Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

"I doubt there's anyone worse than the Demon Overlord himself."

"Maybe there aren't. I am not a good person; I am the villain of the story, and yet... I would kill for you. Strange that all it takes is one woman to knock me off course, history repeating itself."

I didn't know what exactly he meant by that, and I didn't really care.

"You had no right to drug me."

"You are right, I didn't, nor did I have any right to tie you up, but it had to be done."

For a moment I could close my eyes and pretend that he was still Trian Valtor, the man I fell in love with, but he wasn't.

"I want to be alone."

"You don't want that."

"So you'll tell me what I want now?"

"I'm trying to keep you safe, but you aren't making things easy for me, Aliya."

"That's the plan; I don't intend to make things easy for you. I hate you, Daemon. I hate you for deceiving me, and I wish you died."

A dark look crossed his eyes. "I am still the same man you fell for."

"No, you're not."

"You say that, yet I can see the relief in your eyes. I don't think you really wanted me dead."

"I stabbed you in the heart."

"With this." He said, twirling the dagger in his hands. "This can't kill me."

"How did it feel?" I asked.

"What?"

"How did it feel watching me fall for your lies?"

The smirk disappeared from his lips. "Aliya—"

"How did it feel?" I demanded.

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"I could have taken you away from the castle the first time we left. It would have been easy, but I didn't. I waited. I told myself it was because you weren't ready yet, but that was not entirely true. The truth is, I knew that once we were away, you'd see me for who I really am, and everything would change. I didn't want things to change, Aliya. I might have lied about my name and almost everything else, but one thing was real-I liked being close to you. I miss the way you trusted me, the way you believed in me. I thought it would be easy to get over what I felt for you, but it isn't."

"How do I know this isn't just another lie? You admitted it yourself-everything you told me was a lie. Everything that happened between us was just a ploy to make me trust you."

Daemon stalked toward me, but this time, I didn't back away. Slowly, he leaned in—and then he kissed me. For a few seconds, I was frozen, but then I found myself kissing him. back. His sharp fangs grazed my lips; how had I not noticed them before? His tongue brushed against my lips, seeking entrance, and I let him.

I felt his hands on the small of my back; going lower, he grabbed my ass, lifting me up. On instinct, I wrapped my legs around his waist. A moan escaped my lips when he rocked me gently against him. The clothes felt like a barrier, and at that moment I wanted him to rip them off...

He killed Vera, he killed those soldiers, and he didn't mind ending the lives of many more innocents to get what he wanted. What the hell was I doing? He sensed my hesitation, and finally I pulled away from him, my breaths still raspy. "I don't want..."

"It didn't seem so."

He held me against him, giving me no chance to escape; he kissed my lips, his hands trailing up my thighs.

"You won't force me." I said.

"Yet you want me to. Perhaps if this could be written off as rape, you wouldn't have to worry about how guilty you'd feel, fucking the same man who'd murdered innocent people."

"I lifted my hand to slap him, but he caught it in midair, already anticipating my move.

"You are wrong." I argued.

He wasn't. I wanted this; I wanted

the villain to make love to me, and I wouldn't have to feel guilty about it. Maybe he wasn't the only crazy person in the room. He placed another kiss on my forehead, and I realized it was over; he wouldn't make any more advances towards me. I should be relieved, right?

Yet strangely, I wasn't.noveldrama

"Come downstairs, your food is getting cold."