Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Felix trailed behind the figures of Allen and Lexi still bickering quietly and he smiled ruefully to himself.

That should have been him and Aoife… minus the bickering of course.

He had to admit, he shared the same confusion as Ann did. Why was Aoife taken out of all of them?

If they had wanted to make a significant impact on the Dubois family then surely whoever it was would have gone after him? There had been plenty of opportunities while he was dealing with the rogues at the border with Adam. Surely the Enclave was a more risky target.

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But, what if they hadn’t been aiming for the Dubois family and had instead been aiming for disruption within the Veritas family line? He scowled as his mind ran with possibilities. If that was the case though then they wouldn’t have chosen Aoife as a target because it would have minimal impact…other than preventing a possible alliance after years of tolerable neutrality.

Had that been their goal? Could it have been a case of mistaken identity? Had Ann been their target and the assassin had merely got the wrong room?

Felix sighed in frustration and brought his fists together, cracking his knuckles to relieve some tension as his wolf’s frantic thought process did nothing to ease his own anxiousness.

“Felix?” Alien’s voice interrupted his thought process.

“Yeah?” He answered a little defensively, before taking a steadying breath to help calm his thoughts,

“Sorry, I’m a little distracted… my wolf isn’t helping.” he grimaced apologetically.

father to see if there’s anything she can do, I’m gonna head to the barracks and see if there’s

it for a moment before finally

offer, I think I’m going to head back to my room and try to rest a little. I haven’t slept in almost two days, you

Lexi offered as she wrinkled her nose, “I mean, I’m not saying that you smell bad per-se… but you have an

looked down and realized

He said a little numbly as he turned and wandered off in

could be a little more sensitive, you

no point beating around the bush! Why dance around the truth when you can simply say things as they are? It saves so

feelings you know, there are kinder ways of saying things..” Allen grumbled loudly as

imitating his voice perfectly before laughing, “Seriously Allen, when did you turn into the woman in the relationship.

“f**k off Lexi.”

the corridors without raising his head as he made his way

lock momentarily before it finally unlocked and he pushed past the door with the weight of people’s curious

room quickly and leaned back against it, closing his eyes and tilting his head back

still lingered in this room and he drank it in deeply. The warmth of her love and the scent that had always identified her as his own broke his heart into pieces over and over again as he

made his way to the bathroom and turned the shower on, stripping his clothes off and standing

sobs, a symphony of

soul felt numb, he stepped out of the shower, grabbing a towel from the rack and walking