Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

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Chapter Forty Two

For the next few days, Daemon didn't visited. I assumed he was severely injured, though a part of me wondered if he had actually... died.

I was heading to Daisy's; she might be the pack's healer, but she was the only one I could talk to, and I needed a distraction now more than ever. "Riley," the melodious voice called, and I stopped.

Anger, That was all I felt at that moment; I turned around slowly. Isabella had a smile on her face which disappeared the moment her gaze met mine; I guess I wasn't doing a very good job hiding what I was feeling at the moment. "How do you feel, Isabella, knowing you've won?"

"What are you trying to say?" she asked; she was going to play the fool.

I moved towards her, pulling her dress slightly to the side. "The mark."

"He told you; I told him not to."

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"And why did you think Thane would keep secrets from me?"

"It's not what it seems."

"It is exactly that, and see, this little talk about friendship and all, it really wouldn't work."

"I know that. I had made him do this only because I wanted to help."

"Only that?"

"Riley, I knew what would happen after he marked me, but this was the only way, believe me. I told him to keep it a secret because I had decided to stay as far away as possible from the both of you and I knew you wouldn't take the news well." "You were going to do that?" I asked, surprised

"Yes." She answered.

"I don't really understand why."

"I told you before, the fact that we love the same man doesn't mean we have to be enemies. I want us to be friends, and while I know that can't work now, I am not going to give up trying," she said, before walking past me.

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Chapter Forty Two

"Isabella." I called, and she paused. "Thank you for helping him."

She nodded and continued on her way.

I had wanted my son to have the best childhood; I wanted him to have both his parents by his side. But everything had changed because Isabella would always be a part of the picture. No, I didn't hate her; I was simply... jealous. Jealous of how mature and selfless she was, she had offered that we both had Thane and why I would never agree to that; she still wanted to be friends with me, the very woman who replaced her after her death. But that wasn't the only reason I was jealous; I was jealous of the fact that she only could help Thane, and once again I could do nothing. I was jealous of the fact that she was his true mate, his fated mate, chosen for him by the moon goddess, and there I was, just a... substitute.

I stopped right in front of Daisy's apartment. I knocked, but there was no response. I tried the handle, and to my surprise, the door was unlocked. Maybe she wasn't home yet- but then why would she leave her door unlocked then?; I should return back to my room, but that was the last place I wanted to be. I walked into her apartment, and I heard the muffled sounds coming from the inner room.

"Daisy," I called again, but there was yet again no response. I walked towards her room, and only then did I realize that they weren't just sounds, but sex noise.

Daemon had her pinned against the wall, fucking her hard while biting into her neck. For a moment I stood there, watching them; Daisy had her eyes closed and her mouth open.

Daemon turned, and his eyes met mine. He had a sinister smirk on his face, his hand circled around her neck in a chokehold, but his eyes still remained on me. I could read the silent threat in his eyes: 'Do anything stupid, and she is dead." I backed away slowly, and then I turned around and sprinted away.

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Daemon was here in the pack and very much alive.