Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley) novel Chapter 266

Chapter Seven 

Chapter Seven 

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The sorceress, Jade, had warned me, I was to keep it all a secret, but then my priority. had been to keep Thane alive; I couldn’t care less what anyone thought at that moment, and if time was taken back, I wouldn’t have done things any differently, and yet I… worried. 

I walked into my room and shut the door before I noticed I wasn’t alone. 

A man sat on my cushion; no, he was no stranger; he was my… son. The demon I birthed. His mouth was stained with blood. 

I stared at his almost surreal face; every inch of him had been designed to allure 

preys. 

“Mother.” He called. “I’ve missed you. 

“Who’s blood is that?” I questioned. 

“No one from this pack,” he said, wiping it off. “I didn’t want to kill them. I only wanted to make friends, but they were afraid of me, and so I had to.” 

“You don’t have to; you never have to kill people.” 

“Then explain my lust for blood.” 

“You can control it.” 

“I can’t; I tried, and I can’t.” 

I walked to him, cautiously taking a seat beside him. He stretched out his hands for mine, and I slowly placed my hands on his. His hands were cold, but he was very real. 

After the first incident, a part of me began doubting whether it had all happened in my mind. I mean, Thane saw him too, but still, I couldn’t help but doubt, maybe we both saw wrong. 

“You care so much about these people. The very same ones that would turn and stab you in the back.” 

“Not everyone is like that; there are some really good people, and who are we to judge?” 

“How many years have you spent trying to be the perfect Luna and queen for your people?” he asked, and I stared at him, surprised at how much he knew. I thought of all the years I had tried to be the perfect Luna, times I felt inadequate, and all the 

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things I did to get here and now; all they saw me as was a demon, a cursed. “They would never appreciate us; no one would ever understand us. You and me, we have a 

lot in common. 

“I am nothing like you.” I said to him, and in the next moment he was right in front 

of me. 

“You are not a demon like I am, but you are part of me I have what you want, and I can give you that. 

“You cannot give me anything.” 

“I know a lot of things that you don’t,” he says, his fingers trailing down my hair 

and I drew back. “I’d rather die than hurt you; you never have to be afraid of me,” he whispered. 

“And what are these things you know?” I questioned. 

“First, I want to ask something of you.” 

“What is that?” I questioned. For some reason, the alarm I had been feeling earlier on dissipated; it was like my mind didn’t even sense a threat, but it should. 

“You never gave me a name. Did you ever plan on doing that?” 

“No. I never planned on doing that.” 

“I want to be named… by you.” 

“You want a name. I’ll name you Daemon.” 

“Daemon,” he repeated. “I like it.” 

That had been the first name that popped into my mind; it was still a translation of the word ‘demon‘. I watched him smile, and I wonder if there could be more to him. 

“And for my offer. I know what you want. You need a way to get rid of the darkness in you. You want your wolf back, and I can help you with that.” 

“How could you possibly do that?”