Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley) novel Chapter 619

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Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty 

The moment he let go of the wheel, the gate began to drop fast. He didn’t hesitate. I barely had time to react before he bolted toward it. He dived through just as the gate slammed shut behind him. 

“Alexander!” I screamed, panic rising in my throat. He was out—he’d made it. But my heart was still pounding like he hadn’t. 

He had a smile on his face; he saw that as ‘fun‘. 

“You do this after giving me the little talk on ‘trust‘?” 

“I got through, didn’t I?” 

“If you’d hesitated for even a quarter of a second, that thing would’ve split you in two.” 

“But it didn’t now, did it?” 

“I hate you. 

“And I love you.” 

“I love you too,” I said, still shaken, “but you almost gave me a heart attack.” 

“I’m sorry,” he murmured. “I knew I’d make it.” 

We’d been too caught up in each other to even look around. We hadn’t given our new location a single glance. There was a reason this passage was restricted, but as I scanned the area, I couldn’t figure out why. Tall grasses covered the land, stretching on in every direction. 

“I don’t see any flesh–eaters here–makes me think the whole thing was just a lie,” I said. 

“Be careful. Something tells me it’s not.” 

He was right. This place was quiet. Too quiet. Not a single rodent, no animals in sight, not even birds. Just stillness. 

It felt like a graveyard. 

Alexander didn’t speak for the next hour, and I couldn’t help but wonder what was on his mind. Sometimes, I wished I could look into his thoughts, even if it would be a violation of his privacy. 

Finally, I broke the silence. “Thank you,” I said aloud, and Alexander looked at me, momentarily stunned. “I don’t like her in my head, and somehow, you just locked her out. 

“At least I got that right.” He mumbled more to himself than to me. 

“Alexander, are you alright?” I asked. 

“Yeah-” 

“Don’t give me that. I know something’s on your mind.” 

“I didn’t handle it well with the soldier. It got out of control, and then he ended up killing his fellow soldiers. Their deaths are on me. My intention wasn’t for any of them to die.” He paused, then turned to me. “But at least I used my ability to help you, so it wasn’t all for nothing.” 

I was about to say something when I saw the creature walking toward us. I drew my gun and fired, hitti square in the head. 

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Chapter Two Hundred and That 

Alexander moved toward the creature, studying it. 

I remembered the Empress’s words: