Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate By A E Randell Chapter 215
Alpha Nocturne’s Contracted Mate by A E Randell
Chapter 215 Bartholomew’s Help and Support
“Nobody will force you to change who you are Lexi. I would never allow that.” Ann said
as she and Lexi sped their hands together.
‘I forbid it too. Life would be insufferable without her backing me up when you need
some sense knocking into you…’ Maeve nodded wisely.
‘Hey! That was one time!’ Ann protested.
‘Yeah… and the rest…’ Maeve sniggered as Ann fumed silently and blocked her out, a
sullen pout forming on her lips as she turned back to Lexi.
A halfhearted smile finally graced Lexi’s lips as she saw Ann’s expression.
“I suppose I have to stick around and at least try it for Maeve’s sake. She’d go mental
if she was left alone to handle you.”
Ann scowled at her and pushed her shoulder in mild irritation.
“You two are going to drive me to insanity, do you know that?” she said finally as she
wrapped her arms around Lexi and hugged her tightly. “You won’t be alone in any of
this Lexi, I promise you.”
She nodded silently into Ann’s shoulder, her face still a little pale as she seemed to
find the strength to pull herself together. When they eventually released each other,
she stood and smoothed her clothes down with a sniff and fixed a sardonic smile on
her face.
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“Well, I suppose there’s no sense in moping. Papa would encourage me to just get on
with it, so I will. It’s not like I can fight fate really, is it?” she said with forced
enthusiasm, “So, no ripping Felix a new arsehole just yet, got it. So, what am I
supposed to do with all of this pent-up anger?”
Ann chuckled.
“Well, I intend to interrogate Linus myself today…” Ann began with a sly smile and a
wicked glint in her eyes before Adam interrupted her.
“Ann… don’t you think you should rest… you still need to recover…” he interjected
with a heavy edge of worry to his voice.
Ann nced across at him slowly and smirked.
“I don’t believe interrogation requires the use of mydy bits, does it?” She quipped
sweetly as Lexi sniggered. “Suppose it depends if your name is Ada or Narcissa…”
she muttered with a smirk as Ann snorted. Adam frowned at the two of them stood
together. “You two are most definitely going to cause chaos here…” he grumbled as
Allen pped him on the back inmiseration.
“At least we can drown our sorrows together at the end of a long day, Adam.” He
grinned teasingly as Lexi stuck a middle finger up at him.
“If you can’t handle the heat puppy then go find some traffic to y with,” Lexi grinned
sweetly.
“Lexi and I will head off to interrogate Linus. You both are wee to apany us,
however, I want to see his behavior towards us without your presence in the cells.
Feel free to wait outside whilst we get what we need from him.”
Adam and Allen exchanged a look that told them they weren’t happy about it, but
neither of them protested, instead nodding curtly with a grim expression that mirrored
each other
As they moved to leave the office, the door swung open and Bartholomew greeted
them with a wide smile. “Ah, my queen! How lovely to see you up and about already!”
he beamed as his eyes shone with anticipation.
“It’s good to see you too, we were just on our way to the cells to pay Linus a visit.” Ann
exined apologetically, “I feel terrible for having been called away from my duties so
soon I hope things haven’t been too difficult with my short absence?”
“No no, not at all. Lord Brarthroroz continues to be quite the entertainingpanion
despite the subject matter.” Bartholomew chuckled.
“Nice… images of Papa dressed as a clown and juggling heads just shed through
my mind…” Lexi muttered quietly to herself, shaking her head in disbelief
Bartholomew raised a questioning eyebrow at her as she met his gaze with an
exasperated sigh. “It’s shaping up to be a long day Barty boy, don’t question the
insanity…aII of it is Queenie’s fault though… just so you know…” Lexi added as she
poked Ann in the side.
“You seem to be quite fond of nicknames.” Bartholomew observed dryly with a chuckle
as Lexi shrugged. “It makes life interesting for everyone involved. Variety is the spice
of life, am I right?”
“Anyway…” Ann interrupted impatiently as she scowled at Lexi in irritation, “I was
wondering if you could manage to pull together the Elders for a report on their
proposals for dealing with the rogues’?”
“Well, of course, that shouldn’t be an issue. When were you thinking?” Bartholomew
answered with a sweeping gesture.
“As soon as possible. Preferably today,” Ann answered him coolly with no hesitation.
Bartholomew nced at her cautiously and seemed to swallow nervously as he
realized that her smile had disappeared into the recesses of her very serious
expression.
“Ah I’m afraid today may be a little difficult. Some of the Elders may have prior
engagements… it’s a little short notice your Highness.” He tried to exin before
Lexi’s incredulous snort cut him off
“So, let me get this straight. Queenie wants a report and not one of them thinks that
it’s appropriate to drop everything that they’re doing and do as they’remanded?”
she asked as she fixed him with a questioning re.
“Well… of course, they’ll try their best to rearrange anything that they have nned
but it’s highly irregr…” Bartholomew protested, a little thrown off by this sudden
change in attitude from, both of them.
“So is letting Rogues settle down within your borders and doing f**k all about it, Barty”
Lexi snapped with a scowl, “Come on now, I actually quite like you Barty-boy. I really
don’t want to lose the admiration that I have for you if you’re going to keep making
excuses for Elders that can’t prioritize their duty to their kingdom.”
Bartholomew looked to Ann for some sort of input but found no support in her calm
gaze. “I actually agree with her, Bartholomew. You have done your job as expected,
but unless these Elders have incredibly pressing business that simply cannot be
rearranged, then I expect them in attendance This needs to be resolved quickly. I will
not have a single person die at the hands of these rogues again. I want them gone.”
Ann stated calmly, yet her seriousness was not lost on Bartholomew.
After a second’s thought, Bartholomew nodded in resignation, his shoulders slumping
in defeat.
“I will try my best, my Queen, but I cannot promise that all will be in attendance that
should be.”
“Thank you, Bartholomew,” Ann said gently, the smile that reappeared on her face
diffusing the tension that Bartholomew had felt rapidly rising, “Your help and support
are much appreciated. Let me know when my presence is required and I shall make
my way there.”
Bartholomew nodded as Ann, Lexi, Adam, and Allen swept past him and closed the
door behind them, leaving Bartholomew scratching his head in a mild daze and
wondering what exactly it was that he had missed that would have caused their
emotions to be so vtile at that very moment that he had walked in.