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.

it to me,” Daemon

Not so fast.”

he was about to lunge for her.

be gone before you even move an

to himself, as if in denial. That only

smile widen.

here I am,” she said in a

could feel the tension thickening in

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 a small, seductive smile. Despite myself, I felt a twinge of jealousy, even knowing this had

her trust.

can’t say the same.” He responded, and Julia’s smile

me feel so stupid,” she muttered. I was about to throw in something like ‘You and me both,‘ but I knew this wasn’t the right time for

the pit, only you weren’t

as if expecting a response from Daemon. When none

cut to the chase. The