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.

“Indeed it is not. Perhaps he is as perplexed as I am about

Lexi scowled

am most definitely NOT

and you’re giving off a scent that smells

to fear.”

wrong. I’m not afraid of

“Sure. The eight thousand-year-old Daemon Lord is wrong… keep telling

daughter of

he stepped towards Steven and examined

you really give her advice?” He asked, with

Lord Brarthroroz’s gaze with a withering

okay,” Lord Brarthroroz chuckled holding his hands up in

everything ready

he turned and opened the door to his room, escorting

through to a room

Steven… so predictable. Why is everything Black and

you can’t have a little

traipsed through his

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

myriad of colors that seemed to swirl incessantly within

pillars around the

wordlessly as her father patted her

His world and what

color…”

not kidding, it’s like

at her

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

heard…”

easier to relax. Unlike you, I prefer not to

dryly as

humor have you now?

fully aware of her

only have to stomach each other’s company fora

you would be so kind…” Lord Brarthroroz said as he

masses of color.

Steven wasted no time in approaching one of the gate-like structures

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

grey. He looked back over his shoulder

nodded.