Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley) novel Chapter 330

Chapter Seventy 

Chapter Seventy 

“I once told you the difference between a sorcerer and a warlock: a sorcerer is born into magic while warlocks have to earn theirs. 

Our magic comes from a… dark source. All my life, I hungered for power. I believed I wasn’t born to live an ordinary life and I wouldn’t settle for less. I studied every supernatural creature, and that’s how I knew about Vox.” 

“Who is Vox?” I asked Bruce. 

“He is the Demon Overlord, a powerful entity, and he saw me as useful. I went on missions for him- while I wasn’t skilled in the physical aspect, my knowledge and resourcefulness made up for it. I wanted to become his favorite, but with Vox, things don’t work that way. You are only important to him when you are of use. 

I was able to complete all my tasks; I did really bad things, none of which I am proud of, and finally I was rewarded; he made me a warlock. Just as I had wanted. 

Still, I wanted more, and my greed got in the way. 

A warlock’s magic never does die. If a warlock kills another, he gets a portion of their strength, so the more you kill, the more powerful you become. Of course, when I discovered that, I shifted my target. I began hunting for other warlocks; they are the hardest to kill, but I had my ways. I killed ten of Vox’s creatures, and I buried their bodies beneath this very building. With each warlock I killed, I got stronger, and finally I believed I was ready to take him down too 

If I killed him, I would be the next Demon Overlord, and so I began plotting. I was simply careless; I let the wrong people into my circle, and they ratted me out. Vox discovered everything I had been up to, and so he hunted me. I was able to stay hidden for some time due to the protection spell I placed on myself. 

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That had been around the time I met your 

mother. 

The thing about a warlock’s power is that the more it’s getting used, the weaker it becomes. My protection spell wore out, and your mother, Kate and our unborn child were in danger. I had to let her go. It was the hardest decision I had ever made. I didn’t plan to abandon her; the plan was to return to her when things were safer. 

I had gone after yet another warlock; I needed to be stronger if I was going to face Vox, but it turned out to be a trap, and the Demon Overlord was waiting. He didn’t kill me as I thought he would, but instead he sentenced me; I would forever be caged in this building, just like the warlocks I had ended and buried 

beneath it. 

For decades I had tried everything to escape this place but I couldn’t, and that’s why I wasn’t there for you and Kate.” 

“Where is Vox now?” I questioned. 

“He is in hibernation or something similar to that.” 

“Doesn’t that mean you are free?” 

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“No, it doesn’t. I had only managed to leave this godforsaken place a dozen times, and that had been because I was consuming demon blood.” 

“That had been what you needed Daemon for, wasn’t?” 

“Yes. Earlier, the sorceress, Jade, had made me an offer; she was going to supply me pure demon blood, and in exchange I would help her on her quest. I never planned to help, but I accepted the blood; it only took some time before she realized I was never going to keep to my part of the plan, and so…” 

“She stopped supplying that.” 

“Yes. Somehow Daemon discovered me, and so he offered me a constant supply if only I could help him lock Jade away. But the more I took the demon blood, the weaker I became; it had almost killed me the last time. There is no way out for me, except Vox freed me.“,