Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 196 Two Supposed Mates

Lexi didn’t even know why she was crying or how long she had been crying for. All she

did know was that she was furious with herself for letting a prick like Allen get under

her skin so easily.

There was no way that he was her mate, was there? Her father had said that the

bonding between daemons and their mates was eternal. You only got one in your

lifetime and quite honestly, the thought of being bonded to Allen for the rest of her

life… the mere thought of it was driving her slowly insane.

She was so confused about her feelings for him. How was it possible to want to f“k

someone to an inch of their life…but also want to murder them with everything you

had in you? Wasn’t that the sort of toxic relationship that she had spent her life trying

to avoid?

Then why did she feel so empty without him near?

groaned loudly and turned onto her back on the luxurious bed,

for the first time she had arrived

at all. The furnishings were

and she liked that. The smell of solid wood, when it had

a sense of peace. Perhaps it was a

childhood.

always told her that her mother insisted

down through generations

what it was.

was why this room felt like home…this

the fact that Allen was

she stood and went

of her tear-streaked face in the full-length mirror and her bedraggled

swore internally.

No. She wouldn’t let anyone see her in this state. If you looked weak, then

differently and she didn’t want that. Especially not in the heart of a

she was more than

indestructible.

smirk, she strode to her case and grabbed

to freshen up. They would only

she had to offer here. No more playing games and

No.

he could damn well work for it. She was done

had she pulled the