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.

not. Perhaps he is as perplexed as I

Allen again.” Lexi scowled

am most definitely

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

to fear.”

wrong. I’m not afraid

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

daughter of

stepped towards Steven

advice?” He asked, with an eyebrow

Lord Brarthroroz’s gaze with a withering one of his

Brarthroroz chuckled holding his

won’t ask again. Is everything ready for

nodded curtly as he turned and opened the door

through to a room

so predictable. Why is everything Black and

you’re dead doesn’t mean that you can’t have a

traipsed

door to the back

that seemed to

pillars around the edges of

wordlessly as her father

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

color…”

like

at her

“Not that I

heard…”

easier to relax. Unlike you, I prefer

Steve quipped dryly as Lexi gaped at

have you

aware of

you two. You only have to stomach each other’s company fora few

kind…” Lord

masses of color.

in approaching one of the gate-like

front of it for a second or two before the colors stabilized and became an

back over his shoulder at Lexi and her

nodded.