Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Claim Me 628

Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty Nine

DAEMON POV

Her blood tasted every ounce human. I pulled back, suppressing the urge to gag. It's been a long time since I tasted something so painfully plain-I'd almost prefer the sting of venom-tainted blood to this.

"What's wrong?" Kaida's worried voice cut through the haze.

"Nothing. She's saying the truth—at least one truth. She's no more than a human now."

"Now that you know that," she said, placing her palm on her neck as if to shield it from me. The empresses had this issue with being fed from-they felt tainted, violated. The fact that she offered told me she was desperate. Can you now listen to what I have to say?" she asked.

I wanted to consider the possibility that she was telling the truth, but reconciling her past actions with her words now was difficult.

"Speak." Alexander urged.

"The High Regents have taken over from the empresses. They are far more ruthless, and I fear they won't be as hesitant as I am if they lay their hands on her."

"They won't find her." I said.

"You don't understand, they would do anything in their power just so they could be rewarded by the goddess. You need to go to her and make sure she's safe. I came as soon as I could to warn you before it's too late."

A strange kind of panic settled over me. The room disappeared, and suddenly, I stood before Bruce's house.

warlock, and his house had been enchanted so no one unwelcome could get

Sebastian's voice rang

her for

she?"

"She's with the boy, he said, and I nodded, heading

paused by

had told myself

the room, but only Ash was lying on the bed. He stirred

but he looked

was.

panic I had felt

not in there."

leave. I thought she'd been in there

"Well, she's not."

door, leaving it wide open in my

into the night. There was

Hundred

scent, but the recent rain had washed

it.

she had enough of me and wanted out of it all. But something told me that wasn't the case. She knew it wasn't safe.