfish for not thinking about you, but you were always on my mind. I knew that you

had also been so close to leaving me too; I knew about the bathtub... incident," she says, tears flowing down her eyes.

"How did you know?" I asked horrified; she shouldn't know about this; I knew for a fact that neither Thane nor Axel informed her.

"I overheard them. Just when I was snooping around to get all the information I needed to penetrate into the New Blood Pack. Thane seemed to be sorry; that had been the only reason I didn't go for him first." "It wasn't his fault, that was all on me." I confessed

"I should never have told you about my past; I should have known it was too much for you to bear."

"Mom, please don't take the blame on yourself, this is my fault, my mistake."

"It had so saddened me. I was going to make them both pay... for everything they did to us, but I failed."

"No, you didn't; you tried your best, and you are far from being a failure." I say to her, I couldn't admit to her what I felt for Thane, she would hate me, I didn't want him hurt in any way, but she couldn't know that.

"I want you to do this one last thing for me, Riley. Can you do that?"

"Anything, mother"

"I want you to walk out of here and pretend like you know nothing; no matter what happens to me, I want you to remain quiet; do not give yourself out; this is the only way I would be

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happy wherever I am; I would know you are... alive."

"Nonsense. I'll be back by morning with a plan on how to get you out of this pack; all you have to do is stay in here, don't come out, and don't let anyone in," I said to her. She must have seen it in my eyes; nothing she said would change my resolve, and so she kept silent. I took that as a 'yes'. "I'll be back," I promised on my way out, hoping Thane wouldn't get to her

first.

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