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.”

it never made sense why a sorceress would want to awaken

Overlord.

just as stupid, Jade. He is dangerous; if he

care; all I want is for Ralph to be free.”

love Ralph, and Vox took him captive, didn’t he?”

if I am going to see him

know?” I said, knowing just how

but it

placed my hands around my ears, didn’t

ears.

sneered. Her eyes returned to their usual

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 did was all in

Ralph. He is still alive, and Vox will free him when he has been

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

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she was doing. She was attempting the ritual, again. I dreaded what was to come. She brought forth a pot filled with coal; she set that on fire with a

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I assume was Vox’s body; it was wrapped in a white cloth, but I could see parts of his body; his head held only a few strands