Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

Chapter Ninety Three

1 rose to my feet. It didn't make much of a difference. Vox had a very intimidating height.

"Now you listen to me." I said to Vox, "You are in my pack didn't remember inviting you here. You captured my mate too. In his absence, I am the leader here, so you could go be the Lord over your little demons but not here." "Shut up, Riley." Damon warned.

"You shut up. This is my pack, and I will sabotage every single plan you make."

Vox had a look of irritation on his face; suddenly I felt a burning sensation right in my chest, spreading through my whole body, and I fell down to my knees.

"What... what are..." I couldn't complete the word. I coughed out blood; the pain only got more unbearable.

"I still need her alive. The pack needs their Luna for now; with her by my side, there would be fewer suspicions." "Then put your woman on a leash.'

The pain seized, and Vox was gone; he had just... disappeared.

"He would have killed you." Daemon said to me.

"Isn't that why you brought me here?"

"Can't you get it? I don't want you dead, and if you are going to die; it will be by my hands."

"I wouldn't stand by and watch you do these."

"You don't have an option, and I hope you've learned never to disrespect the Demon Overlord in that manner ever again."

He gave me his hand to help me up, but I ignored it. Rising to my feet, I walked away from the empty room and headed straight for the gardens.

Daemon didn't have to lie for my sake; he didn't have to take the blame, but that doesn't make him any less of the monster he is.

I sat on the bare ground in the garden. The only thought keeping me sane was the assurance that Ethan was safe; everything else seemed to be going all bad. Anytime I thought about Thane, all I felt was pain. Jade was dead now and so was Regnux.

I spotted Pricilla, Axel's mother, who now worked as a maid. She stood some distance away, looking a bit nervous; she kept on staring at me every once in a while like she wanted to tell me something. I couldn't help but notice how Axel did have a resemblance to her. Finally, she walked to me.

"Good day, Luna."

"Priscilla, how have you been?" I asked, not exactly in the right mood for a conversation.

"I've been better." She paused. She seemed to be holding back on saying something. "See you around, Luna."

I watched her walk away, my eyebrow arched. That was very... strange.

"Riley." The voice called from behind me. He sounded so much like Thane, and for a moment I wanted to close my

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eyes and pretend it was him, but it wasn't.

"I want to be alone; please let me be."

"It's late in the night; you should be sleeping."

"This is the only place I find solace. When I return back in there, I have to remember things; I have to remember what a mess my life is and how messier it's going to become. I don't want to go back to the room." "Then can I join you?"

"No. You are right at the center of everything I don't want to think about."

Despite my decline, he still walked up to me.

"I didn't want any of this."

"Come on, we all know you are the villain; you live for things like this."

"No. I never asked Vox to make me this... powerful, neither did I want to do his bidding, though I can't deny it does have its allure sometimes."

I turned to him. "What you are doing, it's wrong. Please just... stop.".

"Why? What else do I have to live for?" He questioned and now I could understand him, Vox gave him purpose.

The pack could move on without me; I had no doubts Thane would be capable of raising our son. Even if I would have to live every single day of my life in regret, I would know it was worth it.

"Then I will run away with you; I won't try to escape; I'll be just what you want me to be and more; I'll never mention Thane's name; I'll try my best to love you, all we have to do is make the pack and every other person believe that I'm dead or we could create a cover up story: no one will come after me; it will be just the both of us, forever."

"I wanted that once."

"And nothing has changed, Daemon."

"No, everything has changed." He says.

"You don't love me anymore-that is what changed, isn't it?"

"With Vox, that offer can never be an option; he will haunt me and kill you."