Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven

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The sorceress, Jade, had warned me, I was to keep it all a secret, but then my priority. had been to keep Thane alive; I couldn’t care less what anyone thought at that moment, and if time was taken back, I wouldn’t have done things any differently, and yet I… worried.

I walked into my room and shut the door before I noticed I wasn’t alone.

A man sat on my cushion; no, he was no stranger; he was my… son. The demon I birthed. His mouth was stained with blood.

I stared at his almost surreal face; every inch of him had been designed to allure

preys.

“Mother.” He called. “I’ve missed you.

“Who’s blood is that?” I questioned.

“No one from this pack,” he said, wiping it off. “I didn’t want to kill them. I only wanted to make friends, but they were afraid of me, and so I had to.”

“You don’t have to; you never have to kill people.”

“Then explain my lust for blood.”

“You can control it.”

“I can’t; I tried, and I can’t.”

I walked to him, cautiously taking a seat beside him. He stretched out his hands for mine, and I slowly placed my hands on his. His hands were cold, but he was very real.

it had all happened in my mind. I mean,

ones that would

some really good

and queen for your people?” he asked, and I stared at him, surprised at how much he knew. I thought of all the years I had tried to be the perfect Luna, times I felt inadequate, and

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demon, a cursed. “They would never appreciate us; no one would ever understand us. You and

lot in common.

you.” I said to him, and in the next moment

of me.

demon like I am, but you are part of me I have what you want, and I can give you

give me anything.”

that you don’t,” he says, his

I drew back. “I’d rather die than hurt you; you never have to be afraid of me,”

things you know?” I

ask

had been feeling earlier on dissipated; it was like my mind didn’t

never gave me a name. Did you ever

never planned

to be

want a name. I’ll name you Daemon.”

repeated. “I

had been the first name that popped into my mind; it was still a translation of the

I know what you want. You need a way to get rid of the darkness in you.

you possibly do that?”