Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter One Hundred and Eighty Two

1 had been a fool. They had played me for one.

All those years, I had waited. I had believed them, but they were the true villains, hiding behind a façade of false holiness.'

"When you discovered this, why didn't you try to save me from them? Why didn't you do anything?"

"I did. I sought out a powerful warlock to cast a spell on me I knew the only way I could be with you was to take another form. So, I became a wolf and listened to every single thing you said. You cried a lot, and I blamed myself

even more.

But the warlock had warned me-the longer I stayed in that form, the more likely I'd remain that way. At some point, I lost all my human sense and truly believed I was one of the other wolves.

I came to you as soon as I could, Aliya."

I stared at the man-he could be a complete stranger or someone I had known all my life. Yet, for some reason, I trusted him. I believed him.

"How could you subject yourself to that for all those years just to watch over me?"

I asked, completely awed and surprised that a person could make such a grave sacrifice.

are

my smile

always known that

their mates, but that doesn't apply to

different from

I don't feel that way about you, and

had spoken without grasping the weight of my words.

know you came here with the Demon Overlord. But soulmates are different from mates. Mates are two people destined to be life partners, sharing a committed bond. But soulmates are more complex than that. Being your soulmate means

know what

take in, and you

time. After a few minutes, I finally spoke. "This all seems unfair to you. Why do you have to spend your life being 'anything' I

You become

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not fair, is there a way

But even if there were, I wouldn't want that. So, Aliyah, what

always felt alone back in the castle; all I wanted was

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know." I