Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter 572

Chapter One Hundred and Eighty Four

Chapter One Hundred and Eighty Four

"I shouldn't have left you alone with her," Daemon said.

"I could handle myself."

"Yes, I saw," he said with a small smirk.

"Your eyes... they're darker," I noted. "You haven't fed yet, have you?"

"It's nothing to worry about," he said, rolling up my shirt to reveal the bruise from Tasha's kick. A low, inhuman hiss escaped his lips. "I shouldn't have let her die that easily," he said-and I knew he meant it.

"Daemon, it's fine. It's just a bruise-it'll heal in a few days," I said.

I was used to bruises, ones far worse than this. One of Julia's favorite

punishments had been whipping, so this was nothing.

"What are you thinking about?" Daemon asked as he applied a colorless ointment

to the bruise.

“Nothing,” I lied, but the way his brow cocked told me he knew better.

"I was thinking about Julia and how much she loved her whip."

He paused, and I wondered if I'd said something wrong.

"She will never get her hands on you again. I'll make sure of that," he promised- and I believed him.

I recalled what Ash had told me earlier.

to me, didn't you?" My eyes met his. "Do

part of their 'sacrifice They could

"But earlier you said..."

didn't mean what I

was very aware of

you fed

"I will."

"When?"

"Soon."

it came out more

"No."

said, feeling the tiniest bit of guilt, that I

completely black before fading back to their original color. I doubted he even noticed the shift, which meant he wasn't

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done applying the ointment, I rose

out the small knife I'd noticed there a few days ago. "Aliyah..." he called, his tone a clear warning, but I ignored him, pressing the

for me to react- and in an instant, the knife

doing?" he demanded, surprisé flashing across

but not quick enough. A thin line of red welled on my wrist, and a single

his expression darkening as if he

war.

let him have a taste. He couldn't hold back now. He bit into my

pulled away too soon,

on my forehead and then on

was the right time, but I needed to ask the question that had been

to ask

smirked. "Always curious. Well,

the hotel, his smile vanishes. The seconds pass by, and he doesn't

also told you she

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