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

if you don’t want to.” Lexi said

approached the table with a bottle in one hand and an ice

in the other.

watched her pour him a new glass and add the

and leave, Lexi reached out and

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

her head and hastened to do as she

carefully on the table before

took another sip from

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

faint smile, “As it is, I’ve started

as well finish.”

and exhaled heavily as he tilted

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

sparkling in the corners of

know it at the time, but as they carried me

desperately as she

remained, his protests quietened as he became

dragged away.”

your sister?” Lexi asked softly, seeing the

recalled the memory of

gently as he fiddled with his glass on the

a little thing, almost thirteen years and full of an insatiable curiosity

everything.”

face hardened and Lexi waited patiently for him to

or force it from him. If he

time.

“She waited patiently in the corridor whilst I

took and were protruding

They had to work quickly to ensure that the natural healing abilities

bones in the positions they were in.”

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

he continued.

“As soon as I was brought out of the theater,

matters, so she felt duty-bound to be there for me.

the tournament as I had told her

Lexi’s hand found his and her fingers curled around him

the touch of her skin spreading an almost euphoric

fraught emotions

“You can’t blame yourself. . I don’t

like you were at fault for whatever happened.” Lexi offered in

which had begun to relax only seconds earlier, hardened

“I don’t blame myself, Lexi. I blame Jasper. He was the one who incapacitated me