Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 224 Training Room

As soon as the doors closed behind Lexi and she was left in the relative darkness of

the training room, she let out a breath that she hadn’t known she had been holding.

She was still furious about the way some of the Elders thought about her and the

other hybrids within the city, but she was positive that not all of them felt the same

way.

Even if it was only a small percentage of Elders that eventually sided with her and

Ann, that was all that mattered. Even one person could make a huge difference if they

worked hard and acted intelligently.

She really didn’t want to go back to Allen in this mood, he would only fuss over her

and it irritated her when men hovered around her, unsure of what to do with

themselves.

She liked the fire of their heated banter, it got her riled up in all of the best ways and

she didn’t want to be stuck with an image in her head of a submissive Allen…that

would just ruin the whole thing for her.

Lexi smirked to herself as she made her way further into the gym without bothering to

turn the lights on. She could see just fine in the dark and because she hadn’t brought

a change of clothes with her, she planned on just stripping off and working out in her

briefs and bra.

was full of older shifters, and chances were, they would all

to their chambers to snuggle under their blankets with some hot

about their

the image she had

far from the Guard’s quarters, the

at this time were incredibly low. She rolled her

peeled her top and trousers off, folding them neatly

to the punchbags,

image reflected back at her and swore internally at the loss of

previously toned appearance. Apparently, she was going to have to be

working out if she wanted to retain the toned

to herself, she approached the lighter of the punch bags in front of

shaking her body out to

toes.

certainly

she zeroed in on the target in front of her, she

and let loose with a furious roar, pummeling her fists

weight as if she were exacting her fury on the elders

her blood seemed to course with a liquid fire through

the beautiful yet deadly crimson

didn’t know how long she had

someone entered the room, but the faintest squeak of the

the room reached her ears and she froze mid-punch, with all

her senses on

bastards been stupid

arms and tipped her head back towards

on her face as she listened carefully to the subtle

gave away the position of

up on a lady whilst she’s busy?”

gravelly voice came from behind

is the wrong word to use for

you want?” She asked casually as she turned to face the intruder

the sight of the man that stood before her. “I

to you… but this is a training room… I

The man said as he took a few steps