Alpha Nocurne's Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 231 You Need to Know These Things

The morning seemed to arrive too soon for Ann’s liking.

She had been awake for hours already before the beautiful canvas of colors that indicated the sun was about to peek over the horizon began to appear, and had busied herself with working through the various piles of paperwork that Eva had sent her over whilst she was incapacitated with her heat, until she ran out of work that she had needed to catch up on.

She could feel her stomach tie itself in knots as she paced backward and forwards nervously, going over the looming trial for Linus in her mind and everything that might go wrong, the fact that she would have to say goodbye to Adam in a few short hours… it was all too much.

Really, she supposed that she should be curled up in bed, enjoying his scent and the last physical contact with him before he left for goddess knew how long, but a small part of her refused to let her do that. That little voice that whispered she was tempting fate if she savored the last moments, that it might be her fault if he never came back.

‘That’s not going to happen, Ann. Will you calm the f**k down and go back to bed? You’ve been at this for hours and your thoughts are too noisy to allow me to sleep peacefully.1 Maeve grumbled moodily.

“Sorry,” Ann mumbled miserably in response as Maeve snorted at her disdainfully.

‘No you aren’t, don’t lie to me. If you were sorry you would do as you were told and climb back in next to our mate so I can enjoy the last few minutes of peace until I become fully responsible for keeping you in check.’

my head

go and lay down. I’ll even settle for you sitting at this point. Do you have any idea what it’s like for me? It’s like being in a car with someone driving in circles whilst I’m stuck in the passenger seat fighting the

way back over to the bed and perched on the side. ‘There’s a good Queen,’ Maeve purred teasingly, in a voice that would usually be reserved for praising a small child, ‘Now, almost there… lift your legs up… that’s it… now your other leg…Oh my! What a clever

as she settled back into the pillows

wistfully as

her phone. She scrolled aimlessly

the fact that she might not be able to see him for a few days, possibly even weeks, or even

hard yesterday contacting their allies and various packs along the route they would travel to the village and the responses from the Alpha’s

too much about his safety, but there was always the

capable fighter, and his wolf Baldur was an absolutely fearless and uncompromising savage when it came to anything like this but there was no reasoning

mumbled, his voice still hoarse and thick with

in knots as she ran

life is leaving me in a few hours.” She murmured, her voice wavering slightly as

sleepily and

I would. If I could take you with me without feeling like it was risking you, or the potential pups, then I would.” He murmured as Ann wriggled down under the