Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Two Hundred and One

My thoughts drifted to Ash. Could he have been stupid enough to come back here with Daemon present?

Something told me Daemon wouldn’t be pleased about me seeing him behind his back.

A small sense of relief washed over me when I realized the footsteps approaching weren’t from a man. There was something feminine, something familiar about them.

It was Empress Julia.

Of course, I would recognize the sound of her footsteps; I had spent over a decade of my life listening to them.

Daemon seemed genuinely surprised. “How did you find this place?” he asked.

“I can’t say. You see, it’s a small secret, Trian–I guess that’s the name you stole.”

Daemon’s eyes drifted from her face to the object she held in her hand: the Nexus Amulet. She had somehow gotten it out of the transparent glass container–perhaps that explained the noise that had alerted us we weren’t alone.

me,” Daemon all but growled.

tsk. Not

was about to

to me fast enough, Trian. I’ll be gone before you

place,” Daemon muttered to himself, as if in

smile widen.

said in a

could feel the tension thickening in the

did a good job fooling me, Daemon. We had no idea that the very person we were searching for was living under our roof. I have to say, I’m more than impressed. More than that, you even got me to trust you. I can’t believe we actually… had sex–though, that wasn’t part of the bad stuff.” She said, her voice laced with

her trust.

same.” He responded, and Julia’s

was about to

a good–looking man was wasting away in the pit, only you weren’t there. You saw an opening and you took it. What I can’t understand is

from

to the chase.