Chapter 1130

---- "what do you want in exchange for staying by my mate's side? Anything... just don't leave. I can give it to you," he offered, that arrogant tone of his starting to piss me off. "Riches, more power, another spell...? What do you want to turn around and serve my companion?" he growled, stepping closer, fangs showing. His pupils narrowed, turning red-the Alpha inside him was the one challenging me now.

"what makes you think you've got something I need or want, besides opening a damn hole that'll get me back home?" My words came out laced with fury too. The air between us grew heavy. Inablink, he was on me, slamming me hard against a tree trunk. His claws wrapped around my throat, his dominant aura closing in onme. "Pm not giving you choices, Nyx. You're pushing me to my limits. I swear by the Goddess, if you don't obey..." He kept throwing out threats, one more ridiculous than the next.

His voice was gravelly, his breathing getting heavier by the second, and honestly, I wasn't sure anymore if this Alpha wanted to rip me apart... "So, what do you want to bargain?" "you," a twisted voice echoed in my mind, but I chose to ignore it. "since you can't accept that I'm not some weak little girl you can scare, how about a bet?" "his isn't a damn game, Nyx!" he growled, pressing harder against my throat, though he still didn't hurt me. "alpha," I called out straight to his inner wolf.

I could feel it pushing its dominance into my mind. "We fight, as equals. If you can overpower me in five minutes, I'lL go back to the palace. If not... you let me explore."