Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 223 Thank You For Being You

After the Elders had been informed of Linus’s trial being scheduled for the following

day, and no new issues were raised, Ann and Lexi left the council chambers.

Lexi had seethed silently, a murderous aura exuding from every pore on her body as

Ann had tried to wrap things up quickly so she could get her friend somewhere

relatively safe so that she could explode without judgment. Ann glanced across at her

friend, who strode furiously forwards, the vivid crimson of her eyes still burning

brightly.

“Do you want to go and hit things until you feel a little better?” Ann asked softly. Lexi

snorted.

“Unless part of the beating involves a knife in between the eyes of those bigoted

motherf*uc*kers then I’m not in the mood.” She hissed, not breaking her stride.

‘She’ll probably end up pinning Allen to the bed and giving him the wildest night of his

life to cool off.’ Maeve sniggered as Ann sighed quietly.

“How about a drink? Do you want to go into the city and find a bar to drink in until you

stop caring? We can go and watch the pretty boy’s at the dance bar that you like?”

Ann suggested playfully.

Two things that never failed to put Lexi in a good mood were copious amounts of

alcohol and the beautiful men that frequented some of the livelier spots in town. It

wasn’t really Ann’s cup of tea, but she would do anything to ease her friend’s pain, if

only for a short time.

Lexi snorted again and stopped, whirling to face Ann.

“I highly doubt that Allen would approve of me gallivanting around town to drool over

the pretty boys that I can look at but not touch, and Adam will like it even less if I drag

my best friend along because she’s probably got a teeny tiny little bun or ten in the

oven baking that he helped to make.” She snapped.

her friend in

ten? Goddess Lexi, are you trying to kill me? If I’m

so huge that every time I stand up I’ll fall

know… physiologically speaking our pregnancies are

mouth twitching upwards into a smile

fought against it.

f”**’g know the semantics of

as she folded her arms in

Ann sighed and threw her arms around her, pulling

stiffened and resisted it initially, eventually

around

be fine, I promise you. We’ll find them and make sure

spread any further.” Ann soothed as muffled sniffles came from

that Lexi’s face was

in was relatively empty, with only the

end and after a few minutes had passed,

face as she

muttered as she pointed vaguely to an area on Ann’s

spilled something on your shoulder. Careless of you

snorted and smirked up

such a clutz. Whatever happened

as

never were very

Ann laughed as she grabbed hold of Lexi’s arm and they set off down

more. “Are you sure there’s nothing that I can do to help you

for putting you in this situation and this is exactly what I didn’t want

happen.” Ann grimaced.

technically, if you want to be pedantic about it all then, yeah,

I would never have been sucked into

same time, I would have had a

a bitter and twisted harlot with an insatiable need for

each night,”

Ann side-eyed her as they walked and as soon as she noticed

her, Lexi jabbed an accusing finger in her direction as Ann

in defense and

“Don’t.” Lexi warned as she tried not to laugh, “Don’t you dare say a word. You

well what I meant without

much of a

on the shoulder as they

turned into yet another branch of corridors. “You know, I

off some steam,” Lexi announced suddenly with a look of determination on

face.

while since we pounded

replied with a raised eyebrow as

should be sparring in your condition

continued as a flash of concern