Chapter One Hundred and One
Chapter One Hundred and One
I didn’t want to believe her. I didn’t. But then, he had told me that night we met for the first time that he needed to convince his father into believing I was his mate; his father was the Alpha King, and he had also told me how he planned to challenge his father… for the Alpha King Title that should have been ‘his‘ by now. I also recalled that one time Thane spoke about his father’s unwillingness to let go of the Title due to the benefits he enjoyed as the Alpha King. As much as I didn’t want to believe her, I knew more than anything that she was saying the truth.
Thane had never told me he loved me, not once; be had said it the night before that love wasn’t supposed to be a part of ‘this‘. Could all these be a game to him?, Could that be the reason he had kept my mother alive, why he saved me?
It made so much sense now; Slade had abducted me because he knew Thane without his mate, would never be the Alpha King, and all along I was just a pawn in his master game. The contract was to be for a period of time, long enough that he gets what he wants, and then I
was no use to him.
A wave of disappointment swept over me, but I couldn’t believe Beatrix that so easily; I had to be sure… I wanted it to be false so badly.
“And what do you want in exchange for this ‘secret?”
“I know you have the Alpha’s ears… for now; You are important to him, I want my position back as Commander; I worked so damn hard for it.”
“Done,” I said, and she looked at me surprised.
Of course it was all up to Thane, but I wanted her to leave, so that I could be left alone with my thoughts.
“I should leave now,” she says, but I gave her no response. She heads for the door, pausing once as if to say something, but thinking against it, she walks away.
“I’m back,” Axel says with a smile that disappeared the moment his gaze found mine. “Are you okay?”
“Yes,” I said too quickly.
“No. You are not okay, what happened?” he inquired. I couldn’t tell him; he was the beta, Thane’s closest friend, yet this was the only way for me to know the truth; this was the only
way
I could confirm what Beatrix had said, and if she was wrong, I would let it go.
“There’s this secret… but promise me that if I tell you this… Thane wouldn’t hear of it.”
“What type of secret is that?” he questions, because his relationship with Thane restricts him from keeping important knowledge from his Alpha.
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“You know what? Forget it; let’s talk about something else,” I say.
But Axel joined me on the cushion.
“If it doesn’t put your life in danger, then I promise.”
“What would happen to me when Thane gets the title as the Alpha King?” I asked, and he was silent for a few seconds, but that was all I needed. “So that’s why he wanted a mate? to claim the title, and then what?… I am discarded?, or worst”
“There won’t be a ‘worst.”
“But that would be the end of whatever this is.”
“Who told you all these?”
“That
was not my question!”
“I need to know.”
“So you could do what? Murder the person? You don’t believe I could figure this out myself?”
“I’m not murdering anybody, Riley.”
“Then answer my question.”
“I don’t know.”
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“But that had been the plan, hadn’t it?”
“Yes. Just as you both had agreed, he was going to let you go in six months, but you don’t need to bother about that now.”
“Oh, I don’t?”
“No. Maybe he had changed his mind.”
“You won’t tell him about this, right?” I asked, but Axel was silent. “You promised me.”
“Okay, okay. I won’t… if I don’t have to,” he replies.
‘If he doesn’t have to?“, I let that slide, not wanting to push him more than I already had; this wasn’t at all his fault.
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