Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 144 They Would Get There

“I wanted to talk with you about the office block you bought for me actually.” Ann said

as soon as she had swallowed her mouthful of bacon.

Adam took a sip from his mug of coffee as he sat back on the chair and nodded

slowly.

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“Okay… have you decided what you’re going to do with it?” he asked curiously.

“Well actually… I’m in two minds. As much as I would have loved to run a new real

estate business out of there, its a little redundant now that we have control of my

fathers company isn’t it? It seems silly to be in direct compet*ition with each other and

they already have an established client list and a good reputation. So I was thinking of

other options actually.”

Adam nodded along as she explained and he could see the wisdom in her thought

process.

“So actually, at least to start with, I was wondering what your plans for Lexi were?”

Adam almost spat his coffee out laughing as he looked at her incredulously with a

twinkle in his eye.

“How did we get from the office block to talking about Lexi?”

“Just, bear with me Adam. Don’t tease me, I’m being serious. You said you wanted her

to stay and potentially lecture on her knowledge of Daemon’s and Witchcraft, right?”

Ann answered quickly, well aware that it seemed as though she had gone off on a

tangent.

“Yes, that’s already been agreed. She’s willing to teach us because in her words,

‘perhaps some of the raging hormones and primal instinct might be replaced by some

thinking and reasoning,’” Adam snorted. “I

a low

the majority of the shifters she encounters outside of

are exactly as she describes.”

photographer on various issues for

whole host of weird and wonderful

taken.” Adam frowned. “So, what does the office block

thinking…” Ann started carefully, “Her relationship

little… ‘fraught’. As much as it’s obvious to me that Lexi has a bit of a thing for Allen,

that Allen is still struggling

Adam narrowed his eyes

stated bluntly, leaning forward and grabbing his coffee

just it… what if he doesn’t? You know

with new people integrating,

one as complex as Lexi’s. Unless everyone is on the same

just for

could see that Adam was getting into the stubborn mindset that he often

something that might go

was the right course of action. She

to

do that

their Beta, then things can go south very

and once we are officially inaugurated, then

here as often to play referee between her and

the pack members. Don’t you think it would be safer, for everyone

a little

between them so that

the final decision on

Although Ann intended to present the option to Lexi as

If she couldn’t obtain it this way,

which she would

silent for a little while, the scowl on his face seemed to be fixed

into his cup. After what seemed like forever, he exhaled heavily and

Ann’s patient stare. “I don’t think the pack would

right about Allen. So am I right in thinking you want

floor in the office block for teaching, seminars, and whatever

up with?”

a sigh of relief. She had

was the first time that she had felt really

in one of his decisions that affected the pack and she

think that she was worried about what his reaction might

of space available and if I’m not

planning on only escalating their attempts at a takeover, which

aren’t more packs going to need

that she