Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

CHAPTER 9 Urgent Matter

‘Don’t you miss your father? Does he speak with you at all?’ Ann asked hesitantly.

She felt a pang of pain and a soft whine, swiftly followed by a snarl of anger.

‘He is worse than your father. Constantly silent and never responds my to attempts to link with him. It’s as if he’s dead.” She snapped. ‘If that’s what he wants, then so be it. A shitty excuse for a father for both of us.’

Ann’s mouth set in a grim line as she focused on the road ahead. Just then her phone rang and the call transferred to the cars in the built infotainment system, linked with the onboard diagnostics HUD screen.

She touched the screen to accept and answered the call.

“Hello?”

“Ann, where are you?” the worried voice of her best friend came through loudly.

Ann flinched and quickly turned the volume down as she answered.

“I’m driving at the minute, is everything okay?”

ask you the same thing! Listen, I’m at work at the minute, but

“Sure. It’ll take me about an hour to get back anyway. You’re

usually worked like a demon, which was fitting because she was indeed part daemon. An unlikely tryst between a mid-level daemon and

she was born and the daemon was not able to raise her in his realm as it was simply too dangerous, so she had been taken in by a children’s home that specialized in raising hybrids well in order for them to

and it made Ann start to wonder what exactly had happened that made her so eager to leave work. She had quite a

get the formulas for the spreadsheets right. I swear if he fucks up one more…” Lexi sighed heavily, “Sorry, Ann, work is boring. I’ll see you for lunch and you can fill me in on the details that I am so obviously

Ann chuckled to herself and found a spot to turn around and

opportunity to let off some steam and she could almost predict exactly the words

‘More like plans

Ann grinned to herself. Maeve wasn’t

did. She found a table by the window so that she could people-watch and ordered a chai while she

the autumnal vibe that she loved so much, the rich smell of the milky chai tea had a homey, almost Christmassy feel

panicking. She had left home, to move in with a man she knew only by reputation and was going to be married to him for the next 5 years. Right now, she wanted the security that the feeling of home gave, and the memories that the smell of

It was starting to make her

She stood squinting in the doorway, her beautiful golden eyes scouring every face quickly before landing on Ann, and her face split into a huge grin. She lifted her arm and waved, shouting across to her loudly, uncaring

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