Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

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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."

change, about the part of

read you, did you?" she asked and then chuckled. The sound was a bit off-putting. "There's no such thing as fortune tellers. No one can tell

"But

just made some

different from the moment I met him. When I touched him, I felt his power. I could tell he was powerful, and given that he had taken such a lowly position as a soldier, it was clear he had ulterior motives- ones that involved you. It was obvious those motives would lead to a huge change, probably one you were practically dying

in the way Daemon looked at me, but

1. it.

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

about me meeting an

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old friend she referred to had been

It had all

been right about fortune tellers; they

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fortune teller, then why deceive

conversation. I would have liked to ask why she hadn't warned me when she discovered that Trian was hiding something, but then again, she might have been trying to protect herself. If

go now." Ash said to

out of here, people will recognize

on you," Agatha said. She picked up a

grass-and then muttered more foreign words before

at me.

every other time she did her 'magic', I didn't

that supposed