Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Chapter 288 Special Brand of Vengeance

In Lexi’s opinion, waiting was always the hardest part of anything and she was well aware that patience was not her strong point.

While everyone else sat waiting, chatting amongst themselves or poring over various maps and blueprints, she paced backward and forward restlessly.

It seemed like forever since the teams had left them for their various assignments, but a quick glance at her watch told her that it had only been around an hour and a half.

Greyson and Lord Brarthroroz were going over the briefings for the men who would be involved in the initial assault and although Greyson kept sending her furtive glances whenever he got the chance, she was still pissed with him.

She checked her watch again and sighed in frustration, half wishing that she was at least able to do something to take her mind off things instead of feeling like she was a spare piece in a colossally f****d up game of chess.

Her head snapped across to where her father had suddenly stood up, moving away slightly from the group of men that had paused mid-discussion and now watched his every move just as eagerly as she did.

The expressions on his face were familiar to Lexi, and she knew instantly that one of the parties that had been sent out was mind linking with him.

She stepped towards him quickly, her stomach flipping in anticipation as his eyes rose to meet her gaze and he smiled softly.

have a location for the main entrance,” he grinned

unfurled across the table and marked with the locations that Bartholomew had pointed out,

the paper, “Movement of the coven has already been confirmed and the team is about to enter and explore

a frown, now completely focused on

Greyson marked it off the map, “But this one? The team is still yet to arrive. They encountered a small party of coven guards as they passed through the

Greyson nodded thoughtfully.

propose that we begin to ready our forces and set out. It should save us some time and allow us to rest close

waiting for the reinforcements?”

will take

a quick check that the guards remaining here are well supplied too. I don’t want them facing issues while we’re gone if it’s something that we could have fixed before leaving.” Greyson answered curtly, avoiding her

felt the smallest trace of satisfaction curl its way inside of her at the sight of his obvious discomfort. It was important that he understood what she would, and would not accept from her mates and it seemed that he had finally gotten her

had taken her by surprise quite honestly, but the threat of him forcing himself upon her here? No. That would NOT be

over and be protected. f**k that. She could take care of herself without anyone else’s help and she had no intentions of changing her entire personality just to please some guy who wanted to

had disappeared briefly to check on the updates from the Enclave, she had come to realize that by her standards at least, Lycan’s in general were colossal d***s. She understood that Greyson was clearly different from the standard Lycans that Allen had spoken about, discussing briefly their preference for

of course, Greyson clearly being one of them, but his dark nature remained essentially