Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Thren

Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Three

I awoke in bed, wrapped in a blanket-but beneath it, I was completely naked. Daemon lay beside me.

"I'm sorry." He said, "I lost control."

I recalled passing out and couldn't help but feel embarrassed. "That wasn't on you. It was my fault."

"Not really. You passed out from blood loss. I should have fed before, but I had never tasted any blood as sweet as yours," he said.

"That feels and sounds like a compliment."

A small smile played on his lips. "Now, everything else tastes like dirt."

"You're always welcome to drink from me.

"No. I'm not putting you through that."

I reached for my neck, and the bruise from his fangs was almost completely gone. "How...?"

"You don't have to worry about that," he said.

I nodded, rising from the bed.

"You shouldn't..."

feet touched the floor, my legs gave out. He caught me instantly and

almost see the guilt

last night, you've earned all the points that there are to

"That almost

say, you deserve them

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I could listen to that sound for years and never

am not very mysterious. The only mysterious

joking, because that wasn't true. I am very far away from being 'mysterious,' but he-he was like a mystery

"I don't believe you."

your position as the 'Blessed' and all, but I have no idea

to say yes, because it felt like it, but the truth was

faintly remember a time before that. I was young-a child. An orphan. I think there was someone I had been close to back then, but I can't remember. All I know is that the Empress took me away from that miserable life,

have been years ago, but the thought of you ever suffering..." He closed his eyes,

memory away.

recalled his words from weeks ago. I had ignored them then, but now, thinking about them left me

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throw me off course. History