Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter One Hundred and Seventy Eight

It had been scary at first.

The knowledge that Nick was in total control was scary, but when I ignored those fears, it was simply amazing. I looked down; from this height everything seemed smaller.

I lost track of time as we ‘flew‘, but too soon we plummeted downwards, and Nick landed elegantly. Only then did I notice how tight I had grasped onto his shirt.

“You could come down now,” Nick says, and I nodded, but my legs wouldn’t cooperate. He chuckled, helping me down.

“That was… wow,” I commented.

“I know right?”

“Is she here?, the sorceress, I mean.”

“Yeah, come with me,” he says. I followed after him.

We were in the woods; this had not been what I expected. A nervous feeling settled over

1. me.

   the woods, dense plants with terrdrils formed a curtain, blocking our view from what lay

   more flowers, their intertwined vines forming

   saw the sorceress for

   me of

   could tell she had been around for a long, long time. Her face was grim, as if we had disturbed her peace and quiet. She was thin–sickly thin–with sharp features.

   here just as I earlier….

   cut Nick off. “My services are not

   ripped it open and then stared at it. Her eyes found mine. She had this eerie feeling to her. She walked towards me, and it took me some great effort not to

   gaze on me,

   hands were cold–very cold. I

   Banished Queen,” she whispered, and I flinched; her words cut deep.

   came here

   what you came here for; I see it in your eyes; you are in search of a gift never freely given to

   most adorable thing she had ever seen. She kept us waiting for five whole minutes, and when she returned,

   says, placing the strands of my

   knifé to Nick. “Come,” she ordered, and he lifted the sleeves of his shirt before approaching her. “You do know what you are about to do,”

   knife and let his blood pour into a bowl; her voice rose as she chanted foreign words, and then she took the same knife, splitting her

   walked to me with the

   be powerful.

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