Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

“So what do we do now?” Felix asked to no one in particular once they were all gathered in Lord Brarthroroz’s suite.

The guards had been instructed to let them know as soon as Lexi began to stir and Allen stood in the doorway to Lord Brarthroroz’s suite so that he could run to their room as soon as she showed any signs of waking up.

“The first thing we should be doing is getting my stubborn mate back to her bed in the hospital so that she can get the rest that…”

“Not a chance Adam.” Ann glowered, “I’ve been out of action long enough and if I need to rest then I would much rather do so in the comfort of our own chambers.”

“But, what if you need intervention from the doctors again? Think of the pups. What if…” Adam tried to reason with her but Ann’s loud impatient sigh stopped him in his tracks.

“What if the sky falls and we’re all buried?!” Maeve yelled suddenly in Ann’s head and it took everything in her to not snort loudly.

“Maeve thinks you’re being dramatic, and just for the record, so do I.” Ann answered sternly, “Regardless of whether I am at full health or not, I still have responsibilities to see to. There are far less interruptions in our own suite here, than in the infirmary, and to be perfectly honest, I’m desperate to get back to the palace and begin making it our home.” She continued a little less severely.

before she could even consider moving them back to the palace and the more time that she spent holed up at the infirmary, the less time she was able to put into managing and resolving the

but we still have the escaped convicts and Narcissa, her damn Excidium Coven and your damn brother…no offense

centuries, as I’m sure Jasper was for

back then. As I got older, we clashed a lot and eventually he was more or less exiled from our family…never officially though. It was an open secret amongst the nobles, one that was never publicly acknowledged, but everyone was fully aware of.” Felix stated quietly, “I’ll await the DNA testing to ensure that it was

really think that’s a possibility?”

added, “I wouldn’t put anything past him. The corpse is too charred for facial recognition, so we’ll be relying

leaves the issue of the

under your…erm…” Allen cleared his throat awkwardly as he looked between

was incompetent.” Ann smiled reassuringly at him for him to continue, but Allen still felt a little awkward and rubbed

to deal with the rogues and with the party with Greyson … as

question is, why haven’t they contacted us? Greyson was supposed to let

seem to be connected to monuments, or ritual sites that surround the area that Greyson and his men will have had to