Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter One Hunted and Trikke

Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Six

“I doubt there’s anyone worse than the Demon Overlord himself”

“Maybe there aren’t. I am not a good person; I am the villain of the story, and yet… I would kill for you. Strange that all it takes is one woman to knock me off course, history repeating itself.”

I didn’t know what exactly he meant by that, and I didn’t really care.

“You had no right to drug me.”

“You are right, I didn’t, nor did I have any right to tie you up, but it had to be done.”

For a moment I could close my eyes and pretend that he was still Trian Valtor, the man I fell in love with, but he wasn’t.

“I want to be alone.”

“You don’t want that.”

“So you’ll tell me what I want now?”

“I’m trying to keep you safe, but you aren’t making things easy for me, Aliya.”

I hate you, Daemon. I hate you for deceiving me, and I

“I am still the same man you fell

“No, you’re not.”

say that, yet I can see the relief in your eyes. I don’t think you really wanted me dead.”

in

said, twirling the dagger in his hands. “This can’t kill me.”

feel?” I asked.

“What?”

feel watching me

disappeared from his lips.

it feel?” I

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left. It would have been easy, but I didn’t. I waited. I told myself it was because you weren’t ready yet, but that was not entirely true. The truth is, I knew that once we were away, you’d see me for who I really am, and everything would change. I didn’t want things to change, Aliya. I might have lied about my name and almost everything else, but one thing was real–I liked being close to you. I miss the way you trusted me, the way you believed in me. I thought it would be easy to get

know this isn’t just another lie? You admitted it yourself–everything you told me was a lie. Everything that happened between us was just a ploy to make me trust you.”

me, but this time, I didn’t back away. Slowly, he leaned in–and then he kissed me. For a few seconds, I was frozen, but then I found myself kissing him back. His sharp fangs grazed my lips; how had I not noticed them before? His tongue brushed against my lips, seeking entrance, and I let

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lifting me up. On Instinct, I wrapped my legs around his waist. A moan escaped my lips when he rocked me gently against him. The clothes felt like a barrier,

killed Vera, he killed those soldiers, and he didn’t mind ending the lives of many more innocents to get what he wanted. What the hell was I doing? He sensed my