Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Claim Me 604

Chapter Two Hundred and Fifteen

Still in shock, I didn't realize there was another person in the hut until he spoke.

“Aliyah,” Ash called as he walked toward me, his eyes scanning me as if checking for injuries. I was in a robe, my hair still wet, but the only visible scars were the healing bite marks on my neck. I quickly hid them with my hair, but of course, he had already seen them.

"I'm sorry I couldn't come

abo

he said genuinely.

"There's nothing to be sorry at least you came," I said, relieved to be away from the castle. My gaze returned to the old woman, who stood there watching us. I couldn't help but find her a little creepy. Today, she had black tribal markings painted on her face,

"She's a witch," Ash said.

"I thought she was just a fortune teller."

"Thankfully, she's not."

"How do you know her?" I questioned.

"Well, it's a long story, but I've known Agatha for a while."

He knew her name?

"Just keep in mind, I won't be doing you any more favors, wolf boy."

Wolf boy?

"Understood and thank you."

know. About the big change, about the part of falling in love and... the pain. You were right about Dea-Trian's

you, did you?" she asked and then chuckled. The sound was a bit

"But

made some

that involved you. It was obvious those motives would lead to a huge change, probably one you were practically dying for. The part about falling in love? That was easy to guess too. I could tell by the way you looked at him, and the way

that there was nothing in the way Daemon looked at me, but I decided against

1. it.

loving him would only lead to more pain because falling in love

also mentioned something too, about me meeting an old

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words trailed off. The old friend she referred to had been Ash-Ash,

It had all really been a

right about fortune tellers; they were mostly

1/2

Hundred

not a fortune

warned me when she discovered that Trian was hiding something, but then again, she might have been trying to protect herself. If keeping silent meant staying out of any

to go now."

of here,

spell on you," Agatha said. She picked up a jar,

more foreign words before

at me.

other time she did her 'magic',

that supposed to do