Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 217 We Won’t Be Long

Ann peered into the darkness that seemed to engulf the inside of the cell that Linus

was holding in but couldn’t see any movement from within.

The cells were tiny, designed for security and not comfort. The cells that were

allocated to hold wolf shifters were constructed of walls of reinforced concrete which

had been infused with wolfsbane and nightshade before being coated with silver.

There was no chance of escape for the shifters held here, even if they did manage to

get out of the chains that held them.

Lexi leaned up against the shatterproof pane, protected on the prisoner’s side by thick

bars of steel coated with silver that ran the full length and width of each wall.

“So where’s old rapey?” She sniffed, sounding a little disappointed as she turned to

Ann with a pout, “I was looking forward to asking him a few uncomfortable questions.”

“You’ll still get to ask them, Lexi.” Ann said with a serious face, “He’s in there, we just

can’t see him. I do wonder if he’s still restrained though considering Cornelius was just

down here “

“Do you want us to check?” Adam asked with a frown

He didn’t like this. He didn’t see why they needed to be taking unnecessary risks

when she could be carrying his pups by now. There was no way that he wanted to see

Ann or his pups in danger and he would do whatever it took to keep them safe, even if

it meant putting his own life on the line

Ann hesitated before nodding curtly, agreeing to his unspoken demand. She knew his

thought process and Maeve agreed. As much as she wanted to go charging headlong

in there, her recent history with Narcissa had taught her some valuable lessons.

stepped towards the door a raspy laugh

even step foot inside these cells without sending

it’s safe…how pathetic.

chains signaled movement from within and gradually, the silhouette

as

Ann ran her eyes over his unkempt appearance and after a

chained around his ankles and his

She nodded to Lexi and they both passed through

them, he took hold of her arm and

where Linus stood watching them

just outside Ann. If you need

Adam. Thank you. We won’t be long, I

she leaned forward and planted a soft kiss on his cheek, smiling at

her eyes for a moment. It was almost as if looking for

a question that remained unspoken and Maeve

discomfort

Finally, he relented, looking away in frustration and

him and leaving Lexi and Ann alone

appeared immediately at the window with Allen at his side, both

the slightest inkling that they would need to burst in

rescue them.

she turned and made sure her

Maeve sneered at

sit side by side with her as she walked slowly to the

floor that indicated the limits of where his chains

to mask Maeve’s presence for the simple fact that they did not want

seeing what they were

be able to act simultaneously as one for a shifter,

of Lycan descent, but to the best of her knowledge, there

Lycan heritage in

behind the groove and studied the man silently. Lexi stood

behind her, leaning against the wall nonchalantly with her arms folded in front of

her chin tilted

sign of either Lexi

the two of them nervously. The tension in

mounting the longer that they stood in silence and it was beginning to

him.

those weaker than him,

of ways and used to getting his

something that

“Enjoyed your visit from Cornelius did you?” Ann

almost sag with relief

the arrogance that