Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter 451

Chapter Sixty Nine

I knew Julia was going to pay me a visit–I had anticipated it. But as the hours passed, I began to hope I had been pardoned. That hope shattered when I awoke from my slumber to find her seated in the chair facing me.

“Empress.” I acknowledged, about to rise to my feet.

“There would be no need for that,” she says.

I looked up to see Trian standing there, his gaze hard.

“I’m so sorry; I disrespected the Empress, but I didn’t mean to.”

“I hear you are tired of learning.”

“I never said that.”

“Are you calling her a liar?”

It was simply a

to see the use in learning more.” She quoted the very words I had spoken. “When I was little, I had so many questions–why did strange things always happen to me? I asked myself, why me? But as I grew older, I realized

through the signs she

no one knows the exact language she uses. I shows me, but the Encounter is only a few months away. You’re learning these languages so you’ll be able to communicate with her when the time comes. But of course,

her chair and joined me on the bed. Her hands trailed down

(

with someone so unremarkable. I doubt she’s worth your

across her lips. “If I didn’t know better, I would say you are trying to protect her.”

responded. I had never seen a soldier fearless enough to speak

Empress

says, rising to her feet, What do you

and in that moment, I wished to be in Julia’s position; I wished to have his hungry eyes on

“You will have a new guard to watch over you for a

wanted Trian, but of course I couldn’t say that out loud, not to her. I

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