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.

to tell me he hadn't been gone for long.

the Alpha?"

her eyes.

mean by 'gone'? He was supposed to be here, under

him the same, but he wouldn't listen. He's gone, Luna, and... I don't think

been gone for long-l could catch up. I

scent had completely...

my

wasn't going to give up; I couldn't. I

I hadn't found him or picked up another

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 as the thought crossed my mind, I knew I was only clinging to false hope. I still remembered his plea for me to set him free. He

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

to find him. He left no letter, nor did he bother with a goodbye. Maybe he knew that if he told me he was leaving, I would never

1. go.

called, but I couldn't place the voice-everything sounded off in my ears. Then the figure stepped

gasped. "We heard you ran off, but no one knew where you