Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Two Hundred and Nineteen

Right before we reached the front yard, a man who looked to be in his late forties stepped outside, a hunter’s rifle in his hand, aimed directly at us.

Ash instinctively placed his body right in front of mine to shield me.

“Bruce. It’s me.”

The man didn’t lower the weapon for a long while, and I worried he might shoot. Just then, another woman stepped out. She seemed a few years older.

“Bruce, put the gun down,” she said, her tone affectionate. It was clear that they shared some kind of bond- either siblings or a couple.

The man whose name I just realized was Bruce finally put down his weapon. He walked towards us.

“What are you doing here?” he asked, fury laced with his words.

“I knew you told me not to return here, but I had to. This is the only place she can be safe.”

Ash stepped aside to reveal me, and the man’s eyes met mine. But unlike the many lustful stares that usually fixated on my cleavage, he simply looked away. I wondered if the spell Agatha had put on me was still lingering. I usually got more than just a single glance from men.

“She’s the chosen one, isn’t she?” He said.

I hadn’t been called that in a while, and I didn’t really like the term, but I kept those thoughts to myself.

Ash nodded to the man’s question.

“And she is in danger.”

“So, you thought bringing her here and directing ‘them‘ to us was the best option.”

“They won’t be able to find this place even if they tried. You are the greatest warlock alive.”

“And there’s a reason I’m still alive,” he said, motioning toward me. “It’s because I stay out of this kind of thing.”

mine. “I’m Kate, and this is my husband,

but if they didn’t want us here,

the front porch was decorated with flowers and plants growing in various pots.

growing them; they’ve become a part of

very beautiful; you’ve done a marvelous job.” I

even more flowers, but other than

picture was similar to the one Julia had shown

“Is that…”

Kate said. Her

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resemblance. “You’re her parents?” I asked, and Kate

daughter. Our

could only mean one thing. They were grandparents to the werewolf king, Alpha Ethan

how the Alpha King had to take on responsibilities at a young

judgment in my gaze, but she said nothing. I didn’t think asking was the right

a wolf?” he asked, probably to enlighten me—or maybe to lighten the mood. “Bruce was the one who helped me.”

a warlock. Perhaps that explains why he seemed young, even if I

I’ve never met a

his gaze shifted to Ash. “We need to talk.” He said

you both some soup,” Kate

who smiled warmly. She seemed so kind, and I couldn’t understand what had happened between her and her grandson that had thrown them so far apart.

questioned. “You know I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t

before the man asked. “How

“I don’t know.”

conversation was too quiet for my ears to catch, and after a moment, they both walked out of the and I room, just as Kate entered with a tray in her hands. Two bowls of soup sat on the

nice,” I said, taking a taste. Once again, I was reminded of Daemon and his

“Hmmm,” Ash agreed.