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Chapter 101: That's not fair
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The Royal Alphas’ Captive Maid Chapter 102:
She sat. Because she didn't have a choice.Dinner was already served. Something that smelled good. She didn't care what it was.They ate in silence for a few minutes.Then Alaric spoke."How was your day?"The question was so normal. So domestic. Like they were a real family having a real conversation."I worked," she said flatly. "As ordered. Reviewed seventeen items. Wrote a report. Fulfilled my contractual obligations.""Aiden said you did excellent work.""I'm very good at doing what I'm told. You trained me well."Archer made a sound. Might have been a laugh. Might have been something else."You're angry," Alaric observed."Very observant.""You're angry because we won't answer your questions.""Yes.""That's understandable." He took a sip of wine. "But ultimately irrelevant. You'll get your answers when we're ready to give them. Not before.""And when will that be?""When we decide you're ready." Alaric set his glass down. "In the meantime, you'll continue working. Continue livi
The Royal Alphas’ Captive Maid Chapter 101: That's not fair
"Yes." He didn't deny it. "That's exactly what we do. Because you're not ready for the answers yet. And we're not ready to give them.""When will I be ready?""When we decide you are.""That's not fair....""No. It's not." He closed his laptop. Looked at her directly. "But fair stopped being relevant the moment you signed that contract. Now. Are you going to review those seventeen items? Or are we going to have a conversation about contract penalties?"She wanted to throw the coffee cup at him. Wanted to scream. Wanted to walk out.But she couldn't walk out. Couldn't refuse. Couldn't do anything except what they told her to do.Because she'd signed away that right."I'll review the items," she said. Her voice was hollow."Good." He stood up. "I'll be in my office. Bring me your preliminary assessment by noon. We'll discuss implementation after lunch."Then he left.She sat alone at the table with her coffee and her phone and seventeen tasks she didn't care about.The question still bu
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She lay back down. Tried to chase the thought.Couldn't catch it.Whatever it was, it was gone."Okay," she said quietly.Archer smiled. Pulled her against his chest."Sleep more if you can. Tomorrow's a new day."She closed her eyes.The question nagged at her. Somewhere in the back of her mind. Important. Urgent.But she was too tired to chase it.Too exhausted to fight.She fell back asleep in his arms.***Archer's POVHe waited until her breathing evened out. Until she was completely asleep.Then he pulled out his phone.Archer: Problem solved.Alaric: She stopped asking?Archer: She forgot the question entirely.Aiden: How?Archer: The usual way. Thoroughly. Multiple times. She's too exhausted to remember what she was upset about.Alaric: And when she remembers tomorrow?Archer: Then I'll fuck her and make her forget again. As many times as necessary.Aiden: That's not sustainable.Archer: It doesn't have to be sustainable. It just has to work until we're ready to tell her the t
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"He wasn't lying.""Yes he was...""He cares about you. Genuinely cares. That wasn't a lie." Archer kept brushing. Steady. Rhythmic. "He just also had an agenda. Both things can be true at once.""I don't understand how you can separate those things. How you can care about someone and manipulate them at the same time.""Because caring about someone doesn't mean letting them hurt themselves. Sometimes it means making hard choices for them. Choices they can't make for themselves.""I didn't need you to make choices for me.""Yes you did." He set the brush down. Turned to face her. "You were three days from attempting to steal from us. Three days from getting caught by security. Three days from being arrested or worse. We saved you from that.""By trapping me instead.""By giving you another option." He touched her face gently. "Your mother is alive because of us. Healthy. Cured. You couldn't have done that alone.""I could have tried....""And you would have failed. And your mother woul
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