Alpha Nocurne's Contracted Mate

Chapter 255 Similarities

As soon as Lexi reached her father’s quarters, she didn’t bother knocking. She flung the doors wide open as she called out for him.

“Papa? Are you here?” she called frantically as she tried her best to hold back the tears that threatened to fall.

Lord Brarthoroz’s head appeared around the edge of the doorframe and his frown deepened as soon as he realized the state that Lexi was in.

“My daughter,” He greeted her with a soft smile as he threw the book he had been reading onto the bed and made his way over to her, “Tell me what troubles you.”

The combination of his soft, coaxing voice and the way he looked at her with such concern, seemed to open the floodgates as her grief poured forth with tears streaming from her eyes as she choked back a sob.

“Papa it’s Aoife! She… she’s dead. She was in the room right next door and I didn’t hear a thing…I should have stopped it, I should have…”

“Hush child, that’s enough,” Lord Brarthoroz soothed her as he wrapped his arms around her, cradling her head to his chest as he had done when she was a child, letting her sob noisily for as long as she needed, “I am sure that had there been anything that you could do, then you would have acted immediately.”

Lexi sniffled miserably as she pushed back from him and looked up at him with the eyes of a daughter that was desperately seeking reassurance from her father.

“Papa, her room, it looked… well, it’s so similar to Mama’s disappearance…” she whispered hesitantly

“What?” her father snapped a little harsher than he had meant to, making her flinch slightly.

He sighed lightly at Lexi’s reaction. He hadn’t meant to make her jump, but the memory of losing his beloved was still so fresh and raw in his mind, that he wasn’t sure he would ever get over it.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to snap at you…”

don’t worry,” she said as she smiled up at him weakly. “But, you said

Lexi nodded slowly.

down and offered her a drink, which she declined with a shake of

adamant that Aoife was dead when he entered the room, her throat cut, with no chance of revival. He was distraught enough and covered in enough blood for that to be true.” Lexi explained carefully as she

body… just the horrific

as he swirled another

weapon, but there was the pungent odor of sulfur tainting everything when we arrived. The damn shifters are so lucky not

her father as he grunted again before downing the contents of his glass in one gulp, and placing his glass firmly

a moment’s pause, he nodded,

show me,” he said simply gesturing towards

to lead the way to the infirmary. She could feel the tension rolling off him in waves

and slipped her arm through her father’s as they entered the infirmary and hurried through the corridors to the room where

to hide his shock at Lord Brarthoroz’s colossal size in comparison to him. Shifters weren’t small by any means, on average, they were frequently taller

a smile to

room, and her

his daughter, he didn’t cover his nose, instead, he inhaled deeply, as if scenting the air around them, and

with a grimace, “That’s my Papa, Lord Brarthoroz, but I think you’ve

dumbly as he stared at

smaller does he…”

about? This IS small for him, he’s much larger in his own realm. Reducing his height to this is just

see any humor in the situation without feeling too guilty. He watched Lord Brarthoroz like a hawk as he seemed to inhale deeply at various points in the corner before narrowing his eyes at

Felix rushed to his