Contractually Yours Alpha (Riley)

Chapter Sixty Six THANE

Maybe it had been because this had happened once before, or maybe because despite her words, I still saw through her.

She didn't mean any of it; she must have been forced, wondered what Daemon could have over her.

Riley would never move on without Ethan.

I slipped my hands into my pocket, and I noticed a piece of paper. I was sure it hadn't been there a while ago. I pulled it out.

Riley must have slipped it into my pocket, maybe at the time she hugged me. I couldn't help but smirk; that was a smart move. On the paper were written three words that seemed to be scrambled in a haste. 'Use the pendant.'

"Thank you for coming." Bruce said, letting me in.

The building was a perfect hideout; the outside made it seem like this was an abandoned space, but inside was completely... different.

"Did you bring the pendant along?" he asked, and I nodded, tossing the emerald pendant to him; he caught it.

I spotted a mid aged woman, she stood by his side with a smile that looked too fake on her face. "This is Tracy; she would be our host." "Host?"

"Yes, Jade would need a body to return to when she is free.

"And she agreed to this?" I asked, referring to Tracy.

"Not exactly," he said.

Tracy walked by his side as he led me deeper into the building; the woman seemed to have been hypnotized. I could easily tell that; there was no light in her eyes, and the smile remained on her face all through the short tour. "Tracy, you know what to do. When you go into Hades, you will find Jade. She needs your body, and you will offer it to her."

Tracy nodded.

Bruce took out a dagger; using it to split her palm, he let her blood drop on the pendant, and the emerald color turned black; so did her eyes.

She let out a loud scream, but suddenly she fell silent.

I've heard about the place called 'hades' before I only thought just like the rest, they were myths. Hades

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is a place where souls are... trapped. Captives are condemned to a fate far more terrifying than the darkest depths of any imagination.

"She would remain in Hades till her body is returned to her, but trust me, Tracy isn't worth your pity; she had spilled more blood than anyone I had ever met my whole life."

"I don't pity her."

"Daemon's escape was my mistake, and I am going to fix it. It will take some time for Tracy to find Jade and make the trade."

"We don't have time; perhaps you tell me where exactly Daemon keeps Riley, and I would go end him myself."

"Believe me, I want to know even more than you, just so I could end him, but I don't."

"Don't you have some kind of spell to find him?"

"The spell requires that I go with you, but I can't. I have exhausted all my chances."

"What does that mean?"

"I am not here by choice; let's say I pissed off someone really powerful, and I've been placed under something similar to a 'lifetime house arrest.' I was only able to find a loophole, but the more I use it, the more dangerous it becomes." "That's why you couldn't be there for Riley and her mother, isn't it? It wasn't because you abandoned them, but because you couldn't leave this place."

"Well, you did connect the dots faster than I thought you would."

"Why didn't you just tell her that?"

"I...couldn't. Maybe it's better they hate me; only then would they be able to move on with their lives, and they don't really need me anymore, so it's better this way."

"You paid Kate a visit; I wonder if that is part of the plan of allowing them to move on."."

"How did..."

"How did I find out? Riley told me she was pretty pissed."

"I took away Kate's memory; she wasn't supposed to recognize me." He said, but I could see the hope in his eyes.

"She didn't. She just thought you looked very familiar."

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