Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

Chapter One Hundred and Thirty wo

Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Two

KAIDA'S POV

I woke up in the healing room. It took me a moment to remember why I was here.

"Alexander," I called softly, but there was no response. Turning over, I spotted a woman standing a few steps away, her back turned to me.

"Sarah-?"

The woman finally turned to me, her light brown eyes filled with irritation-the very same eyes I had once sworn to close forever. Cynthia.

Why was she here?

I already knew the answer-she had seen me. Of course, she had seen me shoot

at her three times. I was in my most vulnerable state; I didn't think I could even stand on my own without feeling dizzy; I had to take her on wisely.

"How did you get in here?" I asked her.

"It wasn't very hard; my only problem was the Blackwood wolf; he wouldn't leave your side. Well, at least now he's gone."

I pushed up the bed, doing my very best to hide my panic; I couldn't afford to show any sign of fear. "What did you do to Alexander?"

"I did nothing; he's stronger than most, a complication, but he got called for some business and he'd believed that placing guards to watch over you is protection enough."

I almost let out a breath of relief at the fact that Alexander was unhurt and unharmed. I was going to have to stall for time. I didn't know exactly why she was here-or maybe I did;

I couldn't help but feel like the biggest fool of the century. Clearly, being shot thrice wasn't enough to kill her, because here she stood, unscathed.

"Why are you here?" I questioned her.

The thing was, I had been fully covered during that mission. She must have only seen my eyes and made a guess. Perhaps if I played innocent, I could outmaneuver her.

"Do you take me for a fool?" She shot back. Well, I guess she wasn't here by randomly guessing. "But I must say, it was brave of you to attempt to kill me. I dare say, you were braver than both your parents combined."

I jerked up again at the mention of my parents, anger seeping into me. "What do you know about my parents?"

The letter claimed she had killed them, but we weren't sure how much of it was true; one thing was sure: my father would never request that I go against her, and her surprise proved all our suspicions right.

"I know a lot about them. I know your mother, Lydia. She was such a true beauty; I dare say she was more beautiful than you in her youth. Everyone adored her; she was like a sister to me, and we lived together in a small village in the Middle East. Everyone loved her in the village they adored her and worshiped her. It wasn't the same for me; I was a disgrace in their eyes, always making the wrong decisions. But there had been one good thing the moon goddess had offered me. My mate, an Alpha.

You must know what it feels like for an average wolf, living in a small village, to get mated to an Alpha. I was so happy; all of a sudden, I didn't care about any other person or what they thought about me; it was just him. I cared

about him.

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Even after so many years, I still remember that fateful afternoon when he and his soldiers had traveled through our village and I saw him for the first time. I thought he was the most good-looking man I had ever seen. But when he got to me, his eyes—they weren't on me, but on her- Lydia."

She sneered out the name in total disgust.

"He was all I had, all I could brag about, and she had to take him too; he wasn't her mate, and yet... He chose her, just like every other person in the pack; they picked her over me. She begged for my forgiveness; she told me she was in love, but so was I... He was mine and I was his, but she was the beautiful one, and everyone always picks the beautiful one.

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