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..."

The moment my feet touched the floor, my legs gave out. He caught

are severely sore." He said, and I could almost see the guilt in his eyes. Not many

the points that there are to

"That almost feels too

me when I say, you deserve them all, mystery

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listen to that sound

mysterious. The only mysterious one in the room is

am very far away from being 'mysterious,'

"I don't believe you."

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

because it felt like it, but the truth was

was young-a child. An orphan. I think there was someone I had been close to back

ago, but the thought of you ever

memory away.

had ignored them then, but now,

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a woman to throw me off course.