Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Two Hundred and Four

Chapter Two Hundred and Four

The Rogue leaders had waited. When the two days were over, I invited them into the meeting room.

A maid brought over bottles of beer, and Edna was the first to take a deep gulp, the others following soon after. The maid excused herself.

“Edna, Skale, Kev, Gal, and of course, Timothy. Welcome to the Nightshade Pack.”

“I didn’t remember keeping you waiting this long when you paid us a visit.” Edna said to me.

“I’d hoped you’d get impatient enough to leave.”

Edna chuckled; it was silent and humorless. “Unfortunately, we’ve come to speak on an important matter.”

“I assumed as much.”

“We allowed a peace treaty with you once, and now we’ve come to discuss the terms.”

I told you that if you couldn’t keep the rogues under control, there would be war. This time, something tells me you were the brains behind the

the rest, we believed you were gone,

guess you

“Sorely.”

next. “Many see you as some kind of god Only a god could

I’m just a man of my

peace isn’t something I have to offer. You attacked my Luna; the arrow

intention of staying out of your business, as long as you stayed out of mine. That was the agreement. But you didn’t honor it. If you want to know what I am… I’m your greatest fear.

bottle of beer onto

not succeed.”

before. They

Edna said, his patience thinning.

nothing of value

I do. I could offer you the rogue who shot the arrow at the Luna. He survived with only a few burns. Consider this my attempt at making

But I know what will count as an effort

crack right there, but instead, he set his pride

me, and I’ll decide if it’s good enough. After all, you led the attack. Why should the man who

it. He sprang to his feet so quickly that his chair flew to the opposite side of the room.