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.”

why a sorceress would want to awaken the

Overlord.

Jade. He is dangerous; if he awakens, who knows what

don’t really care; all I want is for Ralph to be free.”

it all made sense. “You love Ralph, and Vox took him captive, didn’t

do this if I am going to see him ever again.‘

all we know?” I said, knowing

but it

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

ears.

Not. Dead.” She sneered. Her eyes returned to their usual color, and

“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 everything you

reason to kill Ralph. He is still alive, and Vox will free him when he has

a candle and placed it in the middle of the room. She drew an arc around

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come. She brought

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was wrapped in a white cloth, but I could see parts of his body; his head held only a few strands of grey hair his lips cracked and dry, his eyes had