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?”

me advice actually… that’s

Brarthroroz chuckled.

not. Perhaps he is as perplexed as

this… Allen again.” Lexi scowled fiercely at her

am most definitely

and you’re giving off a scent

to fear.”

“f**k off. You’re wrong. I’m not afraid of seeing

“Sure. The eight thousand-year-old Daemon Lord is

daughter

towards Steven and

really give her advice?” He asked,

met Lord Brarthroroz’s gaze with a withering one of his own

his

won’t ask again. Is everything ready

curtly as he turned and opened the door to his room,

through to a room in the

“Wow Steven… so predictable. Why is everything

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

they traipsed through

As soon as he opened the door to the back room though, Lexi was

myriad of colors that seemed to swirl

pillars around the edges of the

effect wordlessly as

prickly with Steven, hmm? His

color…”

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

looking at her

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

heard…”

make it easier to relax. Unlike you, I prefer

quipped dryly as Lexi gaped

a sense of humor have you now? Nice. Salty. It suits you.”

sarcastically, fully aware of her father’s amusement at their

have to stomach each

kind…” Lord

masses of color.

one of the gate-like structures

for a second or two before the colors stabilized and

insipid sort of grey. He looked back over his shoulder at Lexi

nodded.