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?”

he spoke… gave me advice actually… that’s not a Steven thing to

Brarthroroz chuckled.

is as perplexed

Lexi scowled fiercely at her

most

“No? I can feel the tension Lexi, and you’re giving off

to fear.”

I’m not afraid

Lord is

sweet daughter of

stepped towards Steven and examined

her advice?” He

with a withering

chuckled holding his hands up in front of himself,

ask again. Is everything

as he turned and opened the door to his room,

through to a room in the

“Wow Steven… so predictable. Why is

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

they traipsed through his

the door to the back room

seemed

pillars around the edges of

wordlessly as her father patted her

hmm? His

color…”

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

at her

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

heard…”

colors make it easier to relax. Unlike you,

stimulated constantly.” Steve quipped dryly as Lexi

of humor have

aware of her father’s amusement

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

kind…” Lord Brarthroroz said as he gestured to

masses of color.

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

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

He looked back over his shoulder

nodded.