All Chapters of The Alpha's Contract Bride : Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

♦Raphael’s POV♦ “Your are?” Arielle blinked at me and tilted her head to the side. “Why?” “I thought about what you said, and I saw truth in them.” I sighed, closing the book and laying it on my lap. “I shouldn’t brand all witches as evil because of what they did in the past, just the way I wouldn’t want an omega to judge me based on what other alphas had done.” Witches had done a lot of things to alphas in the past. Their trickery and vast knowledge of magic had caused a lot of serious discord between territories, sometimes almost leading to full-blown wars. It went on for years until the counsel of Elds was able to put a stop to their act. No one really knew why they did what they did, but it caused strife and animosity between the two races. Alphas saw witches as no good, sly snakes and chaos bringers, and they saw us as barbaric, wild cavemen with empty brains. But though I didn’t like the witches, I still saw the wisdom in what Arielle had said. Alphas weren’t all pure and ho

♡Arielle’s POV♡ All the arrays of Alphas’ pheromones slammed into me at lightning speed, and I gasped, stumbling back. My eyes squeezed shut, and I pressed my fingers against my temple as my body tried to get use to the sudden change in the air. There were many alphas present. Far too many for my omega senses that had only come in contact with just one alpha’s pheromones. It was too much. Too choking. My chest turned tight, like I was drowning. I was suffocating. I couldn’t breathe. The warm and earthy scent of cedar filled my nose, cocooning me and overpowering those of the other alphas. It was safe. It was protection. It could only be one person. Raphael. His arms wrapped around me, pulling me into his firm chest, and I whimpered, melting into his embrace. The banging in my head and the choking in my lungs began to dissipate. “What do you think you’re doing with my wife?” Raphael snarled, and a low growl rumbled from his chest. “Easy. I told you I wouldn’t hurt her.” Killian l

♡Arielle’s POV♡“W-what… T-that’s preposterous.” I stuttered, taking a step back, and I almost bumped into the chair.Me? In love with Raphael? That… That was absurd. Yes, there was something special between us. A fondness and connection that kept growing strong even without the interference of our pheromones. Sure, the butterflies in my belly always took flight and seemed to increase their fluttering daily whenever he was around me or when I simply thought of him. But surely it couldn’t be love. Or could it?“You can’t lie to me, Arielle. I am your mother; I know you.” She sneered, stalking closer to me like a predator cornering a prey. But I wasn’t going to cower away. I wasn’t a frightened child who was afraid to get on my mother’s nerve. “Tell me the truth: are you in love with Alpha Raphael?”“If I am, so what!” I snapped back. “Raphael is one of the most wonderful souls I’ve been blessed to meet. I would be lucky to fall in love with him.”And I meant it. It didn’t mean I had ro

♡Arielle’s POV♡A fae?! Liana was a fae. I gawked at her like she was an odd oddity, because she was. How? How was she a fae? They were extinct, weren’t they? All the books I read, including those that were given to me by Agnes, stated that fact as clearly and simply as possible. Yet I was sitting in front of a person who claimed she was one. “How are you a fae? I thought fae were extinct.” I asked, frowning a little bit. I liked Liana, and I trusted her too, but not so much to believe that she was one of the most powerful races on earth that were thought to have gone out of existence. “Do you think a kind as powerful as mine could suddenly fade out of existence? Just like that?” Liana giggled, placing her hand over her mouth. “We no longer reside in your world because we chose to.” Why? Was it because of Thaddeus? It would make sense if it was because of him. After all, he had almost wiped out all the races that dwelt on earth. It was after the faes solved the problem that their

♡Arielle’s POV♡“No, this can’t be true. It has to not be true.” My voice cracked as bile gathered in my throat, and I fought back the urge to throw up.Sacrifice? Blood? Heart? I wanted to unhear everything she had said. I wanted to pretend she hadn’t said my father was planning to kill my sister so he could unleash his army of chaos on earth.“But… But Brielle said he was planning on marrying her off. She’s going to be receiving visits from suitors soon. How will he use her as a sacrifice if he’s going to do that?” I asked. He couldn’t do both with her, right? It was either sacrifice or marriage— or more like selling her off. They were two great evils, but if I were forced to choose one, I would take the latter in a heartbeat. Finding a way to prevent Killian from selling her to an alpha was going to be hard, but stopping him from killing her… I couldn’t imagine how we could prevent that.“Don’t be fooled, Luna Arielle; Killian is only acting out what people expect from him. He’s a