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 placed me back on the

almost see the guilt in his eyes. Not many things

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

chuckled at that. "That almost feels too

say, you deserve them all,

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laugh from him; I could listen to that sound for years and

very mysterious. The only mysterious

I am very far away from being 'mysterious,' but he-he was

"I don't believe you."

know about your position as the 'Blessed' and all, but I have no idea about your past. Did you spend all your life in

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

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, only

but the thought of you ever suffering..." He closed his eyes, as if trying

memory away.

weeks ago. I had ignored

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took was a woman to throw me