Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

ALIYA'S POV

What the hell was I thinking?

After years of studying and reading through half the books in the library, you'd think I would know that common weapons can't harm demons-let alone the Demon Overlord himself. Even the human girl Daemon had locked away knew that. Yet somehow, I thought I had killed him.

What surprised me more than my own foolishness was the fact that I actually cried for him when I thought he was dead-when I thought I had killed him. I didn't feel accomplished; instead, a part of me regretted it. That very part of me was glad that Daemon still lived. The other reasonable part knew that I was in big trouble; I had angered him, and I would pay for that.

The last thing I remember was a cloth being placed over my nose, and then I awoke in his room, on his bed, but this time, my hands had been cuffed to the bedpost, and my legs had been tied with a thick and itchy brown rope. For the past two hours since waking, I had tried to free myself-but I couldn't. The Empresses had taught me many things, yet never the basics. They never bothered training me on how to cook, survive, or even how to fight. They had planned out my life for me, and in their plans, I had no need for such skills.

The door creaked open, and Daemon walked in. I struggled harder against the cuffs binding my hands. It was a futile attempt, and yet I didn't stop struggling. This was it. The moment he would finally make me pay.

In his hand was the very same dagger I had pierced into his heart.

"Stay away from me Daemon. If you hurt me, I am going to kill you."

Of course, I knew I couldn't kill him; I tried and failed, but what more did I have to use against him than baseless threats?

He grabbed my legs; he was too strong for me to resist. He brought the dagger to the rope binding my ankles and sliced through it, freeing me before unlocking the cuffs.

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"Sorry I had to tie you up; I can't have you running again." He said, his eyes on my bruised wrist. "I'm sorry I hurt you."

I pushed myself off the bed; I didn't like how vulnerable I felt lying there. A wave of dizziness hit me from standing up too fast, but I forced myself to shake it off.

"I don't understand you, Daemon. You act all good today, and the next you are an entirely different person."

"I am the very same person, Aliya; I never changed."noveldrama

"No. You are not Trian; you are not the man I fell in love with. You deceived me and lied to me. Why do you think I would ever believe anything you have to say?" "Yes, I lied, but would you have come with me willingly if you knew who I was?"

"Of course not. You are a monster, even worse than the empresses; at least with them, I didn't have to fear for my life."

“Aliya, the plan was never to keep

you alive, yet@ach day I keep you alive, I disappoint many who

believed in me. I haven't hurt you et

and I am not planning to, but if you keep running away, you might end up in the wrong hands, and those people would hurt and torment you."