Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley) novel Chapter 354

Chapter Ninety Four 

Chapter Ninety Four 

I couldn’t bring myself to sleep; Thane clouded my thoughts. 

“Still thinking about him?” Daemon asked. We both knew who he was referring to. 

“No.” I lied. 

“I can tell when you are lying.” 

“What difference does it make? It’s not like you will let me go to him.” 

“And what if I can?” 

“Vox wouldn’t let you.” I stated. 

“You know, I have never truly been a ‘free‘ creature. Every time I feel as though I’ve achieved it, I realize I am still in servitude.” 

“It had been from Jade to Bruce and then… Vox.” I said to him, and he nodded in agreement. 

“I want to ask you a question, and I need a genuine answer from you. When I was gone with Jade, you knew what was going to happen to me. Did you at any moment regret your decision? Did you ever think about me?” 

I was silent for a long while. “Daemon, I…” 

“Just answer the question.” 

“You want an answer, then it’s ‘No:. I never regretted my decision; I never thought about you–at least not in the way you think.” 

“Do you hate me, Riley?” 

“I sometimes believe I do. When you become that monster, I do hate you, but then you change, and you act completely different. I want to hate you, Daemon, for everything you’ve done to me. I really want to, and yet…” 

“You don’t,” he completed. 

I couldn’t give a response. 

“When you betrayed me ‘once again,‘ I made up my mind that I was going to make you pay for it. I spent hours and hours thinking about how you were going to suffer, ways I would put you in pain, but then… I saw you. The monster you hate–that’s me, the real me, but anytime I am with you, I want to be something else; I want to become someone you wouldn’t look at with disgust or hatred. I am not supposed to care about what you think of me, and yet I do.” 

– 

“When you warned me not to anger Vox, it was because you wanted me alive?” 

“Yes. I do, despite everything; I still need to be reminded of a reason to kill you. But so many things will change, Riley; I will have to make decisions that will make you very pissed. I will do everything Vox orders me to do, and you will hate me all over again… But before, let this be the one good thing I have ever done.” 

He rose from the bed, and I watched him curiously. “What are you doing?” 

“You may want to grab some food; we are going to see Thane.” 

I didn’t believe it, even as I packed up the food the maids had brought with shaky hands into the bag; I didn’t believe Daemon would do it, but I kept silent. 

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