Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 188 Not an Omega Anymore

The morning seemed to roll around quicker than she had anticipated, and Ann didn’t

feel like she had slept at all. She must have fallen asleep at some point in the early

hours though, listening to the rhythmic soft snoring of Adam as his chest rose and fell

predictably under her hand.

When she opened her eyes Adam was nowhere to be seen and Coral was in the

process of laying out breakfast on the table by the window.

Ann stretched reluctantly and sat up in bed, blinking the sleep from her eyes and

before he could open her mouth to ask anything, Coral spoke.

“Good morning your highness.” She said softly with a little bow, “The Queens Consort

said to tell you that he’s gone to call Allen, and not to forget that Eva will be here

shortly. He thought it prudent to have breakfast in your chambers so as to save a little

time.”

Ann opened her mouth to object and then closed it again, as a smile played at the

edges of her mouth. “It makes sense. Thank you, Coral. Give me a few moments to

shower and dress and then I’ll come and eat with you.”

Coral’s eyes were wide in horror and Ann chuckled.

“Coral, you are not an Omega anymore, you’ll be my personal assistant very soon.

Besides, even if you were an Omega, there is nothing wrong with me eating with you

at the same table. You and I are no different, other than the status of our birth, and of

our wolves.”

with doubt as

the bathroom. The whole situation seemed almost

birth, and a weak one with

on the receiving end of whatever s**t the rest of the staff chose

it on the chin and simply accepted it as her lot

that

when she had been forced to entertain Linus, she bore the pain with a

would have been proud of. An

not heard, to attend to the higher-ranking

be.

she

felt that living like that was possibly a fate worse than death for

to meet

who met their mates ever ended

they were mated above their stations. More often than not, they were little

above them that had claimed them

be a mate in name, but they most

had placed her as Ann’s personal maid, and she

uproar in the Omega’s quarters when her name

for the position. Yet now, here she

dreaded to think how the

out…apart from Bartholomew of course. He

all of them.

bathroom door opening pulled her

she shifted awkwardly on the spot, not knowing where

choose her

offering help? “Please, sit down Coral. Your anxiousness is making

Ann chuckled as she moved past her and took a

Coral had so painstakingly laid out in front of her.

and swallowed nervously, unsure of

sighed lightly and passed her a plate with a smile. “You’ll have to get used to

I usually took my breakfasts in the office with Eva so that we

might have arisen and go over the schedule

bite.” Coral forced a smile and bobbed her

it, nibbling

at the door rang through the room and Coral jumped despite herself,

bat an eye. “Who

is here to see you, your highness.” the guard’s voice sounded from

called out as she shoved a few slices of prosciutto