Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Seventy One

Chapter Seventy One

DEMON

Jade had brought me back to her little hermitage. I’ve been here before; the small rustic building in the middle of the wood was the closest she had to a home.

I was bound to a chair–not that I could escape if I tried, and she knew that.

“Daemon. She gave you the name, didn’t she?” Jade questioned; I didn’t give her a response; I knew exactly what she was getting at. “What was really going through your mind when you had me locked up? Did you think she would leave everything behind and fall in love with you, and you both would have a family?”

“Stop talking about her.”

“You still care? Even after everything.” She said and chuckled.

“No, I don’t. It took me time to understand that they are all the same, but now I do, and if I want to meet her again, it will be to end her.”

“So you are finally back to your senses; glad to hear that.”

“What do you want with me?”

“The very same thing I’ve always wanted. I need you to free Vox.”

made sense why a sorceress would want to awaken

Overlord.

if he awakens, who knows what chaos he

all I want is for Ralph to be free.”

sense. “You love Ralph, and Vox

if I am going

for all we know?” I said, knowing just

but it

screeching sound filled my head. I placed my hands around my ears, didn’t stop. The high–pitched sound sliced through the air like splintered glass; blood

ears.

She sneered. Her eyes returned to their usual color,

I asked. “How do you know he hadn’t already killed Ralph? Everyone knows how a deal with the overlord always turns out- and that would mean

still alive, and Vox

the room. She drew an arc

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what she was doing. She was attempting the ritual, again. I dreaded what was to come. She

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parts of his body; his head held only a few strands of grey