Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 209 The Dubois

Lexi’s stomach sank at his words and she could practically feel the pain radiating from

him as he spoke. “I didn’t even know you had a sister..” She murmured quietly as

Felix’s head shot up and he glared at her with an anger that quite frankly chilled her to

the bone.

“I don’t Lexi, not anymore.” He growled furiously before downing what was left of his

whisky and slamming the glass down on the table in anger.

Lexi’s heart sank as her heart broke for him She had always regarded Ann as a sister

and a lump began to form in her throat as she pictured the possibility of losing her.

“Allen… I’m sorry… I didn’t know…” Lexi stammered quietly, suddenly at a loss for

words.

“Yeah… well… there’s nothing to be sorry about. It won’t change anything. It is what it

is.” He snapped gruffly as he raised an arm to signal the omega for a refill.

Lexi fully understood now why he hadn’t wanted to discuss this with her. It was painful

for him obviously, and it was obvious the Dubois family had something to do with her

death She could have kicked herself

This was one time that she really shouldn’t have pushed for more details She snorted

quietly to herself in disdain. She had wrongly thought that Allen was just being difficult,

and that perhaps he still continued to underestimate her, but ironically, this time, she

was the arsehole.

She shifted awkwardly in her seat and brushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear

as she swirled the wine in her glass thoughtfully.

“I’m sorry Allen. If I had thought for one minute that it was something like this that you

didn’t want to discuss, I would have waited. I wouldn’t have pushed so hard for you to

have to continue if you don’t want to.” Lexi said finally

approached the table with

in the other.

new glass and add the ice, but when she

reached out and took hold of

bottle and the ice bucket if you wouldn’t mind.” She said as

omega bobbed her head and hastened to do as she was told,

table before

took another sip from his

table. “I think both of us need to learn to trust

“As it is, I’ve started telling you now, so

as well finish.”

deep breath and exhaled heavily as he tilted his head

for a long time before returning his gaze to meet Lexi’s, the

sparkling in the corners of his

it at the time, but as they carried me off the

clutching onto my hands desperately as she sobbed and I clung

as he

dragged

“Alora was your sister?” Lexi asked softly, seeing the tenderness in

recalled the memory

fiddled with his glass on the table before

a little thing, almost thirteen years and full of an

everything.”

as his face hardened and Lexi waited patiently for him

wouldn’t rush this, or force it from him. If he was telling

time.

corridor whilst I

the hammering I took and were protruding through the

places. They had to work quickly to ensure that the

fuse the bones in the positions they were

of confusion in Lexi’s eyes, and as she nodded in

he continued.

was brought out of the theater,

so she felt duty-bound to be there

the tournament

found his and her fingers curled

the touch of her skin spreading an

fraught emotions

I don’t

you were at fault for whatever happened.” Lexi offered

begun to relax only seconds earlier, hardened

Jasper. He was the one who