Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Two Hundred

Chapter Two Hundred

I shouldn’t be thinking about Ash’s words, but I was. No matter how many times I tried to shove them out of my mind, they always found their way back.

“Dinner is served. Come eat,” Daemon announced. Staring at him, I could almost forget that he was a demon; he just seemed so… human. But when you looked deeper into those dark blue eyes, that’s when you noticed something off–something that screamed predator.

“I’m not hungry.”

“That’s a lie. Come with me,” he said. I might be hungry, but I was in no mood to eat, yet I followed him. He had already dished out the food for me and, as usual, none for himself.

“Thank you.” I muttered, taking a seat. The smoky scent of spiced grilled meat filled the air. On any other day, it would be enough to make my mouth water and my stomach rumble, but this time, I could barely force myself to eat more than a few small pieces.

“Aliyah,” Daemon called, and I looked up at him. “I can make something else if you don’t like this.”

“It’s not that. I’m just not hungry.”

He watched me, to himself.

prying into me—as if they could read me. “Something

a sharp breath. “You know what? You’re

do you

What are we doing? Are we like a couple? Is marriage on your list of things to do?

he’d never heard the

something couples

know what it is.” He said, and then he carefully studied me. “Where is

have enough time to think, and I don’t know

only covered getting you here and keeping you alive, but you don’t have to

two couples getting to know each other better, but

The blessed, the chosen, the maiden.

him to say something–anything. But he didn’t, and as the silence stretched, my

I want to understand why you do the things you do, but it is impossible to get into your head.”

asked, finally speaking up, but yet he had avoided all my questions.

it; I want to understand how you

been leaning in until he withdrew. A