Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter One Hundred And Fins Five

Chapter One Hundred and Fifty Five

425 BOHUS

The bond was gone, leaving a void in my chest. But what I felt for him didn't change. Despite the fact that we were no longer mates, I still loved him. I was right-what we had was beyond the mate bond.

I had given up far too quickly, I realized. I wasn't willing to let him go just yet.

The crowd was gone by the time I returned to the healing room. I stood by the door of the room where Alexander had been kept, contemplating what to say. I could apologize again, but something told me it wouldn't be enough. He believed I could 'move on,' but he needed to see that I never would that I could never love another. My heart belonged to him, mate bond or not. Nothing had changed. And maybe, if he saw that, he would change his mind.

Taking a deep breath, I knocked on the door. No response. I lifted my hand to try again when the door creaked

open.

I pushed it fully open-only to find the bed empty.

was still strong, enough to tell me he hadn't been gone for long. I walked into

is the Alpha?"

her eyes.

do you mean by 'gone'? He was supposed

but he wouldn't listen. He's gone, Luna, and... I

could catch up. I followed his scent

scent had completely...

slipped from my

followed it; I wasn't going to

still, I hadn't found him or picked up another trail. With each passing hour,

minutes, rain poured down in sheets. If there was any trail, I wouldn't be able to find it now. Still I couldn't go back; I had to find him He couldn't have left me. Maybe he was just angry... maybe he would return in a few days. But even

the log in my path and tripped, falling into a puddle of thick mud and decayed

and I might never be able to find him. He left no letter, nor did he bother with a goodbye. Maybe he

1. go.

sounded off in my ears. Then the figure

"We heard you ran off, but no one knew where you were. I was worried you'd