Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Claim Me 610

Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty One

DAEMON'S POV

Earlier...

I stood before the house I had set ablaze, watching as it burned to the ground.

I was a fool to believe I could ever have a silent life. Part of the had craved that kind of peace, while another part longed for more-wanting to rule and, at the same time, have the girl I loved by my side. I wanted both, and that was the problem: I could only choose one.

I picked wrong.

I stared at the amulet, the only thing I had retrieved from the house I had set on fire.

I had promised to protect her; I had promised to keep her safe and away from harm's way, and I failed. The moment she was taken, I returned to the castle to find her, but the empresses weren't as unwise as they had been before. They had found the strongest witches and sorceresses to cast a spell on the castle, preventing my entry. The spell was strong enough to serve its purpose, but it must've drained those who had cast it. They would need months to recover.

to save her. The question was: how long would it take?

empresses wouldn't keep her alive that

couldn't contain the flames; everything I touched, I burned

on her face when I left her open and vulnerable to go after the amulet that had the power to strip me of my title. Hours passed, and I wondered

would toss the jewel into the middle of the sea and be done with it, yet I still

the presence behind me but refused

know

to be in a very

noticed, just so you could keep whatever

not here to talk down to you or judge

to face him. "Then why are you here,

the girl, but you didn't follow through. Perhaps I was wrong-maybe she's

my reach,

the greed there. It was part of our nature as demons. Greed and lust for more power-we

amulet.