Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

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?”

not. It was

many languages; I fail 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

the signs she

of light speaks, but no one knows the exact language she uses. I shows me, but the Encounter is only a few months away. You’re learning these

whisper. She rose from her chair and joined me on the bed. Her hands trailed down my cheeks and lower to my collar, and then she loosened my nightgown. My punishment was due.

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trouble yourself with someone so unremarkable. I doubt she’s worth your attention.” Trian

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

fearless enough to speak directly to the like she was just

Empress

lot of time to spend.” She says, rising to her feet, What do you suggest I do

an intense look, and in that moment, I wished

over.” She said, “You will have a new guard to watch over you for a night…. or

soldier; I wanted Trian, but of course I couldn’t say that out loud, not to her. I only nodded, and she walked out with Trian following behind. He turned to give me a small smirk