Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

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Chapter One Hundred and twelve

Chapter One Hundred and Twelve

Bruce watched Jade; her eyes trailed to the amulet in his hands.

"So what will it be now, Jade?"

"I'll have the Jewel back."

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"I can't give it to you; I have made a bargain with Vox. The Ife of my daughter, the queen, will be at risk if I do not have this at the time of Vox's return."

"There has to be another way."

"There is no other way.

"Then I'm sorry." Jade says.

It wasn't wise to make an enemy of the sorceress, but he had made a to Riley; she would be disappointed if he failed her.

He closed his eyes and muttered a spell. He didn't want to hurt the sorceress, but he wanted her out of the way. The spell would only make her fall into a deep slumber; the moment this was over, she would awaken. He opened his eyes, only to see Jade unfazed. "I came prepared; I knew you wouldn't be willing to give it up so easily."

The warlock didn't expect the kick Jade had sent at him; she was never a physical person. She got him hard in the kneecap, and he had let go of the amulet, she used the opportunity to grasp it, and then she was gone. He couldn't chase after her; he was trapped in this damned building.

There was a knock on the door. He knew it was Riley.

How do he tell her that he had lost the very thing they had placed the bargain with Vox on? He couldn't fail her again.

He heard her call his name twice-the second time, panic laced her voice; she didn't trust him; he knew that; that's why she feared he had set her up. He couldn't blame her; he hadn't exactly been a good person, let alone a father.

"A moment!" he called back and rose to join his daughter. He hoped she wouldn't notice his limp, but the thing about Riley is that she never did miss anything.

Jade paced around the clearing in the woods, the amulet in her hands. Vox would kill Riley if he believed he had been tricked; for some reason, she felt the need to keep the Half Demon Queen alive, and so she had to return back to Bruce; she was going to agree to his plan and hope it wouldn't turn out to be her biggest mistake.

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RILEY'S POV

"So what are we supposed to do with Vox's bones?"

"I don't know, bury them?" Bruce responded.

"I have an even better idea: why not we spread them across the seas? There no one would ever be able to find

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them. Daemon says, and I couldn't deny that idea seemed to make even more sense.

"No. Leave it to me; I'll find a place for it."

Daemon turned to me. "It has been a long day. Bruce's house has many rooms; perhaps we settle in one and head back to the pack tomorrow?"

"There is no more 'we..".

I had taken one of the rooms in Bruce's house, one very far way from Daemon's.

I wanted to be away from the pack; even if it was for a few hours, all I needed was a moment to think on how to rescue Thane. There was a knock on the door, and I went to open it, believing it was Bruce, but Daemon stood by the door. I attempted to slam the door shut, but his foot at the loop hindered me from doing just that.

"At least, listen to what I came here to tell you."

"I don't want to hear anything you have to say."

"Riley..."

"No! If you think the fact that you denied Vox at his death grounds means you are now in my good books, then you are wrong.

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