Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 193 Dread and Excitement

Lexi paced anxiously in her father’s lounge as she waited for him to finish gathering

his things. Steven stood at the side of the doorway to his room like a statue, his stoic

face impassive, and the only visible movement was his eyes as they followed Lexi’s

pacing.

“You’ll wear a hole in the carpet if you continue walking the same patterns.” He

observed dryly. Lexi paused and looked at him in shock, removing her hands from her

mouth where she had been gnawing on the edges of her fingernails as a wry smile

found its way onto her lips.

“Well, f**k me, Steven, you do speak.”

“I’d rather not.” He answered flatly, his eyes remaining fixed on her father’s doorway.

“What? f**k me? Or speak?” Lexi teased.

Steven chose not to answer, only sighing slightly and crossing his arms in front of him.

Lexi chuckled and waved her hand dismissively at him.

“I’d probably break you anyway.” Lexi smirked, “Things do tend to get brittle with age,

don’t they? And considering you’re a wraith… I’ll take a wild guess and say that you’re

pretty much desiccated in that area… like those little slivers of coconut. Imagine…

desiccated p***s. I wonder if it’s as flaky when…”

“Lexi, stop teasing Steven.” Her father admonished halfheartedly in an amused tone

from behind her, as she turned to grin at him unapologetically.

“To be fair he started it.”

“Oh really?”

advice actually… that’s not a Steven thing to do.”

Brarthroroz chuckled.

as perplexed as

Lexi

“I am most definitely

Lexi, and you’re giving off a scent that smells

to fear.”

I’m not afraid of

thousand-year-old Daemon Lord is wrong… keep telling

sweet daughter of

as he stepped towards Steven

“Did you really give her advice?” He asked, with an eyebrow

a withering one of

Lord Brarthroroz chuckled holding his hands up in front of himself,

again. Is everything ready for

curtly as he turned and

a

predictable. Why is everything Black

doesn’t mean that you can’t have a little color in your life.”

as they traipsed through his

he opened the door to the back room though,

that seemed to swirl incessantly within a

the edges of

gaped at the mesmerizing effect wordlessly as her father patted

so prickly with Steven, hmm? His world and what he works with is full

color…”

not kidding, it’s like someone gave us LSD,”

at

quickly adding, “Not that I know what that’s

heard…”

make it easier to relax. Unlike you, I

stimulated constantly.” Steve quipped dryly as Lexi gaped

sense of humor have you now? Nice. Salty.

aware of her father’s amusement at

You only have to stomach each other’s

be so kind…” Lord

masses of color.

one

or two before the

back over his shoulder at Lexi and

nodded.