Chapter Sixty Six
“She seems to be growing on you,” I heard Thane’s voice say in my semi–conscious state. Now I’m left to wonder which side are you on, Axel.”
“Why would you ask such a question, Alpha? You know exactly which side I am on.”
“You’ve disrespected me, Axel, over and again, and it’s all because of her.” He spit out the pronoun ‘Her‘ with disgust.
“I apologize; I just didn’t see it fit…”
“She is my mate Axel; I’ll do as I please with my mate, and you will not interfere in that,” Thane says, his voice silent but laced with furry.
“Yes, Alpha,” Axel said after a moment.
“Don’t think I’ll let this slide,” Thane said to Axel.
I heard the sounds of footsteps approaching, and stopping right next to me.
“Riley, I know you are awake, so quit the pretence.” Thane said, and whatever haziness I felt cleared of. I got up from the bed.
I was in the Axel room and not our room.
“I didn’t hear a thing,” I lied
“Oh, don’t worry, princess; I wanted you to hear all of that, so y you didn’t.”
don’t need to lie or pretend
“Don’t punish him,” I pleaded, giving up the act. “It wasn’t his fault, it was mine.”
“Sweet, you want to be punished in his stead?,” he asks, and 1 hesitate, surprised by his retort. A part of me thought – hoped Thane regretted punishing me so bad, he wouldn’t be trying it anytime soon. But Thane always manages to exceed all my expectations, and I don’t mean this. in a positive way.
“Don’t Riley, I can take it.” Axel assured me, still looking all calm and cool, but his eyes held at warning; he was simply telling me to ‘shut the fuck up‘ just by his stare.
“I want to know,” Thane said, settling beside me with a wicked glow in his eyes. “Are you in love with my Beta, Axel?”
“She is to be mated to you,” Axel said, confusion clearly written on his face.
“Yet she prefers your company.
“Maybe if you start treating me right, or better yet, behave like you have a heart, even if nothing is in there, just maybe I’ll stop being scared of you.” I answered
“I think I prefer ‘not‘ pretending like I have a heart; no need to raise your hope only to hurt
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you more when I don’t live up to expectations; the lower expectations, the better.”
“What do you want with me?, why are you here?
“I want to show you something; I think you would like it.”
“It can wait. What I need is some rest, alone, here. Maybe you could go show this thing of interest to Beatrix.”
“Again with Beatrix, could you let that rest a little?”
“No”
“Why? Are you jealous?”
“No, you deserve each other,” I said to him, and I wondered why he hadn’t picked her; I doubt she would have disagreed.
“There is nothing shaming about accepting that you were jealous. I was too, when with Trent.” He says and I held back my surprise. How could he be jealous of the dance I shared with Trent, and be completely okay with Axel being so… close?
danced
“That’s not what bothered you more; what did bother you was the fact that I didn’t ask for your permission.” I responded
“That too,” Thane admitted.
“So were you expecting me to turn him down?”
“I’m a very possessive person, if you didn’t know”
well, I don’t know about that, you
were going to strip me naked before the whole pack!”
“Come with me.
“And if I don’t want to?”
“You don’t really have an option here, Riley,” he says, and I hold back my retort. I pushed away the covers and walked past him to Axel.
“Would you come with us?”
“No, he would not,” Thane said from behind me.
I inhaled deeply, walking out of the door. Thane followed, and soon he was by my side. He took my hands and I did try to pull free of his hold, but again this was all for the ‘show‘.
“Do you even know where you are going?” He asked
“No,” I muttered.
You are going the wrong way. We to pay a visit to the dungeons.”
That couldn’t be good.
are goin
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“What are we going to be doing down there?”
“Afraid I will lock you in? Don’t worry, I still find you amusing… for ‘now“.
My stomach dropped. Was that a joke? I couldn’t tell.
The dungeons were located on the last floor, maybe even connected to the underground chamber; the place had been lit up by dim bulbs, adding to the dread of it. I could hear muffled screams; they seem to be coming from somewhere behind those walls, and that was indeed strange. Two long rows of tiny cell rooms lined the place.
Thane led me away from all those to a door guarded by two huge and scary–looking soldiers, and they pulled it open, letting Thane walk in, and I followed.
The door was slammed shut.
This particular room had only a single cell.
“What do you want to show me?” I asked, afraid now, there was nothing to see here. Maybe his intention was to lock me up in that cell.
“Haven’t you wondered how your ex–mate Ryder is faring?”
“He is alive?” I questioned, surprised.
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“Shocking right?. I saved him up for a while, just so you could choose how to end him.” Thane said, taking my hands, he placed the handgun I hadn’t realized he held on my hands. “Now you get to make a decision.”
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