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.

blinked at her friend

“A bun or ten? Goddess Lexi, are you trying to kill

time I

aren’t animals you know… physiologically speaking our pregnancies are much like

Ann explained, her mouth twitching upwards

fought against it.

semantics of it, okay? I’m just being

she folded her arms in

threw her arms around her, pulling her into a hug, and although

and resisted it initially, eventually the tension dissolved from her

arms around Ann,

you. We’ll find

can’t spread any further.” Ann soothed as

that Lexi’s face

Thankfully the corridor that they were in was relatively empty, with only the odd

passing at either end and after a few minutes had passed, Lexi

arms and hid her face as she wiped her eyes. “You should be

she pointed vaguely to an area on Ann’s top, “I think

on your shoulder. Careless of you to

snorted and smirked up

I’m such a clutz. Whatever happened

shrugged as she turned and smirked halfheartedly at her,

were very

as she grabbed hold of Lexi’s arm

there’s nothing that I can do to help

for putting you in this situation and

happen.” Ann grimaced.

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

I would never have been sucked

b*ullsh*itte*ry is, but at the same time, I would have had

and would have grown into a bitter and twisted harlot

different man each night,” Lexi remarked

side-eyed her as they walked and as soon as she noticed the look

finger

in defense and

Lexi warned as she tried not to laugh,

I meant without correcting

mean… I don’t see much of a

on the shoulder as they both collapsed into

of corridors. “You know, I think I will go to the

some steam,” Lexi announced suddenly

face.

since we pounded on anything!” Ann exclaimed

replied with a raised eyebrow as

conspiratorially. “I’m not sure you should be sparring in

a flash of concern registered