Alpha Nocurne's Contracted Mate

Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell

Chapter 241 A Good Friend and Ally

Ann blinked at Lexi in confusion.

“Wait, I don’t understand. What are you saying? Are you related then? And., wait, why would I feel that she’s familiar?”

Lexi stopped and turned to Ann, sighing slightly.

“Because, Papa said that before she died, my mama and yours were good friends. She tried to help her fight against whatever it was that was smothering her soul but… well… you know the rest.” Lexi explained seriously, all humor gone from her face as she suddenly seemed almost melancholy, “So it turns out, both of us have been around the type of energy that Aoife carries with her. Papa thinks she’s a witch too, not like Narcissa or Ada though, the ones that were hunted to extinction around the time that mama., well… you know.” Lexi trailed off sadly.

“But, wait… I thought there were no other witches left. Did they escape then?” Ann asked eagerly.

This information was monumental. Adam’s family had close ties with a so called ‘good’ witch who had helped them with the charms that warded off the dark magick and given his grandmother a reputation for being impervious to evil, but the only thing that remained of that legend was the heirloom jewelry that Ann wore religiously every day now since Narcissa had successfully kidnapped her thanks to her own stupidity “Papa had no idea until he chanced upon Aoife with Felix. He says it has a certain smell to it, like… sunshine and dewy meadows, deep earthy forest scents, you know, that kind of thing, like, nature at its purest.” Lexi explained carefully, “It’s the same branch of magick that my mother had, that the witch’s soul inside me holds.”

Ann nodded gently.

it appears that Aoife would indeed be a good friend and ally to have.” Ann mused

the witches are proud of their lineage. Each member of their family is like a branch or a root of a tree that gets stronger with each generation as the magick condenses from the parents in each child born. The larger the roots and branches within a family, the more powerful the family and its offspring. If they’ve been living in secret for so long…Ann, what if they’ve threatened to eradicate her family if she speaks against them? What if they have them imprisoned?” Lexi said, biting

to conclusions just yet, okay? We don’t know the full story, and hopefully, tonight will bring us a little closer to Aoife. We have a lot of time to get to know her whilst the boys are away. Then, if she feels close enough to us at any point to reach out for help, then we can offer her safe haven if she needs it.” Ann reasoned cautiously, “I know you want to bring Jasper to justice as much as I do, but we can’t afford to

know, I just… I feel so damn helpless with all of this. I want to bring that heartless, overgrown poodle to

but she was willing to play the slow game if it meant getting what they needed. If she gained a friend that could help her learn

your face and get yourself back into the happy-go-lucky Lexi that was here a few minutes ago. Unless you want Aoife to be profoundly unsettled with

as she relaxed into the hug for a moment, before taking a deep breath and pushing away from Ann,

so that wild Lexi can come out to play.”

before sprinting off down the corridor. How she was able to run in those heels was completely beyond Ann, there was no way that she was going to beat her

at Aoife’s door, slightly out of breath and giggling like teenagers, the door opened

a slow smile forming on her lips as Ann and Lexi struggled to catch their breath between

decided that immaturity was the way forward tonight with a race to see who

Lexi corrected triumphantly, “Now you have to buy the

the house tonight courtesy of our incredible bar staff,” Ann retorted with a smirk,

broke my neck for nothing?!1’ she protested loudly