Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Ninety Two

ALIYA’S POV

“I should have known; gods forgive me for being so stupid. Of course, you will fall in love with him; of course, you will break every rule and destroy everything we’ve spent years building just for one man.” Empress Julia said to me, her eyes filled with clear disgust and disappointment.

I was in her chambers, naked and on my knees, awaiting my punishment.

I had never seen her look so furious before, but I couldn’t even bring myself to care about how she or the other Empresses and High Regents felt.

“You let him into your bed, didn’t you? I imagine he must have been quite the man.” I said, and her whip lashed across my skin; it took every will in me to hold back the cry threatening to escape my lips.

“I wasn’t the one the gods chose; she chose you, and now you’ve shamed her.

Did he defy you?”

“What I did with him is none of your business, Julià.” I sneered at her.

out; I will dig my hands into you and discover if

was supposed

That wasn’t the truth, but

whispered, seemingly satisfied

happen to him… what will happen

the rest of his days down in the

there never makes it out. It wasn’t like any dungeon in a werewolf pack. They called it The Pit for a reason. The castle had an underground pit designed for the worst

had tried to climb its walls, only to fall to their deaths before reaching even a quarter of the way up. Some had been mutilated before they were placed in

even imagine Trian in a

don’t know the meaning of mercy.” I said to her, “You sentenced a man to death, all because he took me outside the castle; you didn’t even give him a trial. He saved me – eaters that would have ripped

that? He saved me from the flesh

–

is impossible; they only exist

fought two of them, and if it hadn’t been for

close,” she said, trying to mask the panic in her eyes.

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